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State Senator
Jonathan Martin
(R) - Florida
Florida Senate District 33
In Office - Started: 11/08/2022
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| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
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| S0018 | Relief of the Estate of M.N. by the Broward County Sheriff's Office | An act for the relief of the Estate of M.N. by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office; providing an appropriation to compensate the estate for injuries sustained by M.N. and her subsequent death as a result of the negligence of the Broward County Sheriff’s Office; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of attorney fees; providing an effective date. WHEREAS, Keshia Walsh and Christopher Nevarez were parents to M.N., born on April 20, 2016, and to D.N., born on February 2, 2012, and WHEREAS, on August 19, 2016, Ms. Walsh brought M.N., then 3 months old, to Broward Health Medical Center reporting that M.N. had fallen from a couch and sustained a black eye while they were at the home of Juan Santos, where Ms. Walsh and M.N. were living at the time, and WHEREAS, Mr. Nevarez and Ms. Walsh brought M.N. to a follow-up pediatrician appointment pursuant to follow-up care instructions from Broward Health Medical Center, and WHEREAS, at the follow-up visit, Mr. Nevarez questioned the doctor as to whether M.N. could have sustained her injuries as the result of a fall, and the doctor responded that it was possible, and WHEREAS, on October 13, 2016, Ms. Walsh brought 5-month-old M.N. to Northwest Medical Center, in Broward County, with a fever and intermittent leg pain, and WHEREAS, diagnostic imaging revealed that M.N. had multiple fractures in her upper and lower extremities which were in different stages of healing, including fractures to her left tibia, left fibula, and left radius, which Ms. Walsh had no explanation for, and WHEREAS, the treating physician consulted with a pediatric orthopedic specialist who, upon reviewing M.N.’s diagnostic imaging, advised that the fractures appeared to be non accidental and recommended that her injuries be reported to the Florida Abuse Hotline overseen by the Department of Children and Families, and WHEREAS, a report was made to the Florida Abuse Hotline and was assigned to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office (BSO), the agency responsible for child protective investigations in Broward County, and WHEREAS, a BSO child protective investigator (CPI) responded to the hospital, observed the injuries, learned that they were unexplained and occurred under the care of Ms. Walsh while living with Mr. Santos, and noted that Ms. Walsh had previously taken M.N. to multiple facilities for treatment for various injuries, including the prior black eye, and WHEREAS, Mr. Nevarez had been an active parent in M.N.’s life; however, Ms. Walsh cut off contact with Mr. Nevarez in mid-September 2016, and refused to tell him where she and M.N. were living, and WHEREAS, Mr. Nevarez was the non-offending parent, meaning he had no role in causing or failing to prevent M.N.’s injuries, Mr. Nevarez was required to be the first person contacted by the BSO during the investigation, and, if contact was initially unsuccessful, the BSO was required to make daily attempts to contact Mr. Nevarez, and WHEREAS, the BSO failed to contact Mr. Navarez immediately, failed to notify him that M.N. had multiple unexplained fractures in different stages of healing, failed to immediately place M.N. with Mr. Nevarez for her protection, and failed to make daily attempts to contact Mr. Nevarez, and WHEREAS, when an abuse investigation is initiated at a hospital emergency room, the CPI is required to consult with the attending physician to determine whether the injury is the result of maltreatment and immediately contact the Child Protective Team (CPT) in person or by phone to discuss all reports of fractures in a child of any age; however, the BSO failed to consult with the attending physician and failed to contact the CPT from the hospital, and WHEREAS, during an abuse investigation, the BSO’s assessment of the safety and perceived needs of the child and family must include a face-to-face interview with the child, other siblings, parents, and other adults in the household; however, the BSO failed to interview Mr. Santos, and WHEREAS, the BSO is required to review the prior criminal history of parents and caregivers and complete a criminal history check within 24 hours of an individual’s identity and presence in the home becoming known to the investigator; however, the BSO failed to complete a background check on Mr. Santos, and WHEREAS, despite the BSO’s actual knowledge of a pattern of unexplained injuries to M.N., M.N.’s three unexplained diagnosed fractures, and the CPI’s personal observations of bruising around M.N.’s eye and discoloration on M.N.’s left wrist, the CPI did not suspect abuse, found that there was no present danger or threat to M.N., allowed M.N. to be discharged from the hospital into Ms. Walsh’s custody, and implemented a Safety Plan for M.N. to remain in Ms. Walsh’s care with no further investigation into how M.N. sustained her injuries, and WHEREAS, on October 18, 2016, the BSO supervisor instructed the CPI to obtain the medical file from M.N.’s August hospital visit, obtain collateral information from neighbors, and refer daycare services to Ms. Walsh, and WHEREAS, the CPI’s chronological case notes do not reflect any activity on the investigation into M.N.’s injuries after these directives, and WHEREAS, the BSO also failed to review M.N.’s medical file, have M.N. seen by CPT, interview any third-parties, including family, friends, and neighbors, and ensure M.N. was enrolled in daycare, and WHEREAS, Ann McClain, M.N.’s paternal grandmother, with whom M.N. and Ms. Walsh previously resided until Ms. Walsh abruptly left the home in mid-September 2016 with M.N., maintained some contact via text messages with Ms. Walsh, but could not discover where Ms. Walsh and M.N. were living, and WHEREAS, Mr. Nevarez repeatedly tried to see M.N. and find out where she was living by texting Ms. Walsh, going to Ms. Walsh’s place of employment, contacting Ms. Walsh’s relatives and friends, and going to D.N.’s daycare, but Ms. Walsh ignored his repeated requests to see M.N., and WHEREAS, on October 24, 2016, while the BSO’s child protective investigation was still open, M.N. sustained life threatening injuries including a parietal skull fracture, brain and spinal cord trauma, retinal hemorrhages, and two femur fractures due to abuse while in the care of Ms. Walsh and Mr. Santos, and WHEREAS, M.N. was transported to the hospital and declared brain dead that same day, placed on life support, and died on October 28, 2016, and WHEREAS, the BSO closed its investigation into M.N.’s abuse on July 17, 2017, with verified findings of bone fractures, internal injuries, threatened harm, and death, and WHEREAS, the BSO placed D.N. in Mr. Nevarez’s care, implemented a safety plan preventing Ms. Walsh from having contact with D.N., and Ms. Walsh’s parental rights to D.N. were terminated on June 20, 2018, at the BSO’s request, and WHEREAS, but for the BSO’s negligence in failing to reasonably investigate allegations of abuse of M.N., and failing to remove M.N. from Ms. Walsh and Mr. Santos’ care, the injuries sustained during the BSO’s investigation and M.N.’s death would not have occurred, and WHEREAS, in August 2023, the case was tried in the 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Broward County, and WHEREAS, the BSO admitted negligence at trial, and the jury found that M.N.’s death and Mr. Nevarez’s loss were due to BSO’s failure to conduct a thorough child protective investigation and ensure M.N.’s safety, and WHEREAS, the court awarded $4.5 million to Mr. Nevarez, M.N.’s non-offending father, for his pain and suffering, of which $2.61 million, or 58 percent of the fault, was attributed to BSO, and WHEREAS, the BSO has paid $110,000 and Broward County has paid $90,000 for claims against the County related to CPT, which has exhausted the sovereign immunity limits set forth in s. 768.28, Florida Statutes, and WHEREAS, the court entered a cost judgment awarding taxable costs in the amount of $88,258.50 to the Estate of M.N., to be paid by the BSO, and WHEREAS, the Estate of M.N. is responsible for payment of attorney fees and all remaining costs and expenses relating to this claim, subject to the limitations set forth in this act, and WHEREAS, the sum of $2,588,258.50, representing the judgment from the verdict against the BSO in the amount of $2.61 million plus the cost judgment entered against the BSO in the amount of $88,258.50, less BSO’s payment of $110,000 in satisfaction of its portion of the sovereign immunity limits, remains unpaid by the BSO, NOW, THEREFORE, | In Committee |
| S0028 | Relief of Darline Angervil and J.R. by the South Broward Hospital District | An act for the relief of Darline Angervil and J.R., a minor, by the South Broward Hospital District; providing an appropriation to compensate Darline Angervil, individually and as parent and natural legal guardian of J.R., and J.R. for injuries and damages sustained as a result of negligence of the South Broward Hospital District; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of attorney fees; providing an effective date. WHEREAS, on the afternoon of January 14, 2014, Darline Angervil, then known as Darline Rocher, was admitted to Memorial Hospital West, operated by the South Broward Hospital District, when she was 30.3 weeks pregnant, with complaints of decreased fetal movement, pregnancy-induced hypertension, and headaches, and WHEREAS, due to Ms. Angervil’s presenting conditions and complaints, Dr. Emil Abdalla, Ms. Angervil’s obstetrician, ordered continuous monitoring of the fetal heart rate and rhythm and entered an order that Ms. Angervil’s vital signs be taken at least every 2 hours, and WHEREAS, Ms. Angervil’s vital sign flowsheets showed elevated blood pressure levels throughout the afternoon and evening hours of January 14, including a systolic blood pressure of 160 mm Hg or higher on at least two occasions at least 4 hours apart while resting in bed, indicating preeclampsia with severe features, and WHEREAS, the only way to treat preeclampsia is to deliver the baby, and, therefore, the patient and baby must be monitored regularly until it is safe and prudent to deliver, and WHEREAS, at 2 a.m. on January 15, due to the diagnosis of preeclampsia, magnesium sulfate was ordered for neuro protection, which also secondarily stabilized Ms. Angervil’s blood pressure, and WHEREAS, Ms. Angervil’s medical records for January 15 include complaints of headache and the results from a 24-hour urine protein analysis showing 743 mg, both of which are consistent with preeclampsia, and WHEREAS, at 9:34 a.m. on January 16, an order was entered to discontinue the magnesium sulfate, and shortly thereafter Ms. Angervil’s blood pressure began to rise, and WHEREAS, Ms. Angervil continued to complain of headache during the day shift on January 16, including a 4:01 p.m. complaint of a headache that she rated 7 out of 10 on the severity scale, and at 5:30 p.m., Ms. Angervil’s vital sign flowsheets began to show abnormal blood pressure readings, and WHEREAS, at 7 p.m. on January 16, Ms. Melanie Wells, a nurse employed by the South Broward Hospital District in the Labor and Delivery Department at Memorial Hospital West, began her shift and was assigned to Ms. Angervil, who continued to complain of headache, and WHEREAS, at approximately 8:25 p.m. on January 16, as Ms. Angervil continued to complain of headache at shift change, maintained consecutive abnormal blood pressure readings, and had an electronic fetal monitoring strip showing a prolonged deceleration some 9 minutes earlier, Ms. Wells contacted Dr. Abdalla to request an order to remove the continuous electronic fetal monitor, and WHEREAS, at 8:27 p.m., Dr. Abdalla entered the order to remove the continuous electronic fetal monitor, and Ms. Angervil continued to have consecutive abnormal blood pressure readings at 8:29, 9:07, 9:24, and 10:33 p.m.; however, Ms. Wells did not replace the electronic fetal monitor on Ms. Angervil, and WHEREAS, shortly before 2:24 a.m. on January 17, Ms. Angervil contacted her nurse, complaining of headache, chest pain, and difficulty breathing, at which time Ms. Wells initiated oxygen and checked Ms. Angervil’s vital signs, and WHEREAS, at 2:26 a.m., Ms. Angervil’s blood pressure reading was dangerously high, a second blood pressure reading at 2:28 a.m. confirmed a hypertensive crisis, and additional consecutive extremely high blood pressure readings were recorded at 2:32, 2:37, and 2:40 a.m., and WHEREAS, at 2:43 a.m., 17 minutes after the initial spike in blood pressure, and with no record of performance of any fetal assessment, Ms. Wells contacted Dr. Abdalla, and at 2:50 a.m., Dr. Abdalla ordered the administration of hydralazine to lower Ms. Angervil’s blood pressure, at which time Ms. Wells attempted to find fetal heart tones but was unable to do so, and WHEREAS, due to the difficulty in finding fetal heart tones, at 2:54 a.m., the nurse manager contacted another OB/GYN who was working on the floor to assist in detecting fetal heart tones with an ultrasound machine, and at 2:56 a.m., critically low heart tones were visualized, resulting in the need for an emergency cesarean section, and WHEREAS, at 2:59 a.m., Ms. Wells contacted Dr. Abdalla to address the difficulty in finding fetal heart tones, at which time Dr. Abdalla advised he was on his way to the hospital to perform an emergency cesarean section, and medical records reflect that the cesarean section began at 3:05 a.m., with delivery at 3:17 a.m. by Dr. Abdalla, and WHEREAS, the delivery note completed by Ms. Wells documented delivery at 3:17 a.m. of a 2 pound, 5.2 ounce female, J.R., with an Apgar score of 0-1-3, who at delivery was noted to be flaccid, cyanotic, apneic, and asystolic, essentially lifeless, and WHEREAS, neonatal resuscitation was led by ARNP Donna Durham, a blue alert code was called at 3:19 a.m., and Ms. Durham initiated chest compressions with bag mask ventilation, and WHEREAS, J.R.’s birth record, resuscitation, and subsequent course of NICU treatment are entirely consistent with a hypoxic injury around the time of delivery, and her medical records are replete with discussions of her “birth-related hypoxia,” and WHEREAS, J.R.’s treating physicians provided assessment notes describing the profound nature of J.R.’s catastrophic injuries and constant needs, including mixed quadriparetic cerebral palsy related to hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, global profound developmental delay, periventricular leukomalacia, constipation, dysphagia, failure to thrive, gastrostomy tube placement, seizure disorder, esophagitis, dystonia and dyskinesias, and impairment of mobility and impairment of communication/cognition, resulting in her need for nursing care 24 hours a day, and WHEREAS, on March 7, 2016, Ms. Angervil, individually and as parent and natural guardian of J.R., a minor, filed a legal action in the Circuit Court for the 17th Judicial Circuit, in and for Broward County, under case number 2016-CA-4209, against the South Broward Hospital District, Dr. Abdalla and his employer, and neonatologist Dr. Vicki Johnston and her ARNP and their employer, alleging, in part, negligence of the district in failing to meet the standard of care for the monitoring, the evaluation of both Ms. Angervil and J.R., and the timely notification of medical specialists regarding the change in Ms. Angervil’s medical condition, and WHEREAS, Ms. Angervil and the South Broward Hospital District agreed to a consent judgment entered into on or about October 19, 2023, for $6.4 million, in which the district agreed to pay Ms. Angervil $300,000 pursuant to the statutory limit imposed under s. 768.28, Florida Statutes, leaving a balance of $6.1 million, and WHEREAS, the South Broward Hospital District has agreed to support this claim bill for the remaining $6.1 million, NOW, THEREFORE, | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1678 | Entities that Boycott Israel | An act relating to entities that boycott Israel; amending s. 215.4725, F.S.; defining terms; revising definitions; requiring the public fund to make its best efforts to identify certain institutions, organizations, agencies, governments, and other entities in which the public fund has direct or indirect holdings; requiring the public fund to compile and make available the Scrutinized Companies or Other Entities that Boycott Israel List; requiring the public fund to quarterly update and make publicly available such list; revising the procedures the public fund must follow for assembling companies or other entities on such list; requiring the Department of Management Services to work with the public fund to determine the companies or other entities with which the state contracts or has grant agreements; requiring the department to notify certain companies that they may be barred from future contracts with the state; requiring the public fund to file a certain report with each member of the Board of Trustees of the State Board of Administration and with the Legislature which includes such list; requiring the public fund to file a certain report with a summary of correspondence between other entities and the public fund; requiring that specified actions be adopted and incorporated into a certain statement; amending s. 265.286, F.S.; requiring applicants to sign a certification form attesting that they comply with specified antidiscrimination laws and will not engage in antisemitic discrimination or antisemitic speech in conjunction with the program or project for which their grant is awarded; disqualifying for a specified timeframe grant applicants that engage in boycotts, antisemitic discrimination, or antisemitic speech; requiring recipients found to have engaged in boycotts or antisemitic discrimination in violation of their certification to pay a specified penalty; authorizing individuals to file a written complaint to the Attorney General for not pursuing a cause of action within a specified timeframe; requiring the Attorney General to provide a written response within a specified timeframe; amending s. 287.135, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “awarding body”; revising the contract values that prohibit a company or other entity from being eligible to bid on, submit a proposal for, or enter into or renew a contract with an agency or local governmental entity; requiring agencies and local governmental entities that enter into or renew a contract to include a specific termination provision; authorizing agencies and local governmental entities to bid on, submit a proposal for, or enter into or renew a contract for goods and services with other entities that boycott Israel under specified circumstances; requiring other entities to submit a certain certification at the same time as they submit a bid or proposal or enter into or renew a contract with an agency or local governmental entity; authorizing civil actions against companies and other entities under specified conditions; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0068 | Health Facilities | An act relating to health facilities; amending s. 154.205, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “health facility” to include other entities and associations organized not for profit; amending s. 154.209, F.S.; revising the powers of health facilities authorities to include the power to issue certain loans and execute related loan agreements; amending s. 154.213, F.S.; specifying requirements for projects financed by loan agreements issued by a health facilities authority; specifying provisions that may be included in such loan agreements; amending s. 395.1042, F.S.; authorizing, rather than requiring, a hospital to perform a confirmation test under certain circumstances; amending ss. 154.219, 154.221, 154.225, 154.235, and 154.247, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0168 | Mental Health | An act relating to mental health; providing a short title; amending s. 394.658, F.S.; expanding the programs and diversion initiatives supported by implementation or expansion grants to include training for 911 public safety telecommunicators and emergency medical technicians for certain purposes and to include veterans treatment court programs; exempting certain fiscally constrained counties from local match requirements for specified grants; amending s. 916.105, F.S.; providing legislative intent; creating s. 916.135, F.S.; defining terms; encouraging communities to apply for specified grants to establish misdemeanor or ordinance violation mental health diversion programs; providing a model process for such mental health diversion programs; requiring adherence to specified provisions to the extent of available resources; authorizing specified entities to collaborate to establish certain policies and procedures and to develop a certain consent form; providing consent form requirements; requiring defendants to sign the consent form to participate in the diversion program; authorizing the screening of certain defendants and prompt evaluation for involuntary examination under certain circumstances; specifying procedures if the evaluation demonstrates that the defendant meets the criteria for involuntary examination; authorizing a court to consider releasing a defendant on his or her own recognizance under certain circumstances; requiring a court to order that a defendant be assessed for outpatient treatment under certain circumstances; authorizing the state attorney, the defense attorney, or the court to, at any stage of the criminal proceedings, request that such a defendant be screened pursuant to certain provisions; authorizing defendants out of custody to be evaluated pursuant to certain provisions; requiring the state attorney to consider dismissal of the charges upon a defendant’s successful completion of all treatment recommendations from a mental health assessment; authorizing the court to exhaust therapeutic interventions aimed at improving compliance before a defendant is returned to jail; creating s. 916.136, F.S.; defining terms; encouraging communities to apply for specified grants to establish pretrial felony mental health diversion programs; providing a model process for such mental health diversion programs; authorizing specified entities to collaborate to establish certain policies and procedures and to develop a certain consent form; providing consent form requirements; requiring defendants to sign the consent form to participate in the diversion program; specifying criteria under which a defendant may be eligible for the mental health diversion program; specifying that the state attorney has the sole discretion to determine a defendant’s pretrial felony mental health diversion eligibility; authorizing the state attorney to recommend that certain defendants be screened and offered pretrial felony mental health diversion; requiring defendants to sign the consent form to participate in the diversion program; requiring that a defendant be assessed for outpatient treatment upon his or her agreeing to participate in the mental health diversion program; requiring the state attorney to consider dismissal of the charges upon a defendant’s successful completion of all treatment recommendations from a mental health assessment; authorizing the state attorney to revoke the defendant’s participation in such mental health diversion program under specified circumstances; amending s. 916.185, F.S.; expanding eligibility for the Forensic Hospital Diversion Pilot Program to include Hillsborough County; creating s. 945.093, F.S.; requiring the Department of Corrections to evaluate the physical and mental health of each inmate eligible for work assignments and correctional work programs; requiring the department to document eligibility before the inmate receives orders for an assignment or program; creating s. 948.0395, F.S.; requiring mental health evaluations and the following of all recommendations as conditions of probation for specified defendants; amending s. 1004.649, F.S.; specifying that the Northwest Regional Data Center is responsible for creating, operating, and managing, including the research conducted by, the Florida Behavioral Health Care Data Repository; specifying the purposes of the data repository; requiring the Northwest Regional Data Center to develop a specified plan; requiring the Northwest Regional Data Center to submit, by a specified date, a certain developed plan to the Governor and the Legislature; requiring the Florida Behavioral Health Care Data Repository to submit, by a specified date and annually thereafter, a specified report to the Governor and the Legislature; providing an appropriation; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1804 | Capital Human Trafficking of Vulnerable Persons for Sexual Exploitation | An act relating to capital human trafficking of vulnerable persons for sexual exploitation; amending s. 92.565, F.S.; specifying that a defendant’s memorialized confession or admission in cases of capital human trafficking of vulnerable persons for sexual exploitation is admissible during trial under specified circumstances; amending s. 456.51, F.S.; specifying that consent is not required for pelvic examinations administered pursuant to a criminal investigation of an alleged violation of capital human trafficking of vulnerable persons for sexual exploitation; amending s. 775.0877, F.S.; requiring a court to order a person who is convicted of or who had pled nolo contendere or guilty to, or to the attempt thereof, capital human trafficking of vulnerable persons for sexual exploitation to undergo HIV testing; amending s. 775.21, F.S.; requiring that an offender who is convicted of committing capital human trafficking of vulnerable persons for sexual exploitation be designated as a sexual predator; amending s. 787.01, F.S.; specifying that a person commits a life felony if the person kidnaps a child under a certain age and in the course of committing that offense commits capital human trafficking of vulnerable persons for sexual exploitation; amending s. 787.02, F.S.; specifying that a person commits a felony of the first degree if the person falsely imprisons a child under a certain age and in the course of committing that offense commits capital human trafficking of vulnerable persons for sexual exploitation; amending s. 787.06, F.S.; defining the term “sexual exploitation”; prohibiting a person 18 years of age or older from knowingly initiating, organizing, planning, financing, directing, managing, or supervising a venture that has subjected a child younger than 12 years of age, or a person who is mentally defective or mentally incapacitated, to human trafficking for sexual exploitation; providing a criminal penalty; requiring the state to give a specified notice if it intends to seek the death penalty for a violation of the offense; creating s. 921.1427, F.S.; providing legislative findings and intent; providing for separate death penalty proceedings in certain cases; providing for findings and recommended sentences by a jury; providing for imposition of sentence of life imprisonment or death; providing requirements for a court order in support of a life imprisonment or death sentence; providing for automatic review of sentences of death within a certain time period; specifying aggravating factors and mitigating circumstances; providing for victim impact evidence; providing for resentencing if provisions are found to be unconstitutional; providing applicability; amending s. 924.07, F.S.; authorizing the state to appeal from a certain sentence on the ground that it resulted from the failure of the circuit court to comply with specified sentencing procedure requirements; amending ss. 943.0435, 944.606, and 944.607, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “sexual offender”; amending s. 948.32, F.S.; requiring state or local law enforcement agencies to contact the Department of Corrections if they investigate or arrest a person for committing, or attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit, capital human trafficking of vulnerable persons for sexual exploitation; amending s. 960.065, F.S.; revising eligibility for awards for victim assistance; amending ss. 921.137 and 921.141, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; reenacting s. 16.713(1)(c), F.S., relating to the Florida Gaming Control Commission, appointment and employment restrictions, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 39.0139(3)(a), F.S., relating to visitation or other contact and restrictions, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 39.509(6)(b), F.S., relating to grandparents rights, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 39.806(1)(d) and (n), F.S., relating to grounds for termination of parental rights, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 61.13(9)(c), F.S., relating to support of children, parenting and time-sharing, and powers of the court, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 63.089(4)(b), F.S., relating to proceeding to terminate parental rights pending adoption, hearing, grounds, dismissal of petition, and judgment, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 63.092(3), F.S., relating to report to the court of intended placement by an adoption entity, at-risk placement, and preliminary study, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 68.07(3)(i) and (6), F.S., relating to change of name, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 92.55(1)(b), F.S., relating to special protections in proceedings involving a victim or witness under 18, person with intellectual disability, or sexual offense victim, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 322.141(3), F.S., relating to color or markings of certain licenses or identification cards, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 397.487(10)(b), F.S., relating to voluntary certification of recovery residences, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 435.07(4)(b), F.S., relating to exemptions from disqualification, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 455.213(3)(b), F.S., relating to general licensing provisions, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 489.553(7), F.S., relating to administration of part, registration qualifications, and examination, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 507.07(10), F.S., relating to violations, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 775.13(4), F.S., relating to registration of convicted felons, exemptions, and penalties, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 775.25, F.S., relating to prosecutions for acts or omissions, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 794.075(1), F.S., relating to sexual predators and erectile dysfunction drugs, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 900.05(2)(cc), F.S., relating to criminal justice data collection, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 903.0351(1)(c), F.S., relating to restrictions on pretrial release pending probation violation hearing or community-control-violation hearing, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 903.046(2)(m), F.S., relating to purpose of and criteria for bail determination, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 903.133(3), F.S., relating to bail on appeal prohibited for certain felony convictions, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 907.043(4)(b), F.S., relating to pretrial release and citizens’ right to know, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 938.10(1), F.S., relating to additional court cost imposed in cases of certain crimes, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 943.0435(5), F.S., relating to sexual offenders required to register with the department and penalties, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 943.0584(2), F.S., relating to criminal history records ineligible for court-ordered expunction or court-ordered sealing, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 944.609(4), F.S., relating to career offenders and notification upon release, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 947.1405(2)(c) and (10), F.S., relating to conditional release program, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 948.013(2)(b), F.S., relating to administrative probation, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 948.05(2)(f), F.S., relating to court to admonish or commend probationer or offender in community control and graduated incentives, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 948.06(4) and (8)(b) and (d), F.S., relating to violation of probation or community control, revocation, modification, continuance, and failure to pay restitution or cost of supervision, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 948.063, F.S., relating to violations of probation or community control by designated sexual offenders and sexual predators, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 948.064(4), F.S., relating to notification of status as a violent felony offender of special concern, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 948.12, F.S., relating to intensive supervision for postprison release of violent offenders, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 948.30(3), F.S., relating to additional terms and conditions of probation or community control for certain sex offenses, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 948.31, F.S., relating to evaluation and treatment of sexual predators and offenders on probation or community control, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 985.04(6)(b), F.S., relating to oaths, records, and confidential information, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 775.21, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 61.13(2)(c) and (9)(c), F.S., relating to support of children, parenting and time-sharing, and powers of the court, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 68.07(3)(i) and (6), F.S., relating to change of name, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 92.55(1)(b), F.S., relating to special protections in proceedings involving a victim or witness under 18, person with intellectual disability, or sexual offense victim, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 98.0751(2)(b), F.S., relating to restoration of voting rights and termination of ineligibility subsequent to a felony conviction, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 322.141(3), F.S., relating to color or markings of certain licenses or identification cards, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 394.9125(2), F.S., relating to state attorney authority to refer a person for civil commitment, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 435.07(4)(b), F.S., relating to exemptions from disqualification, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 775.0862(2), F.S., relating to sexual offenses against students by authority figures and reclassification, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 775.13(4), F.S., relating to registration of convicted felons, exemptions, and penalties, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 775.24(2), F.S., relating to the duty of the court to uphold laws governing sexual predators and sexual offenders, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 775.25, F.S., relating to prosecutions for acts or omissions, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 900.05(2)(cc), F.S., relating to criminal justice data collection, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 903.046(2)(m), F.S., relating to purpose of and criteria for bail determination, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 903.133, F.S., relating to bail on appeal prohibited for certain felony convictions, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 907.043(4)(b), F.S., relating to pretrial release and citizens’ right to know, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 934.255(2)(a), F.S., relating to subpoenas in investigations of sexual offenses, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 938.10(1), F.S., relating to additional court cost imposed in cases of certain crimes, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 943.0436(2), F.S., relating to the duty of the court to uphold laws governing sexual predators and sexual offenders, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 943.0584(2), F.S., relating to criminal history records ineligible for court-ordered expunction or court-ordered sealing, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 943.0595(2)(a), F.S., relating to automatic sealing of criminal history records and confidentiality of related court records, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 947.1405(12), F.S., relating to the conditional release program, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 948.013(2)(b), F.S., relating to administrative probation, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 948.05(2)(f), F.S., relating to court to admonish or commend probationer or offender in community control and graduated incentives, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 948.06(4), F.S., relating to violation of probation or community control, revocation, modification, continuance, and failure to pay restitution or cost of supervision, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 948.063, F.S., relating to violations of probation or community control by designated sexual offenders and sexual predators, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 948.30(4), F.S., relating to additional terms and conditions of probation or community control for certain sex offenses, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 948.31, F.S., relating to evaluation and treatment of sexual predators and offenders on probation or community control, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 985.04(6)(b), F.S., relating to oaths, records, and confidential information, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 1012.467(2)(b), F.S., relating to noninstructional contractors who are permitted access to school grounds when students are present and background screening requirements, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 943.0435, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 775.24(2), F.S., relating to the duty of the court to uphold laws governing sexual predators and sexual offenders, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 944.606, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 775.25, F.S., relating to prosecutions for acts or omissions, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 944.606, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 943.0436(2), F.S., relating to the duty of the court to uphold laws governing sexual predators and sexual offenders, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 944.606, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 948.31, F.S., relating to evaluation and treatment of sexual predators and offenders on probation or community control, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 944.606, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 985.04(6)(b), F.S., relating to oaths, records, and confidential information, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 944.606, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 322.141(3), F.S., relating to color or markings of certain licenses or identification cards, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 944.607, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 775.13(4), F.S., relating to registration of convicted felons, exemptions, and penalties, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 944.607, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 775.24(2), F.S., relating to the duty of the court to uphold laws governing sexual predators and sexual offenders, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 944.607, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 775.25, F.S., relating to prosecutions for acts or omissions, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 944.607, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 943.0436(2), F.S., relating to the duty of the court to uphold laws governing sexual predators and sexual offenders, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 944.607, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 948.06(4), F.S., relating to violation of probation or community control, revocation, modification, continuance, and failure to pay restitution or cost of supervision, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 944.607, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 948.063, F.S., relating to violations of probation or community control by designated sexual offenders and sexual predators, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 944.607, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 948.31, F.S., relating to evaluation and treatment of sexual predators and offenders on probation or community control, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 944.607, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 985.04(6)(b), F.S., relating to oaths, records, and confidential information, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 944.607, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0106 | Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults | An act relating to exploitation of vulnerable adults; amending s. 825.1035, F.S.; authorizing the use of substitute service on unascertainable respondents; defining the term “unascertainable respondent”; requiring a petitioner to file with the court a sworn affidavit to effectuate substitute service; providing requirements for the affidavit; requiring the court to enter an order providing for specified service when a petitioner files the sworn affidavit; requiring the petitioner to file with the court proof that the petitioner attempted to serve the unascertainable respondent; requiring that any proposed transfer of funds or property in dispute be held for a specified time period; providing construction; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0676 | Minimum Wage Requirements | An act relating to minimum wage requirements; amending s. 448.110, F.S.; providing an exception to the requirement that an employee be paid the state minimum wage; providing that an employer is not subject to certain minimum wage requirements for specified employees; authorizing employees to opt out of the minimum wage requirements in a specified manner; requiring that the parent or guardian of an employee who is younger than 18 years of age sign such waiver on behalf of the employee; providing severability; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0030 | Relief of the Estate of M.N. by the Broward County Sheriff's Office | An act for the relief of the Estate of M.N. by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office; providing for an appropriation to compensate the estate for injuries sustained by M.N. and her subsequent death as a result of the negligence of the Broward County Sheriff’s Office; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of attorney fees; providing an effective date. WHEREAS, on October 13, 2016, 5-month-old M.N. was brought to Northwest Medical Center in Broward County with a fever and intermittent leg pain, and WHEREAS, diagnostic imaging revealed that M.N. had multiple fractures in her upper and lower extremities which were in different stages of healing, some of which were estimated to be approximately 3 weeks old, including fractures to her left tibia, left fibula, and left radius, and WHEREAS, the treating physician observed bruising around M.N.’s left eye and discoloration on M.N.’s left wrist and learned that, at 3 months of age, M.N. had sustained a black eye, allegedly from falling off a couch, which resulted in a visit to Broward Health, and WHEREAS, the treating physician consulted with a pediatric orthopedic specialist who, upon reviewing M.N.’s diagnostic imaging, advised that the fractures did not appear to be accidental and recommended that M.N.’s injuries be reported to the Department of Children and Families’ (DCF) Abuse Hotline, and WHEREAS, on October 13, 2016, the treating physician sent, and DCF received, a report through DCF’s Abuse Hotline describing M.N.’s injuries, which report was assigned to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office (BSO) for investigation, as the BSO was the law enforcement agency charged with conducting child protective investigations in Broward County pursuant to s. 39.303, Florida Statutes, and WHEREAS, that same day, upon receiving the abuse hotline report, a BSO child protective investigator (CPI) responded to Northwest Medical Center and observed the bruising around M.N.’s left eye and the discoloration on her left wrist and learned that, in addition to M.N.’s unexplained healing fractures, each of the aforementioned injuries occurred while M.N. was in the care or presence of her mother, K.W.; that the origins of the injuries were unexplained; and that K.W. had taken M.N. to different medical facilities to receive treatment for the child’s injuries, and WHEREAS, as the agency charged under s. 39.001, Florida Statutes, with conducting child protective investigations to ensure child safety and prevent further harm to children, the BSO owed M.N. a duty to ensure her safety and to protect her from further harm, and WHEREAS, despite the CPI having actual knowledge that there was a pattern of unexplained injuries to M.N. while in K.W.’s care and that the child was in immediate need of a safety plan for her protection, the BSO allowed M.N. to be discharged from the hospital in the custody of K.W., and WHEREAS, the BSO determined that M.N.’s father, C.N., was a nonoffending parent; however, K.W. had moved into the home of a male friend, Juan Santos, and, throughout September and October 2016, refused to respond to C.N.’s multiple requests to visit M.N., and WHEREAS, the BSO failed to contact C.N., despite the fact that the BSO was required to do so to inform him of M.N.’s injuries and to discuss placement of the child, and WHEREAS, the BSO failed to meet with Mr. Santos, to explore whether he was a caregiver to M.N., or to conduct a background check on him, and instead allowed M.N. to remain with K.W. and Mr. Santos, during which time M.N. was subject to further severe abuse, and WHEREAS, on October 24, 2016, while the BSO’s child protective investigation remained open, M.N., at only 6 months of age, sustained life-threatening injuries, including a parietal skull fracture, severe brain and spinal cord injury, and extensive retinal hemorrhages, due to shaking and impact, and WHEREAS, on October 24, 2016, M.N. was transported to the hospital, where she was declared brain-dead and placed on life support, and she died from her injuries on October 28, 2016, after being removed from life support, and WHEREAS, on October 24, 2016, an additional abuse hotline report was received regarding M.N., and the case was again assigned to the BSO for investigation, and WHEREAS, the BSO closed its investigation of M.N.’s case on July 17, 2017, with verified findings of bone fractures, internal injuries, threatened harm, and death, and WHEREAS, following a jury trial, a verdict was rendered on August 16, 2023, in the amount of $4.5 million in favor of M.N.’s father, C.N., for his pain and suffering as a result M.N.’s wrongful death, with 58 percent of the jury award, totaling $2.61 million, apportioned to the BSO, and WHEREAS, the BSO admitted its negligence during the trial following the testimony of its own CPI, her supervisor, and other BSO employees, and WHEREAS, the jury found that, but for the BSO’s negligence in failing to complete a thorough child protective investigation, ensure M.N.’s safety, and protect M.N. from further abuse and neglect, which was its primary duty, M.N. would not have died and C.N. would not have suffered damages arising out of the loss of his daughter, and WHEREAS, $110,000 of the jury award was recovered from the BSO and $90,000 was recovered from Broward County, which total has exhausted the sovereign immunity limits set forth in s. 768.28, Florida Statutes, and WHEREAS, the trial court entered a cost judgment awarding taxable costs in the amount of $88,258.50 to the Estate of M.N., to be paid by the BSO, and WHEREAS, a total of $2,498,258.50, representing $2.41 million in excess of the sovereign immunity limits and $88,258.50 in costs awarded to the Estate of M.N., plus interest remains unpaid by the BSO, and WHEREAS, the Estate of M.N. is responsible for payment of attorney fees and all remaining costs and expenses relating to this claim, subject to the limitations set forth in this act, and WHEREAS, the claimant has been paid the statutory limit of $200,000 pursuant to s. 768.28, Florida Statutes, leaving a balance of $2.41 million plus taxable trial costs awarded in the amount of $88,258.50 for a total claim of $2,498,258.50, plus interest, NOW, THEREFORE, | Dead |
| S0064 | Electronic Monitoring Devices in Long-term Care Facilities | An act relating to electronic monitoring devices in long-term care facilities; creating ss. 400.025 and 429.265, F.S.; defining the terms “electronic monitoring device” and “representative”; authorizing a resident, or his or her representative, of a nursing home facility or assisted living facility, respectively, to authorize the installation and use of an electronic monitoring device in the resident’s room if specified conditions are met; providing for installation and use of such device if the resident lives in a shared room with another resident with the consent of the other resident or his or her representative; authorizing the other resident or his or her representative to impose conditions on the consent; providing that consent may be withdrawn at any time, verbally or in writing; authorizing facilities to adopt a consent form; providing requirements for the form; prohibiting facilities from denying admission to a person or discharging a resident or otherwise discriminating or retaliating against a resident for the decision to install and use an electronic monitoring device in the resident’s room; providing an administrative penalty; providing a criminal penalty for unlawfully obstructing, tampering with, or destroying an electronic monitoring device or a recording made by such device; specifying who may view or listen to images and sounds broadcast or recorded by an electronic monitoring device; providing applicability; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to adopt rules; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0560 | Chemical Additives in Food Products | An act relating to chemical additives in food products; creating s. 500.454, F.S.; beginning on a specified date, prohibiting a food establishment from manufacturing, selling, or distributing food that contains specified chemical additives; providing penalties; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0616 | Damages Recoverable in Wrongful Death Actions | An act relating to damages recoverable in wrongful death actions; providing a short title; amending ss. 400.023, 400.0235, and 429.295, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 768.21, F.S.; removing a provision that prohibits adult children and parents of adult children from recovering certain damages in medical negligence suits; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0638 | Home Inspectors | An act relating to home inspectors; amending ss. 468.8313 and 468.8321, F.S.; revising the examination and disclosure requirements for home inspectors; amending s. 468.8322, F.S.; requiring home inspectors to maintain an errors and omissions insurance policy in a specified amount; amending s. 468.8314, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0636 | Motor Vehicles Using the Furthermost Left-hand Lane | An act relating to motor vehicles using the furthermost left-hand lane; amending s. 316.081, F.S.; defining the term “furthermost left-hand lane”; prohibiting a driver from operating a motor vehicle in the furthermost left-hand lane on specified roadways; providing exceptions; providing applicability; requiring the Department of Transportation to make certain designations and install specified signage; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0634 | Land Use and Zoning | An act relating to land use and zoning; amending s. 70.001, F.S.; providing applicability of provisions related to protection of private property rights; creating s. 163.31773, F.S.; defining the terms “single-family hybrid use” and “single-family owner use”; authorizing a local government to provide for certain residential land uses in its comprehensive plan and land development regulations; authorizing a local government to prohibit single-family hybrid use while allowing single-family owner use within a land use category; providing applicability; providing an effective date. WHEREAS, homeownership enhances community stability, economic prosperity, and civic engagement, and WHEREAS, this state acknowledges the substantial public benefits of increased homeownership, such as improved public welfare and economic resilience, and WHEREAS, evolving housing needs require adaptable policy frameworks that promote both inclusivity and economic diversity within communities, and WHEREAS, distinguishing between single-family hybrid use and single-family ownership use for land use and land development regulation purposes addresses the diverse needs and preferences of this state’s residents, and WHEREAS, there is currently no mechanism in state law to ensure that rezoning land for the development of single-family homes will provide opportunities for owner occupation of such single family homes, necessitating action by the Legislature, NOW, THEREFORE, | Dead |
| S0632 | Treatment of Chronic and Terminal Illnesses | An act relating to treatment of chronic and terminal illnesses; creating s. 499.0296, F.S.; defining terms; providing that chronically and terminally ill patients have the right, with assistance and guidance from their health care providers, to determine their individual courses of treatment; authorizing compounding pharmacies to obtain certain active pharmaceutical ingredients to provide the prescribed course of treatment in such cases, provided the active pharmaceutical ingredients meet specified conditions; providing applicability; providing construction; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0640 | Retail Sale of Ephedrine and Related Compounds | An act relating to retail sale of ephedrine and related compounds; amending s. 893.1495, F.S.; defining the terms “administrator of the electronic recordkeeping system” and “covered entity”; revising applicability; providing criminal penalties; providing a contingent effective date. | Dead |
| S0730 | Clerks of the Circuit Court | An act relating to clerks of the circuit court; creating s. 28.51, F.S.; providing that the clerk of the circuit court is the county auditor with the duty and power to guard against illegal use of county funds; authorizing the county auditor to perform specified actions; requiring the county auditor to perform specified duties; requiring that reports be published upon the completion of an audit; authorizing third-party financial institutions to rely on specified provisions to provide specified records and documents to county auditors without requiring additional processes or court orders; authorizing third-party contractors to rely on specified provisions and provide county auditors requested information under specified conditions; providing construction; providing that the clerk of the circuit court has legal standing to pursue the recovery of certain funds in a circuit court action; creating s. 28.52, F.S.; authorizing county auditors to obtain a certain credential to be designated as the county inspector general; providing that the county inspector general has specified authority; requiring county inspectors general to perform specified actions; authorizing the inspector general to engage in specified actions in furtherance of his or her duties; providing construction; amending s. 129.09, F.S.; making technical changes; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0732 | County Officers | An act relating to county officers; repealing ss. 145.051, 145.09, and 145.10, F.S., relating to compensation for clerks of the circuit court and county comptrollers, supervisors of elections, and property appraisers, respectively; amending s. 145.11, F.S.; aligning the compensation of property appraisers, supervisors of elections, clerks of the circuit court, and county comptrollers with the compensation provided to tax collectors; providing that salaries are based on a 5-day workweek and must be prorated in certain circumstances; authorizing a special qualification salary in certain circumstances; authorizing property appraisers, supervisors of elections, clerks of the circuit court, and county comptrollers to voluntarily reduce their salary rate; amending ss. 104.051, 192.115, 193.1147, and 195.002, F.S.; conforming cross-references; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0728 | Cannabis Research | An act relating to cannabis research; amending s. 893.03, F.S.; excepting cannabis and its derivatives from Schedule I of controlled substances for certain bona fide scientific research purposes; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0724 | Property Owner Liability | An act relating to property owner liability; creating s. 768.396, F.S.; providing a short title; providing legislative findings and purpose; providing that a property owner is liable for damages caused by trees or shrubs located on his or her property when they fall on another’s property; providing applicability; providing that trees and shrubs located on two or more parcels may be removed by any of the property owners after serving proper notice and posting on the other parcels; providing an exception; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0852 | Study on the Elimination of Property Taxes | An act relating to a study on the elimination of property taxes; requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to conduct a specified study; specifying the requirements of such study; requiring the office to submit a report to the Legislature by a specified date; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0874 | Gift Certificate Forgery | An act relating to gift certificate forgery; amending s. 831.01, F.S.; providing criminal penalties for persons who falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit gift certificates with the intent to injure or defraud a person; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0866 | Anchoring Limitation Areas | An act relating to anchoring limitation areas; amending s. 327.60, F.S.; restricting local regulation of vessels outside the marked boundaries of mooring fields in certain counties and areas of critical state concern; revising exceptions; amending s. 327.4108, F.S.; designating specified sections of Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County as grandfathered-in anchoring limitation areas; amending s. 327.4109, F.S.; increasing the prohibited anchoring and mooring distance of vessels and floating structures near public mooring fields; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0884 | Florida State Guard | An act relating to the Florida State Guard; amending s. 115.07, F.S.; authorizing leaves of absence for members of the Florida State Guard when they are engaged in certain ordered training; revising legislative intent; amending s. 258.0145, F.S.; providing a discount on annual entrance passes to state parks for current members of the Florida State Guard; amending s. 379.354, F.S.; creating and specifying the annual fee for the Florida State Guard gold sportsman’s license for hunting and fishing; specifying application requirements for the license; providing construction; creating s. 1009.8959, F.S.; creating the Florida State Guard Scholarship Program for a specified purpose; requiring the Department of Education to administer the program according to rules and procedures established by the State Board of Education; specifying eligibility requirements for initial and recurring funding under the program; providing for the issuance of awards under the program; requiring the Department of Education to issue the awards annually, subject to legislative appropriation; specifying requirements if appropriated funds are not sufficient to fully fund awards; requiring the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors to adopt rules and regulations, respectively; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0902 | Panelized Construction | An act relating to panelized construction; reordering and amending s. 553.36, F.S.; defining the term “panelized construction”; amending s. 553.37, F.S.; providing that panelized construction is exempt from state approval but must comply with all local requirements of the governmental agency having jurisdiction at the installation site; amending ss. 316.515, 553.415, and 627.702, F.S.; conforming cross references; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1042 | Interfering with an Officer's Means of Protection or Communication | An act relating to interfering with an officer’s means of protection or communication; amending s. 843.025, F.S.; prohibiting a person from depriving certain officers of digital recording devices or restraint devices; prohibiting a person from rendering useless certain officer’s weapons or radios, digital recording devices, or restraint devices; providing criminal penalties; amending ss. 397.417, 420.6241, 435.04, and 921.0022, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1034 | Florida Employee Health Choices Program | An act relating to the Florida Employee Health Choices Program; amending s. 408.910, F.S.; renaming the Florida Health Choices Program as the “Florida Employee Health Choices Program”; revising legislative intent; revising definitions; revising the purpose and components of the program; revising eligibility and participation requirements for vendors under the program; revising the types of health insurance products that are available for purchase through the program; deleting certain pricing transparency requirements to conform to changes made by the act; revising the structure of the insurance marketplace process under the program; deleting the option for risk pooling under the program; deleting exemptions from certain requirements of the Florida Insurance Code under the program; renaming the corporation administering the program as the “Florida Employee Health Choices, Inc.”; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 409.821, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1082 | Building Inspections | An act relating to building inspections; amending s. 553.908, F.S.; revising the Florida Building Code edition for energy conservation for a building’s or a dwelling unit’s maximum tested air leakage measure; revising an exception; making technical changes; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1092 | Assessment of Homestead Property | An act relating to assessment of homestead property; amending s. 193.155, F.S.; revising the method of homestead property assessments; requiring that assessments be at the most recent purchase price or, in the case of new construction, the cost of construction; requiring that reassessment be the prior assessed value or a specified calculation; requiring that changes, additions, and improvements be assessed in a certain manner; amending s. 194.011, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; authorizing the Department of Revenue to create a grant program for a certain purpose; authorizing the department to adopt rules; providing a contingent effective date. | Dead |
| S1100 | Protective Services for Certain Victims and Witnesses | An act relating to protective services for certain victims and witnesses; amending s. 914.25, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “serious felony offense”; reenacting ss. 914.27(1), (2), and (5) and 943.031(8)(c), F.S., relating to the confidentiality of victim and witness information and the Victim and Witness Protection Review Committee, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 914.25, F.S., in references thereto; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1098 | Elections | An act relating to elections; amending s. 99.061, F.S.; revising the list of required items that must be received by a specified officer for nomination and election qualification; declaring that failure to file a certain written statement as required disqualifies a candidate; providing a method to challenge the contents of certain forms and statements; providing requirements for certain candidates to qualify for office; requiring the Department of State to adopt rules for certain procedures and a required form; requiring the withdrawal of certain candidates in specified circumstances; providing the exclusive method of withdrawal; prohibiting a qualifying officer from accepting certain items after a specified deadline; declaring that any papers or items accepted after the deadline are not valid and that the candidate must be disqualified; providing a method for challenging the qualification for certain candidates; specifying procedures for bringing an action in circuit court, the filing of responses, scheduling of proceedings, and requirements for the supervisor of elections; amending s. 101.69, F.S.; revising where secure ballot intake stations may be placed and when they may be accessed; amending s. 103.081, F.S.; revising who is required to give approval and permission to use names, abbreviations, and symbols of political parties; authorizing a political party to adopt certain rules; revising requirements for an exception; amending s. 103.121, F.S.; revising powers and duties of executive committees; providing for retroactive application; amending s. 106.1436, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “voter guide”; revising who may represent that a voter guide is the official publication of a political party; revising required disclaimers on voter guides; prohibiting voter guides from advocating for a candidate unless certain conditions are met; providing that certain voter guides are an in-kind contribution and should be valued in a certain manner; providing an exception; increasing the maximum fine amount for a certain violation; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1210 | Traffic Infractions Resulting in a Crash with Another Vehicle | An act relating to traffic infractions resulting in a crash with another vehicle; amending s. 318.14, F.S.; requiring the imposition of specified civil penalties and periods of driver license suspension on a person found at a mandatory hearing to have committed certain traffic infractions that resulted in a crash with another vehicle, in addition to any other penalties; amending s. 318.19, F.S.; requiring persons cited for specified infractions that result in a crash with another vehicle to appear at a certain mandatory hearing; amending s. 324.023, F.S.; requiring certain owners and operators of motor vehicles to establish and maintain the ability to respond in damages for liability on account of certain accidents; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1214 | Automatic Sealing of Criminal History Records | An act relating to automatic sealing of criminal history records; amending s. 943.0595, F.S.; eliminating certain circumstances in which criminal history records are automatically sealed; providing that specified provisions do not limit a prosecutor from accessing automatically sealed criminal history records for certain purposes; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1250 | Political Activities on School Grounds | An act relating to political activities on school grounds; creating s. 104.315, F.S.; defining terms; providing that certain activities are allowed on school grounds; authorizing that candidates may be invited to speak as candidates on school grounds if certain conditions are met; prohibiting certain political activities on school grounds; prohibiting certain employees from using e-mail, offices or time during work hours for political advocacy; providing criminal penalties for persons who violate specified provisions; providing that each such violation is a separate offense; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1608 | Private Schools | An act relating to private schools; amending s. 1002.394, F.S.; providing that a specified maximum number of full-time virtual students of private schools may be approved to participate in the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program under certain conditions for specified fiscal years; providing that, beginning with a specified fiscal year, no maximum enrollment restriction applies to such students; amending s. 1002.395, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “eligible private school”; defining the term “instructional activities”; requiring eligible private schools that enroll certain students to offer and give notice of a student orientation course; requiring such eligible private schools to develop and adopt a specified policy; providing a requirement for the policy; requiring eligible private schools to notify a scholarship-funding organization of a student’s disenrollment; amending s. 1002.421, F.S.; providing methods for private schools participating in an education scholarship program to meet a requirement that students maintain regular and direct contact with teachers of online courses; amending s. 1003.01, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “regular school attendance” to conform to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0426 | Attorney Fees in Insurance Matters | An act relating to attorney fees in insurance matters; amending s. 86.121, F.S.; requiring a court to award reasonable attorney fees to certain persons in certain claims for declaratory relief; deleting a provision relating to a defense offered by an insurer that makes a total coverage denial of a claim; revising a limitation on attorney fees; deleting applicability; amending s. 624.155, F.S.; providing applicability related to certain civil actions; creating ss. 626.9375 and 627.4285, F.S.; requiring the trial court and appellate court to award reasonable attorney fees under certain circumstances; requiring that such fees be included in the judgment or decree; amending s. 624.123, F.S.; specifying that international health insurance policies are subject to specified provisions; amending s. 624.488, F.S.; specifying that certain provisions are applicable to self-insurance funds; amending s. 627.062, F.S.; specifying that individual risk rates and modifications to existing approved forms are subject to specified provisions; amending s. 627.401, F.S.; specifying that certain provisions apply to wet marine and transportation insurance, title insurance, and credit life or credit disability insurance; amending s. 627.727, F.S.; authorizing attorney fees under certain disputes regarding uninsured motorist coverage; providing applicability; amending s. 627.736, F.S.; specifying that certain provisions apply to the Florida Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law; amending s. 628.6016, F.S.; specifying that certain provisions are applicable to assessable mutual insurers; amending s. 632.638, F.S.; specifying that certain provisions are applicable to fraternal benefit societies; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1794 | Criminal Justice Accountability | An act relating to criminal justice accountability; creating s. 16.081, F.S.; authorizing the Attorney General to call upon a state attorney to appear before the Cabinet for a certain purpose; creating s. 16.082, F.S.; authorizing the Attorney General to receive cases from certain state attorneys upon request of the Governor; amending 16.09, F.S.; requiring state attorneys’ reports to be submitted to the Attorney General as he or she prescribes, rather than quarterly; amending s. 16.53, F.S.; revising the use of the Legal Affairs Revolving Trust Fund to pay for the investigation, prosecution, and enforcement of certain cases forwarded to the Attorney General; amending s. 27.14, F.S.; authorizing the Governor to move cases to the Attorney General from a state attorney for prosecution under certain circumstances; amending s. 43.16, F.S.; adding the Attorney General as a permanent member of the Justice Administrative Commission; specifying that the Attorney General serves as chair of the commission; expanding the required duties of the commission; revising applicability; amending s. 900.05, F.S.; requiring state attorneys to collect data on annual charges referred by law enforcement agencies for which case numbers were not assigned; requiring the Department of Legal Affairs, by a specified date, to develop a schedule for auditing certain records, and review compliance and performance of the reporting entities and the validity of their reports; requiring the department, by a specified date, to begin auditing certain entities; requiring periodic auditing; reenacting s. 27.151(1) and (3), F.S., relating to the confidentiality of specified executive orders, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 27.14, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 943.6871, F.S., relating to criminal justice data transparency, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 900.05, F.S., in references thereto; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1774 | Rebuttable Presumption for Certain Deaths | An act relating to a rebuttable presumption for certain deaths; creating s. 782.073, F.S.; creating a rebuttable presumption that the death of an alleged victim was the result of a controlled substance under specified circumstances; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1772 | Guaranteed Income Programs | An act relating to guaranteed income programs; creating s. 414.61, F.S.; defining the terms “guaranteed income program” and “local government”; prohibiting a local government from adopting or enforcing a law, an ordinance, a resolution, an order, or a rule that has the purpose or effect of providing for payments under a guaranteed income program; authorizing the Attorney General to send a cease and desist order to a local government that violates specified provisions; authorizing the Attorney General to bring an action for injunctive relief for failure to comply with such cease and desist order; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1830 | Dog Breeding | An act relating to dog breeding; creating part III of ch. 585, F.S., entitled “Dog Breeding”; creating s. 585.71, F.S.; providing legislative findings and intent; creating s. 585.711, F.S.; defining terms; creating s. 585.712, F.S.; providing construction; providing a presumption that a breeding female dog is being used for breeding purposes unless certain conditions are met; creating s. 585.713, F.S.; requiring dog breeders to apply for and obtain a certification of registration from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; requiring that the certificate of registration be renewed annually; requiring the department to notify a certificateholder in writing of the date for renewal; authorizing the department to assess late filing penalties and to extend a renewal date for a specified number of days; requiring the department to issue certificates of inspection for dog breeding facilities that meet certain requirements and rules; requiring dog breeders and dog breeding facilities to post conspicuously their certificates of registration and inspection; creating s. 585.714, F.S.; requiring the department to adopt rules; requiring the department to consult with certain entities in creating rules for standards of care; providing specified criteria for such rules; requiring the department to adopt and publish rules governing the application for and issuance, suspension and revocation of certificates of registration and inspection; authorizing the department to enter and inspect any dog breeding facility; requiring probable cause for such entry; authorizing the department to take certain enforcement actions against a dog breeder or dog breeding facility; authorizing the department to suspend or revoke certificates of registration and inspection under certain circumstances; authorizing the department to assess fines; authorizing the department to enter into cooperative agreements to conduct such inspections; authorizing the department to create a risk-based inspection frequency system; requiring the department to create a publicly available database on the department’s website which contains certain information on dog breeders, dog breeding facilities, and retail establishments that sell dogs; requiring the department to create a whistleblower program for reporting violations; creating s. 585.715, F.S.; requiring dog breeders to microchip certain dogs; requiring that such microchips be registered with the department; requiring a retail establishment that sells dogs to post conspicuously certain certificates of registration and inspection; prohibiting a retail establishment from selling or accepting for sale dogs that do not meet the microchipping requirements; requiring a retail establishment to provide a certificate of veterinary inspection for each dog offered for sale; providing civil penalties; creating s. 585.716, F.S.; prohibiting the transfer of dogs for consideration in specified outdoor spaces; providing applicability; creating s. 585.717, F.S.; providing for enforcement; authorizing civil and criminal penalties; authorizing law enforcement agencies to enter into an agreement with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for a specified purpose; amending s. 585.007, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1824 | Fleeing or Attempting to Elude a Law Enforcement Officer | An act relating to fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer; amending s. 316.1935, F.S.; authorizing a law enforcement agency to impound a motor vehicle driven by a person who willfully flees or attempts to elude a law enforcement officer; requiring the impounding agency to provide certain notifications; requiring the release of the impounded motor vehicle in certain circumstances; requiring that, in certain circumstances, the motor vehicle be impounded for the remaining duration of a specified period; requiring the vehicle owner, lessee, or renter, as applicable, to pay all fees and costs for the impoundment; providing applicability of certain provisions related to liens for recovering, towing, or storing vehicles; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1834 | Dog Breeders Trust Fund/Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services | An act relating to the Dog Breeders Trust Fund; creating s. 585.718, F.S.; creating the trust fund within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; providing the purpose of the trust fund; providing for the trust fund’s source of funds; requiring that the balance of the trust fund remain in the fund at the end of the year and be available for the purposes of the trust fund; providing for future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund; providing a contingent effective date. | Dead |
| S1840 | Attorney Fees and Costs for Motor Vehicle Personal Injury Protection Benefits | An act relating to attorney fees and costs for motor vehicle personal injury protection benefits; amending s. 627.736, F.S.; providing that prevailing parties in suits by certain health care providers for overdue medical benefits under motor vehicle personal injury protection policies are entitled to reasonable attorney fees and costs; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1836 | Gaming Control | An act relating to gaming control; creating s. 16.7165, F.S.; providing that the Florida Gaming Control Commission is exempt from specified state contracting provisions; authorizing the commission to acquire land, property, interests, buildings, or other improvements for a specified purpose; amending s. 843.08, F.S.; prohibiting a person from falsely personating any personnel or representative from the commission; providing a criminal penalty; amending s. 849.01, F.S.; specifying that a violation of the prohibition against keeping a gambling house must be committed knowingly; increasing the criminal penalty for a violation; amending s. 849.03, F.S.; revising the penalties for persons who knowingly rent a place for the purpose of illegal gambling; amending s. 849.04, F.S.; deleting specified premises as being prohibited from allowing minors to place bets; increasing the criminal penalties; repealing s. 849.07, F.S., relating to permitting gambling by a billiard or pool table licenseholder; amending s. 849.09, F.S.; revising the exceptions for the prohibition of lottery games; increasing the criminal penalties for violations; amending s. 849.0931, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “instant bingo”; revising construction; amending s. 849.10, F.S.; making technical changes; creating s. 849.105, F.S.; prohibiting a person from advertising illegal gambling; prohibiting an owner of an establishment from knowingly advertising illegal gambling; providing exceptions; providing criminal penalties; amending s. 849.13, F.S.; revising the criminal penalties for certain violations of the prohibition on lottery games; amending s. 849.15, F.S.; revising the criminal penalty for specified violations involving a slot machine or device; providing criminal penalties; amending s. 849.16, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “slot machine or device”; deleting a rebuttable presumption that a device, system, or network is a prohibited slot machine or device under certain circumstances; amending s. 849.23, F.S.; revising the criminal penalty for certain violations involving slot machines or devices to include penalties for repeat offenses; amending s. 849.25, F.S.; deleting obsolete language; making technical changes; amending s. 903.046, F.S.; revising what a court must consider when determining bail for offenses involving illegal gambling or gaming; amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; deleting offenses created by the act on the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; reenacting s. 849.02, F.S., relating to agents or employees of the keeper of gambling houses, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 849.01, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting ss. 849.092 and 849.0935(2), F.S., relating to motor fuel retail businesses and charitable or nonprofit organizations, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 849.09, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting 402.82(4)(e), 718.114, 723.079(10), and 849.094(1)(a), F.S., relating to electronic benefits transfer program; association powers; powers and duties of homeowners’ association; and game promotion in connection with sale of consumer products or services, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 849.0931, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 849.142, F.S., relating to exempted activities, to incorporate the amendments made to ss. 849.01, 849.09, and 849.0931, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting ss. 772.102(1)(a) and (2)(a) and 895.02(12)(a), F.S., relating to definitions, respectively, to incorporate the amendments made to ss. 849.09 and 849.15, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting ss. 338.234(1) and 849.19, F.S., relating to granting concessions or selling along the turnpike system and property rights in confiscated machine, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 849.16, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 777.04(4)(a), (d), and (e), F.S., relating to attempts, solicitation, and conspiracy, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 849.25, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting ss. 903.011(6) and 903.047(1)(c), F.S., relating to pretrial release and conditions of pretrial release, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 903.046, F.S., in references thereto; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1826 | Ultra-processed Food | An act relating to ultra-processed food; creating s. 595.4051, F.S.; providing legislative findings; prohibiting the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services from requiring school cafeteria personnel to adhere to specified federal guidelines under certain circumstances; defining the term “ultra-processed food”; prohibiting a public school from serving or selling ultra-processed food on school grounds during the school day; providing construction; authorizing the department to adopt rules; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1832 | Fees/Dog Breeders | An act relating to fees; amending s. 585.713, F.S.; requiring dog breeders to pay registration and renewal fees in amounts to be determined by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; providing a limit on such fees; requiring the department to notify a certificateholder of the annual renewal fee by a specified date; providing a contingent effective date. | Dead |
| S1362 | Claims for Adverse Reactions to Vaccines and Drugs Under the Medicare, Medicaid, and Medically Needy Programs | An act relating to claims for adverse reactions to vaccines and drugs under the Medicare, Medicaid, and medically needy programs; providing a short title; creating s. 409.9043, F.S.; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to expedite the review and payment process for claims related to adverse reactions to vaccines, immunizing agents, and emergency countermeasure drugs under the Medicare, Medicaid, and Medicaid medically needy programs; requiring the agency to publish certain information on its website; requiring the agency to seek federal approval for a specified purpose under certain circumstances and to adopt rules; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0466 | Florida Museum of Black History | An act relating to the Florida Museum of Black History; creating s. 267.07221, F.S.; providing legislative intent; establishing the Florida Museum of Black History Board of Directors; providing for the membership of the board; requiring that appointments to the board be made by a specified date; prohibiting specified members of the board from holding state or local elective office while serving on the board; providing for the filling of vacancies; requiring that the board work jointly with the Foundation for the Museum of Black History, Inc.; requiring the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners to provide administrative support and staffing to the board until specified actions are completed; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0274 | Transportation Facility Designations/Harris Rosen Way and Geraldine Thompson Way | An act relating to transportation facility designations; providing honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0878 | Probation for Misdemeanor Offenses | An act relating to probation for misdemeanor offenses; amending s. 948.15, F.S.; increasing probationary periods for certain misdemeanor offenses involving controlled or chemical substances; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0628 | Boating Safety | An act relating to boating safety; providing a short title; amending s. 327.02, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “livery vessel”; amending s. 327.30, F.S.; revising and providing penalties for vessel collisions, accidents, and casualties; amending s. 327.33, F.S.; revising and providing penalties for reckless or careless operation of a vessel; creating s. 327.35105, F.S.; requiring the suspension of driver licenses for boating under the influence and reckless or careless operation of a vessel; amending s. 327.54, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “livery”; amending s. 327.731, F.S.; requiring a person convicted of a certain criminal violation or certain noncriminal infractions within a specified period to complete a boater safety education course; amending s. 782.072, F.S.; defining the term “unborn child”; revising the definition of the term “vessel homicide”; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0734 | Actions for Recovery of Damages for Wrongful Death | An act relating to actions for recovery of damages for wrongful death; amending s. 768.21, F.S.; deleting a provision prohibiting the recovery of certain damages by specified parties related to the decedent in wrongful death proceedings; amending ss. 400.023, 400.0235, and 429.295, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; reenacting ss. 95.11(11) and 429.29(1), F.S., relating to limitations other than for recovery of real property and civil actions to enforce rights, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 768.21, F.S., in references thereto; providing an effective date. | Vetoed |
| S0716 | Sexual Offenses by Persons Previously Convicted of Sexual Offenses | An act relating to sexual offenses by persons previously convicted of sexual offenses; creating s. 794.0116, F.S.; providing mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment for specified sexual offenses when committed by registered sexual offenders or sexual predators; providing requirements for such sentences; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1084 | Sexual Cyberharassment | An act relating to sexual cyberharassment; amending s. 784.049, F.S.; providing and revising legislative findings and definitions; providing criminal penalties for persons who sexually cyberharass other persons with specified intent or purpose; providing criminal penalties for persons who commit the offense of sexual cyberharassment with a specified intent or purpose; providing enhanced criminal penalties for second or subsequent violations; authorizing an aggrieved person to initiate a civil action to recover punitive damages; making technical changes; amending s. 775.15, F.S.; providing time limitations for commencing prosecution for violations of sexual cyberharassment; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1822 | Waste Management | An act relating to waste management; amending s. 403.703, F.S.; defining the term “auxiliary container”; conforming cross-references; amending s. 403.7033, F.S.; deleting obsolete provisions that provide legislative findings and require the Department of Environmental Protection to review and update a specified report; preempting the regulation of auxiliary containers to the state; permitting rules, regulations, or ordinances restricting the use of glass auxiliary containers within the boundaries of a public beach; authorizing the Division of Recreation and Parks to regulate auxiliary containers within state parks; amending ss. 403.706 and 403.707, F.S.; prohibiting a local government and the Department of Environmental Protection, respectively, from issuing a construction permit for certain solid waste disposal facilities in certain counties; providing applicability; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; conforming cross-references; amending ss. 403.7049 and 403.705, F.S.; conforming cross references; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0540 | Disability History and Awareness Instruction | An act relating to disability history and awareness instruction; providing a short title; amending s. 1003.4205, F.S.; requiring the Department of Education to develop specified curricula; authorizing the department to consult with the Evin B. Hartsell Foundation to further develop such curricula; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1604 | Corrections | An act relating to corrections; amending s. 57.085, F.S.; revising provisions relating to deferral of prepayment of court costs and fees for indigent prisoners for actions involving challenges to prison disciplinary reports; amending s. 95.11, F.S.; providing for a 1-year period of limitation for bringing certain actions relating to the condition of confinement of prisoners; creating s. 760.701, F.S.; defining the term “prisoner”; requiring exhaustion of administrative remedies before certain actions concerning confinement of prisoners may be brought; providing for dismissal of certain actions involving prisoner confinement in certain circumstances; requiring a showing of physical injury or the commission of a certain act as a condition precedent for bringing certain actions relating to prisoner confinement; specifying a time limitation period for bringing an action concerning any condition of confinement; amending s. 775.087, F.S.; requiring a court to impose consecutive terms of imprisonment if the offender is convicted of multiple specified felony offenses; authorizing a court to impose consecutive terms of imprisonment if the offender commits certain offenses in conjunction with another felony offense; making technical changes; amending s. 934.425, F.S.; exempting certain persons working for the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, and persons authorized pursuant to a court order, from provisions regulating the use of tracking devices or tracking applications; amending s. 945.41, F.S.; revising legislative intent; revising provisions relating to mental health treatment for inmates; requiring that an inmate give his or her express and informed consent to such treatment; specifying information an inmate must receive regarding treatment; authorizing the warden to authorize certain emergency medical treatment under the direction of the inmate’s attending physician under certain circumstances; amending s. 945.42, F.S.; revising and providing definitions; amending s. 945.43, F.S.; revising provisions concerning involuntary examinations; amending s. 945.44, F.S.; revising provisions concerning involuntary placement and treatment of an inmate in a mental health treatment facility; repealing s. 945.45, F.S., relating to continued placement of inmates in mental health treatment facilities; amending s. 945.46, F.S.; providing requirements for filing petitions for involuntary inpatient placement for certain inmates; authorizing the court to order alternative means and venues for certain hearings; requiring, rather than authorizing, inmates to be transported to the nearest receiving facility in certain circumstances; amending s. 945.47, F.S.; specifying purposes for which an inmate’s mental health treatment records may be provided to the Florida Commission on Offender Review and the Department of Children and Families; authorizing such records to be provided to certain facilities upon request; amending s. 945.48, F.S.; substantially revising provisions relating to emergency treatment orders and use of force and providing requirements for such orders and use of force; providing requirements for emergency and psychotropic medications and use of force; creating s. 945.485, F.S.; providing legislative findings; providing requirements for management of and treatment for an inmate’s self-injurious behaviors; requiring facility wardens to consult with an inmate’s treating physician in certain circumstances and make certain determinations; providing for petitions to compel an inmate to submit to medical treatment in certain circumstances; providing construction; amending s. 945.49, F.S.; deleting a requirement that the Department of Corrections adopt certain rules in cooperation with the Mental Health Program Office of the Department of Children and Families; creating s. 945.6402, F.S.; providing definitions; providing legislative findings and intent; providing requirements for inmate capacity, health care advance directives, and proxies; authorizing the use of force on incapacitated inmates in certain circumstances; providing immunity from liability for certain persons in certain circumstances; amending s. 947.02, F.S.; revising the manner in which the membership of the Florida Commission on Offender Review is appointed; repealing s. 947.021, F.S., relating to expedited appointments of the Florida Commission on Offender Review; amending s. 947.12, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 957.04, F.S.; revising requirements for contracting for certain services; amending s. 957.09, F.S.; deleting a provision relating to minority business enterprises; amending s. 20.32, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1838 | Tampering With, Harassing, or Retaliating Against Court Officials | An act relating to tampering with, harassing, or retaliating against court officials; amending s. 836.12, F.S.; defining the term “administrative assistant”; providing criminal penalties for persons who knowingly and willfully threaten specified court personnel; providing criminal penalties for persons who knowingly and willfully harass specified court personnel with certain intent; creating s. 918.115, F.S.; defining terms; amending s. 918.12, F.S.; providing criminal penalties for persons who knowingly with certain intent tamper with court officials; providing criminal penalties for persons who intentionally harass court officials when such harassment has a specified outcome; providing applicability; creating s. 918.125, F.S.; providing criminal penalties for persons who retaliate against court officials for their participation in official investigations or proceedings; providing enhanced criminal penalties if the retaliation results in bodily injury; amending ss. 772.102, 895.02, and 921.0022, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1654 | Registration of Sexual Predators and Sexual Offenders | An act relating to registration of sexual predators and sexual offenders; amending s. 775.21, F.S.; revising and providing definitions; revising reporting requirements for sexual predators; revising requirements for an online reporting system; revising verification requirements; providing criminal penalties; amending s. 943.0435, F.S.; revising reporting requirements for sexual offenders; revising verification requirements; providing criminal penalties; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1828 | Trespass | An act relating to trespass; amending s. 810.09, F.S.; providing enhanced criminal penalties for trespassing on property maintained or secured by federal, state, or local law enforcement officers if specified notice is posted; amending s. 871.05, F.S.; prohibiting a person from willfully entering or remaining in a venue during certain ticketed covered events without being authorized, licensed, or invited to enter or remain in such venue; providing criminal penalties; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1408 | Transportation Facility Designations | An act relating to transportation facility designations; providing honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in specified counties; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers; amending chapter 2022-224, Laws of Florida; revising an honorary designation in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1880 | Human Trafficking | A resolution encouraging financial institutions in Florida to commit to fighting human trafficking. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0100 | Display of Flags by Governmental Entities | An act relating to the display of flags by governmental entities; creating s. 256.045, F.S.; defining the term “governmental entity”; prohibiting governmental entities from erecting or displaying certain flags; requiring governmental entities to remain neutral in certain circumstances; providing applicability; requiring that a United States flag displayed by governmental entities be in a certain position relative to other flags; authorizing a current or retired member of the United States Armed Forces or the National Guard to use reasonable force to prevent the desecration, destruction, or removal of the United States flag or to replace such flag to a position of prominence; providing an exception; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1856 | Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Senator Geraldine F. "Geri" Thompson | A resolution recognizing and celebrating the life and legacy of Senator Geraldine F. “Geri” Thompson. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0642 | Fees/Retail Sale of Ephedrine and Related Compounds | An act relating to fees; amending s. 893.1495, F.S.; requiring all covered entities, beginning on a specified date, to pay specified fees to the administrator of the electronic recordkeeping system on a monthly basis; specifying that the administrator is responsible for setting the fees; requiring covered entities to provide certain written documentation to the Department of Law Enforcement upon the department’s request; specifying that failure to pay the fees subjects the covered entity to certain criminal penalties; providing a contingent effective date. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S7022 | Retirement | Senate: Third Reading RCS#4 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| S2500 | Appropriations | Senate: Third Reading RCS#8 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| S2506 | Natural Resources | Senate: Third Reading RCS#9 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| S2502 | Implementing the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act | Senate: Third Reading RCS#2 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| S2504 | Collective Bargaining | Senate: Third Reading RCS#3 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| S2514 | Health and Human Services | Senate: Third Reading RCS#6 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| S2510 | Prekindergarten Through Grade 12 Education | Senate: Third Reading RCS#7 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| S2508 | Judges | Senate: Third Reading RCS#5 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| H7031 | Taxation | Senate: Third Reading RCS#11 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| H5015 | State Group Insurance | Senate: Third Reading RCS#10 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| H5019 | Budget Stabilization Fund | Senate: Third Reading RCS#13 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| H5017 | Debt Reduction | Senate: Third Reading RCS#12 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| H5203 | Capitol Center | Senate: Third Reading RCS#5 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| H7031 | Taxation | Senate: Third Reading RCS#6 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| H7031 | Taxation | Senate Appropriations | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| H5013 | State-funded Property Reinsurance Programs | Senate: Third Reading RCS#3 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| H5015 | State Group Insurance | Senate: Third Reading RCS#4 | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| S1908 | Budget Stabilization Fund | Senate Appropriations | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| S1906 | Debt Reduction | Senate Appropriations | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| H6503 | Relief/Mande Penney-Lemmon/Sarasota County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#2 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H0211 | Farm Products | Senate: Third Reading RCS#4 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H0289 | Boating Safety | Senate: Third Reading RCS#23 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| S0492 | Mitigation Banks | Senate: Third Reading RCS#15 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H0733 | Brownfields | Senate: Third Reading RCS#14 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H0875 | Educator Preparation | Senate: Third Reading RCS#20 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| S0994 | Driver License Education Requirements | Senate: Third Reading RCS#7 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H1105 | Education | Senate: Third Reading RCS#21 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H1123 | Sewer Collection Systems | Senate: Third Reading RCS#3 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H1205 | Amendments to the State Constitution | Senate: Third Reading RCS#10 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H1215 | Ad Valorem Tax Exemption | Senate: Third Reading RCS#5 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H1255 | Education | Senate: Third Reading RCS#19 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| S1620 | Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders | Senate: Third Reading RCS#11 | 05/02/2025 | Nay |
| S0180 | Emergencies | Senate: Third Reading RCS#8 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H1427 | Nursing Education Programs | Senate: Third Reading RCS#22 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H1549 | Financial Services | Senate: Third Reading RCS#12 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H1609 | Waste Incineration | Senate: Third Reading RCS#9 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H0393 | My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program | Senate: Third Reading RCS#24 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H6017 | Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death | Senate: Third Reading RCS#22 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S0606 | Public Lodging and Public Food Service Establishments | Senate: Third Reading RCS#14 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S0768 | Foreign Countries of Concern | Senate: Third Reading RCS#17 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H0875 | Educator Preparation | Senate: Third Reading RCS#5 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S1070 | Electrocardiograms for Student Athletes | Senate: Third Reading RCS#9 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S1080 | Local Government Land Regulation | Senate: Third Reading RCS#15 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H0987 | Transportation Facility Designations | Senate: Third Reading RCS#13 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H1115 | Education | Senate: Third Reading RCS#6 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H1105 | Education | Senate: Third Reading RCS#3 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H1101 | Out-of-network Providers | Senate: Third Reading RCS#19 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H1205 | Amendments to the State Constitution | Senate: Third Reading RCS#2 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S1388 | Vessels | Senate: Third Reading RCS#16 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H1255 | Education | Senate: Third Reading RCS#4 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S1470 | School Safety | Senate: Third Reading RCS#11 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S1546 | Background Screening of Athletic Coaches | Senate: Third Reading RCS#12 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S7012 | Child Welfare | Senate: Third Reading RCS#18 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H1427 | Nursing Education Programs | Senate: Third Reading RCS#20 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H1455 | Sexual Offenses by Persons Previously Convicted of Sexual Offenses | Senate: Third Reading RCS#25 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H1445 | Public Officers and Employees | Senate: Third Reading RCS#21 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S1768 | Stem Cell Therapy | Senate: Third Reading RCS#8 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H1607 | Cardiac Emergencies | Senate: Third Reading RCS#10 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H0057 | Regulation of Xylazine | Senate: Third Reading RCS#44 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4001 | Lee County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#7 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0248 | Student Participation in Interscholastic and Intrascholastic Extracurricular Sports | Senate: Third Reading RCS#9 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0209 | State Land Management | Senate: Third Reading RCS#45 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0306 | Medicaid Providers | Senate: Third Reading RCS#3 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4007 | Compensation for Health Care Services for Inmates in Martin County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#10 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0289 | Boating Safety | Senate: Third Reading RCS#50 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0108 | Administrative Procedures | Senate: Third Reading RCS#8 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4009 | St. Augustine-St. Johns County Airport Authority, St. Johns County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#11 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0443 | Education | Senate: Third Reading RCS#52 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H6017 | Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death | Senate: Third Reading RCS#39 | 04/30/2025 | Nay |
| H0481 | Anchoring Limitation Areas | Senate: Third Reading RCS#55 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4011 | Palm Beach County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#12 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4015 | Broward County Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Intelligence and Enforcement Unit, Broward County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#14 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4013 | Citrus County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#13 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4017 | Bermont Drainage District, Charlotte County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#15 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4021 | North River Ranch Improvement Stewardship District, Manatee County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#16 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0653 | Aggravating Factors for Capital Felonies | Senate: Third Reading RCS#54 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4025 | Lee County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#18 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4023 | Officers and Employees of North Springs Improvement District, Broward County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#17 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4029 | Greater Naples Fire Rescue District; Collier County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#19 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0683 | Construction Regulations | Senate: Third Reading RCS#40 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0687 | Driving and Boating Offenses | Senate: Third Reading RCS#2 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0703 | Utility Relocation | Senate: Third Reading RCS#41 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4035 | Lee County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#22 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4033 | San Carlos Estates Water Control District, Lee County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#21 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4031 | City of Oviedo, Seminole County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#20 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4037 | Downtown Development Authority of City of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#23 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0809 | School Social Workers | Senate: Third Reading RCS#47 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0994 | Driver License Education Requirements | Senate: Third Reading RCS#56 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0913 | Condominium and Cooperative Associations | Senate: Third Reading RCS#4 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0907 | Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases | Senate: Third Reading RCS#43 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4041 | Collier County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#24 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0929 | Firefighter Health and Safety | Senate: Third Reading RCS#42 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4045 | City Pension Fund for Firefighters and Police Officers in the City of Tampa, Hillsborough County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#26 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4043 | Osceola County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#25 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4051 | Pasco County Mosquito Control District, Pasco County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#38 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4047 | Fort Pierce Farms Water Control District, St. Lucie County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#27 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4049 | North St. Lucie River Water Control District, St. Lucie County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#28 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H1103 | Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities | Senate: Third Reading RCS#49 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H1205 | Amendments to the State Constitution | Senate: Third Reading RCS#5 | 04/30/2025 | Nay |
| H1299 | Department of Health | Senate: Third Reading RCS#48 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | Florida Senate District 33 | Senate | Republican | In Office | 11/08/2022 |