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State Senator
Darryl Rouson
(D) - Florida
Florida Senate District 16
In Office - Started: 11/08/2022
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Capitol Office
Senate Building
404 S. Monroe St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100
404 S. Monroe St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100
Phone: 850-487-5016
St. Petersburg Office
535 Central Ave.
Suite 302
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Suite 302
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Phone: 727-822-6828
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| S0140 | Whistleblower Protections for Employees and Independent Contractors of Property Insurers | An act relating to whistleblower protections for employees and independent contractors of property insurers; creating s. 626.9898, F.S.; prohibiting property insurers, or their agents or affiliates, from taking adverse actions against employees or contractors for specified reasons; authorizing such employees or contractors to bring a civil action within a specified timeframe; authorizing a court to order certain relief; providing an effective date. | Introduced |
| S0144 | Public Records/Judicial Qualifications Commission | An act relating to public records; amending s. 119.071, F.S.; providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current and former employees of the Judicial Qualifications Commission and the personal identifying and location information of the spouses and children of such employees; providing for legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity; providing an effective date. | Introduced |
| S0044 | Electronic Payment of Public Records Fees | An act relating to electronic payment of public records fees; amending s. 119.07, F.S.; requiring an agency subject to ch. 119, F.S., to provide an electronic option for payment of fees associated with a public records request; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S0028 | Relief of Reginald Jackson by the City of Lakeland | An act for the relief of Reginald Jackson by the City of Lakeland; providing an appropriation to compensate Mr. Jackson for injuries and damages sustained as a result of the negligence of Mike Cochran, a police officer with the Lakeland Police Department; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees; providing an effective date. WHEREAS, on October 18, 2001, Officer Mike Cochran of the Lakeland Police Department stopped Reginald Jackson for driving with an invalid license tag after the officer incorrectly typed the tag number into his computer and the tag number was, therefore, identified as invalid, and WHEREAS, Officer Cochran then issued a citation to Mr. Jackson for transporting his girlfriend’s 18-month-old brother without a child safety seat and forbade Mr. Jackson to move the vehicle without properly restraining the child, and WHEREAS, Mr. Jackson asked if Officer Cochran could escort his vehicle to his home a short distance away, but the officer refused and directed Mr. Jackson to use an immediately adjacent pay phone to call someone to bring a car seat for the child, and WHEREAS, after the stop, Officer Cochran drove away and positioned himself in an alley parallel to the site of the initial stop and observed Mr. Jackson drive to a pay phone on the next block, which Mr. Jackson did after determining that the immediately adjacent pay phone was not operational, and WHEREAS, while Mr. Jackson attempted to use the second pay phone, Officer Cochran approached him and told him that he was under arrest for disobeying a law enforcement officer, and WHEREAS, Mr. Jackson was startled by the officer and ran back to his vehicle, got inside, backed up a short distance, and then drove forward without pressing the gas pedal, and WHEREAS, when Officer Cochran told Mr. Jackson to stop the vehicle or he would shoot, Mr. Jackson then pumped his brakes twice, and the officer fired a .45 caliber bullet through the windshield which struck Mr. Jackson in the neck and exited through his back, and WHEREAS, Mr. Jackson was unarmed and seated next to an 18 month-old child, and WHEREAS, after the shooting, the police transported the child to the police station in a marked vehicle without a child safety seat, and WHEREAS, as a result of his injury, Mr. Jackson will suffer pain and be disabled for the rest of his life, and WHEREAS, Officer Cochran, as an employee of the Lakeland Police Department acting within the scope of employment, owed a duty to Mr. Jackson to conduct himself in a reasonable manner and exercise reasonable care, but he breached that duty by discharging his firearm through Mr. Jackson’s windshield in a careless and negligent manner, and WHEREAS, a jury in the Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit in and for Polk County awarded Mr. Jackson $412,500 in damages, and WHEREAS, due to the limits of s. 768.28, Florida Statutes, at the time of the incident, Mr. Jackson has collected only $100,000 of his judgment against the City of Lakeland, and the remainder may be recovered only through passage of a claim bill by the Legislature, NOW, THEREFORE, | In Committee |
| S0016 | Relief of Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen by the City of St. Petersburg | An act for the relief of Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen by the City of St. Petersburg; providing for an appropriation to compensate Mr. Sanchez-Mayen for injuries sustained as a result of the negligence of the City of St. Petersburg; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of attorney fees; providing an effective date. WHEREAS, on June 8, 2023, Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen, a resident of St. Petersburg, Florida, was found asleep on a piece of cardboard just after 10 a.m. in a daytime-only designated park by a St. Petersburg police officer, and WHEREAS, although Mr. Sanchez-Mayen was lawfully present on the property at this time of day, a St. Petersburg police officer arrested him for trespassing and called the prisoner transport van, and WHEREAS, the transport officer handcuffed Mr. Sanchez-Mayen and attached a metal belly chain, which restricted the use of his arms, and placed him unsecured, without a seatbelt or other stationary tethering, on a metal bench in the back of a metal transport van, and WHEREAS, while en route to the Pinellas County Jail, the transport officer, who had not engaged the van’s interior video camera showing Mr. Sanchez-Mayen, stopped short for a red light, causing Mr. Sanchez-Mayen, who had no ability to brace or protect himself because he was restrained, to be thrown head first from the back of the van into the bulkhead, where he laid motionless. This was ultimately captured on the van’s interior video camera, and WHEREAS, instead of immediately seeking medical treatment for Mr. Sanchez-Mayen, the transport officer continued to drive to the jail where, upon arrival, Mr. Sanchez-Mayen was still motionless and unresponsive on the metal floor of the van, and WHEREAS, the transport officer proceeded to remove Mr. Sanchez-Mayen’s body from the van by dragging him by his feet, causing his head to strike the rear bumper, the rear door, and the cement floor, and WHEREAS, Mr. Sanchez-Mayen was taken to a local hospital for approximately 12 hours before being transported to Tampa General Hospital, where doctors determined that Mr. Sanchez Mayen had sustained catastrophic injuries, including a closed displaced fracture of the third cervical vertebra, a closed odontoid fracture, dissection of the descending thoracic aorta, and spinal cord compression, which ultimately led to amputation of both of his legs above the knees, rendering him an incomplete quadriplegic, and WHEREAS, as a result of the injuries sustained during transport, Mr. Sanchez-Mayen requires supervised medical care, home health care, and other services and support for the rest of his life, and WHEREAS, on March 18, 2024, Mr. Sanchez-Mayen brought suit against the City of St. Petersburg and two individual St. Petersburg police officers in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, under case number 8:24-CV—00690-WFJ-TGW, and WHEREAS, on March 12, 2025, Mr. Sanchez-Mayen and the City of St. Petersburg entered into a settlement agreement for $2.5 million, and WHEREAS, in accordance with s. 768.28, Florida Statutes, the City of St. Petersburg paid $200,000 to the trust account of Mr. Sanchez-Mayen’s lawyer, and WHEREAS, Mr. Sanchez-Mayen remains liable for both Florida and Pennsylvania Medicaid liens, and WHEREAS, the settlement agreement provides for the entry of a consent judgment for the remaining amount of $2.3 million and cooperation by the City of St. Petersburg in not opposing this claim bill, NOW, THEREFORE, | In Committee |
| 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 |
| S1620 | Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders | An act relating to mental health and substance use disorders; amending s. 394.457, F.S.; requiring the Department of Children and Families to require certain providers to use a specified assessment tool; revising the minimum standards for a mobile crisis response service; amending s. 394.459, F.S.; requiring facilities to update treatment plans within specified timeframes; amending s. 394.468, F.S.; revising requirements for discharge planning regarding medications; amending s. 394.495, F.S.; requiring use of a specified assessment tool; providing an exception; requiring the Department of Children and Families, in consultation with the Department of Education, to conduct a review biennially of school based behavioral health access through telehealth; providing requirements for review; requiring the Department of Children and Families to submit its findings to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; providing for expiration of the review; amending s. 394.659, F.S.; requiring the Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Technical Assistance Center at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida to disseminate among grantees certain evidence-based practices and best practices; defining the term “person-first language”; amending s. 394.875, F.S.; requiring the Department of Children and Families, in consultation with the Agency for Health Care Administration, to conduct a review biennially to identify needs regarding short-term residential treatment facilities and beds; specifying actions the department must take under certain conditions; amending s. 394.9082, F.S.; requiring managing entities to promote use of person-first language and trauma-informed care and require use of a specified assessment tool; amending s. 1004.44, F.S.; revising the assistance and services the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute is required to provide; revising the requirements of the Florida Center for Behavioral Health Workforce to promote behavioral health professions; amending s. 1006.041, F.S.; revising the plan components for mental health assistance programs; reenacting s. 394.463(2)(g), F.S., relating to involuntary examination, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 394.468, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 394.4955(2)(c) and (6), F.S., relating to coordinated system of care and child and adolescent mental health treatment and support, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 394.495, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 1001.212(7), F.S., relating to the Office of Safe Schools, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 1004.44, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0954 | Certified Recovery Residences | An act relating to certified recovery residences; amending s. 397.487, F.S.; requiring, by a specified date, the governing body of each county or municipality to adopt an ordinance to establish procedures for the review and approval of certified recovery residences; requiring that such ordinance include a process for requesting reasonable accommodations from any local land use regulation that serves to prohibit the establishment of a certified recovery residence; specifying criteria for the ordinance; providing that the ordinance may establish additional requirements for the review and approval of reasonable accommodation requests; requiring that such additional requirements be consistent with federal law and not conflict with the act; prohibiting the ordinance from requiring public hearings beyond the minimum required by law; providing that the ordinance may include provisions for revocation of a granted accommodation for cause, if the accommodation is not reinstated within a specified timeframe; providing construction; amending s. 397.4871, F.S.; providing that the personnel-to-resident ratio for a certified recovery residence must be met only when the residents are at the residence; providing that a certified recovery residence administrator for Level IV certified recovery residences which maintains a specified personnel-to-patient ratio has a limitation on the number of residents it may manage; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1622 | Beaches | An act relating to beaches; repealing s. 163.035, F.S., relating to the establishment of recreational customary use of beaches; providing a legislative declaration establishing the erosion control line for certain counties; providing a declaration of intent; requiring the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to adopt the erosion control line by resolution in certain circumstances; authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to proceed with certain beach restoration projects; providing that such projects do not require a public easement; providing a legislative declaration of public interest; providing applicability; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0272 | Local Government Official Salaries | An act relating to local government official salaries; amending ss. 145.051, 145.09, and 145.10, F.S.; revising the base salary used to calculate the compensation of a clerk of the circuit court and a county comptroller, a supervisor of elections, and a property appraiser, respectively; 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 |
| S0308 | Injunctions for Protection in Cases of Repeat or Serious Violence | An act relating to injunctions for protection in cases of repeat or serious violence; amending s. 784.046, F.S.; replacing the term “repeat violence” with the term “repeat or serious violence”; defining the term “repeat or serious violence”; expanding the grounds for an existing cause of action for an injunction of protection to include serious violence in addition to repeat violence; revising the name of an existing cause of action to an injunction for protection in cases of repeat or serious violence, rather than in cases of repeat violence; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending ss. 44.407, 61.1825, 119.0714, 394.4597, 394.4598, 741.2901, 741.30, 741.313, 784.047, 784.048, 790.06, 790.065, 934.03, and 943.05, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; reenacting ss. 28.2221(8)(a), (c), and (d), 61.1827(1), 741.311(2), 741.315(2), 790.401(2)(e) and (3)(c), 901.15(6), 901.41(5), 921.141(6)(p), 921.1425(7)(j), and 934.425(3), F.S., relating to electronic access to official records, identifying information concerning applicants for and recipients of child support services, Hope Card Program for persons issued orders of protection, recognition of foreign protection orders, risk protection orders, when arrest by a law enforcement officer without a warrant is lawful, prearrest diversion programs, aggravating factors relating to a sentence of death or life imprisonment for capital felonies, aggravating factors relating to a sentence of death or life imprisonment for capital sexual battery, and installation or use of tracking devices or tracking applications, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 784.046, F.S., in references thereto; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1582 | Elections | An act relating to elections; amending s. 20.10, F.S.; requiring that the Secretary of State be elected rather than appointed and serve a specified term; specifying when such election must occur; amending s. 20.32, F.S.; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database for a specified purpose; specifying database requirements; requiring specified entities to provide specified information to the commission on a monthly basis; requiring the Department of Management Services, acting through the Florida Digital Service, to provide technical assistance to the commission in developing and maintaining the database; authorizing the Department of Management Services to adopt rules; requiring the commission to make the database publicly available on a website by a specified date; requiring the commission to update the database monthly; requiring the commission to publish certain instructions on the website; requiring the commission to submit a certain comprehensive plan to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; specifying requirements for the comprehensive plan; providing that certain persons who register to vote are prohibited from being charged with certain crimes as a result of such registration or voting; requiring the commission to adopt rules; amending s. 97.021, F.S.; defining terms; providing construction; repealing s. 97.022, F.S., relating to the Office of Election Crimes and Security; repealing s. 97.0291, F.S., relating to prohibiting the use of private funds for election-related expenses; creating s. 97.0556, F.S.; authorizing a person who meets certain requirements to register to vote at an early voting site or at his or her polling place and to cast a ballot immediately thereafter; amending s. 97.057, F.S.; authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to preregister certain individuals to vote; providing that driver license or identification card applications, driver license or identification card renewal applications, and applications for changes of address for existing driver licenses or identification cards submitted to the department serve as voter registration applications; providing that an applicant is deemed to have consented to the use of his or her signature for voter registration purposes unless a declination is made; requiring that specified applications include a voter registration component, subject to approval by the Department of State; providing requirements for the voter registration component; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to transmit voter registration information electronically to the Department of State within a specified timeframe; requiring the Department of State to provide such information to supervisors of elections; deleting provisions prohibiting persons providing voter registration services for a driver license office from making changes to an applicant’s party affiliation without the applicant’s consent and separate signature; deleting obsolete language; making technical changes; amending s. 97.0575, F.S.; revising the information a third-party voter registration organization is required to provide to the Division of Elections of the Department of State; deleting a provision that provides for the expiration of such organization’s registration at the conclusion of the general election cycle for which the organization is registered; deleting provisions requiring such organizations to provide a specified receipt to applicants; revising the timeframe within which such organizations must deliver completed applications to the division or a supervisor of elections; revising certain penalties; revising the aggregate limit of such penalties; deleting provisions providing criminal penalties for the unlawful copying of voter registration applications or retaining of a voter’s personal information; deleting provisions providing criminal and administrative penalties; deleting provisions requiring the division to adopt certain rules; deleting provisions that prohibit providing applicants a pre-filled voter registration application and a specified fine for such action; deleting provisions providing for retroactive application; creating part III of ch. 97, F.S., entitled “Florida Voting Rights Act”; creating s. 97.21, F.S.; prohibiting local governments, state agencies, and state officials from implementing, imposing, or enforcing election policies, practices, or actions that result in, will result in, or are intended to result in specified disparities or impairments; providing that it is not a violation if such entities demonstrate by a specified evidentiary standard certain conditions; providing that it is always a violation if specified circumstances exist; prohibiting local governments from employing methods of election that have the effect, will likely have the effect, or are motivated in part by the intent of diluting the vote of protected class members; providing the requirements to establish a violation; providing the relevant factors to evaluate the totality of circumstances related to voter suppression and vote dilution; providing construction; providing that such factors are most probative under a specified condition; providing the circumstances used to determine whether elections in the local government exhibit racially polarized voting; providing construction; providing the circumstances that are never relevant to violations of specified provisions; providing that a state interest in preventing voter fraud or bolstering voter confidence in the integrity of elections is relevant under specified circumstances; providing that evidence concerning the intent of electors, elected officials, and public officials is not required for such violations; providing that voting habits of protected class members may be relevant to certain violations; requiring a prospective plaintiff, before filing a certain action against a local government, to send a notification letter, by specified means, to the local government; prohibiting a party from filing an action under specified circumstances; authorizing a local government to adopt a specified resolution within a specified timeframe; providing that if the proposed remedy in such resolution is barred by state or local law, or a legislative body lacks the authority or the local government is a covered jurisdiction, the proposed remedy may be approved by the Florida Voting Rights Act Commission if certain conditions are met; authorizing a party that sent a notification letter to seek reimbursement from the local government under specified circumstances; authorizing a party to bring a cause of action for a specified violation under specified circumstances; requiring local governments to take certain action; requiring the commission to post notification letters and resolutions on its website; authorizing the commission to adopt certain rules; prohibiting local governments from asserting specified defenses; authorizing specified entities to file certain enforcement actions; prohibiting certain entities from being compelled to disclose the identity of a member; providing construction; creating s. 97.22, F.S.; creating the Florida Voting Rights Act Commission within the Department of State; providing that such commission is a separate budget entity and must submit a budget in accordance with specified provisions; providing duties and responsibilities of the commission; providing for the composition of the commission; providing that such commissioners serve staggered terms; requiring that commissioners be compensated at a specified hourly rate; requiring the formation of a nominating committee; providing for the appointment and removal of nominating committee members; requiring the nominating committee to select a chair; requiring that commissioners be selected using a specified process; requiring that commissioners initially be selected by lot and randomly assigned term lengths for purposes of achieving staggered terms; authorizing the commission to take specified actions in any action or investigation to enforce specified provisions; authorizing the commission to hire staff and make expenditures for a specified purpose; authorizing the commission to adopt rules; creating s. 97.23, F.S.; requiring the commission to enter into agreements with one or more postsecondary educational institutions to create the Florida Voting and Elections Database and Institute for a specified purpose; requiring the parties to the agreement to enter into a memorandum of understanding that includes the process for selecting a director; authorizing the database and institute to perform specified actions; requiring the database and institute to make election and voting data records for a specified timeframe available to the public at no cost and to maintain such records in an electronic format; requiring the database and institute to use certain methodologies when preparing estimates; specifying the data and records that must be maintained; requiring state agencies and local governments to provide any information requested by the director of the database and institute; requiring local governments to transmit specified information to the database and institute within a certain timeframe; requiring specified entities to provide data, statistics, and other information annually to the database and institute; authorizing specified entities to file enforcement actions; prohibiting certain entities from being compelled to disclose the identity of a member for a certain purpose; providing construction; providing that enforcement actions may be filed in accordance with the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure or in a specified venue; requiring the database and institute to publish a certain report; requiring the database and institute to provide nonpartisan technical assistance to specified entities; providing that a rebuttable presumption exists that data, estimates, or other information from the database and institute is valid; creating s. 97.24, F.S.; defining terms; requiring the Florida Voting Rights Act Commission to designate languages other than English for which language assistance must be provided by a local government, if certain conditions exist; providing the circumstances under which the commission must designate languages other than English for voting and elections; requiring the commission to publish specified information annually on its website and distribute such information to local governments; requiring local governments to provide language assistance for specified purposes if the commission makes a certain determination; specifying the materials that must be provided in such language; requiring that certain information be given orally to voters; requiring that translated materials convey a specified intent and meaning; prohibiting local governments from relying on automatic translation services; requiring that live translation be used if available; requiring the commission to establish a specified review process; providing requirements for such review process; authorizing specified entities to file enforcement actions; prohibiting certain entities from being compelled to disclose the identity of a member for a certain purpose; providing construction; requiring that enforcement actions be filed in accordance with the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure or in a specified venue; creating s. 97.25, F.S.; providing that the enactment or implementation of a covered policy by a covered jurisdiction is subject to preclearance by the commission; specifying actions by a local government which are covered policies; requiring that if a covered jurisdiction does not make changes to its method of election, such method is deemed a covered policy that must be submitted to the commission; specifying which local governments are covered jurisdictions; requiring the commission to determine and publish annually a list of local governments that are covered jurisdictions on its website; requiring a covered jurisdiction, if seeking preclearance, to submit the covered policy to the commission in writing; requiring the commission to review the covered policy and grant or deny preclearance; providing that the covered jurisdiction bears the burden of proof in the preclearance process; providing that the commission may deny preclearance only if it makes a certain determination; providing that if preclearance is denied, the covered policy may not be enacted or implemented; requiring the commission to provide a written explanation for a denial; authorizing a covered jurisdiction to immediately enact or implement a covered policy granted preclearance; providing that such determination is not admissible and may not be considered by a court in a subsequent action challenging the covered policy; providing that a covered policy is deemed precleared and may be implemented or enacted by the covered jurisdiction if the commission fails to approve or deny the covered policy within specified timeframes; requiring the commission to grant or deny preclearance within specified timeframes; authorizing the commission to invoke a specified number of extensions of a specified timeframe to determine preclearance; providing that any denial of preclearance may be appealed only by the covered jurisdiction in a specified venue; authorizing specified entities to enjoin the enactment or implementation of specified policies and seek sanctions against covered jurisdictions in specified circumstances; authorizing specified entities to file enforcement actions; prohibiting certain entities from being compelled to disclose the identity of a member for a certain purpose; providing construction; specifying that enforcement actions must be filed in accordance with the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure or in a specified venue; requiring the commission to adopt rules; creating s. 97.26, F.S.; prohibiting a person from engaging in acts of intimidation, deception, or obstruction or any other tactic that has the effect, or will reasonably have the effect, of interfering with another person’s right to vote; specifying acts that are deemed a violation; providing a rebuttable presumption; authorizing specified entities to file a civil action to enforce specified provisions; prohibiting certain entities from being compelled to disclose the identity of a member for a certain purpose; providing construction; requiring that courts order specified remedies; creating s. 97.27, F.S.; providing construction; providing applicability; creating s. 97.28, F.S.; requiring a court to order specified appropriate remedies for violations of the act; requiring the court to consider remedies proposed by specified parties; prohibiting the court from giving deference to a remedy proposed by the state or local government; providing that the court is empowered to require local governments to implement certain remedies under specified conditions; requiring the courts to grant a temporary injunction or other preliminary relief requested under specified conditions; requiring the court to award attorney fees and litigation costs in actions to enforce specified provisions; amending s. 98.045, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 98.255, F.S.; revising the standards the Department of State is required to prescribe by rule for nonpartisan voter education; requiring that supervisors provide public-facing voter information in plain language to be understood by certain persons; creating s. 100.51, F.S.; establishing General Election Day as a paid holiday; providing that a voter may absent himself or herself from service or employment at a specific time on General Election Day and may not be penalized or have salary or wages deducted for such absence; creating s. 101.016, F.S.; requiring the Division of Elections to maintain a strategic elections equipment reserve of voting systems and other equipment for specified purposes; requiring that such reserve include specified equipment; authorizing the division to contract with specified entities rather than physically maintain such reserve; repealing s. 101.019, F.S., relating to the prohibition of ranked choice voting; amending s. 101.048, F.S.; providing that a voter may cast a provisional ballot at any precinct in the county in which the voter claims to be registered; making technical changes; amending s. 101.62, F.S.; providing that a request for a vote-by mail ballot is valid until the voter cancels the request; revising the timeframe during which the supervisor must mail vote-by-mail ballots before election day; deleting requirements for a person designated by a voter to pick up the voter’s vote-by mail ballot; providing for extension of deadlines under certain conditions; amending s. 101.64, F.S.; requiring supervisors of elections to enclose a postage prepaid mailing envelope with each vote-by mail ballot; providing that vote-by-mail ballot voter certificates may be signed with the last four digits of the voter’s social security number; making technical changes; amending s. 101.65, F.S.; revising the instructions that must be provided with a vote-by mail ballot; amending s. 101.68, F.S.; requiring supervisors of elections to compare the signature or last four digits of the social security number on a voter’s certificate with the signature or last four digits of the social security number in the registration books or precinct register when canvassing a vote-by-mail ballot; requiring a canvassing board to compare the signature or last four digits of the social security number on a voter’s certificate or vote-by-mail ballot cure affidavit with the signature or last four digits of the social security number in the registration books or precinct register when canvassing a vote-by-mail ballot; deleting the authorization for certain persons to file a protest against the canvass of a ballot; amending s. 101.69, F.S.; deleting provisions providing that specified secure ballot intake stations be used only during specified timeframes and be monitored by an employee of the supervisor’s office; requiring that secure ballot intake stations be monitored by the supervisor’s office during specified timeframes instead of continuously monitored in person by an employee; deleting a provision authorizing a certain civil penalty; making technical changes; amending s. 104.42, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. WHEREAS, Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore were the first true civil rights activists of the modern civil rights era in this state, and WHEREAS, the Moores, and the organizations they helped found and lead, were instrumental in registering more than 100,000 black voters in this state, and WHEREAS, the Moores paid the ultimate price for the freedoms they fought to secure for their community when members of the Ku Klux Klan bombed their home in Mims on Christmas Day in 1951, and WHEREAS, at the time of their death, Florida had the most registered black voters, outpacing any other state in the South, and WHEREAS, the purpose of this act is to encourage maximum participation of all eligible voters in this state’s electoral process, and WHEREAS, electoral systems that deny race, color, or language minority groups an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice and influence the outcome of an election are inconsistent with the right to equal treatment before the law as provided in Articles I and II of the State Constitution as well as protections found in the 14th and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution, and WHEREAS, this act expands voting rights granted under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 and reaffirms the well established principle of “one person, one vote,” and WHEREAS, following decisions by the United States Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder and Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 has been severely diminished in its ability to protect the freedom and opportunity of black and brown voters to participate fully in the political process of our democratic republic, and WHEREAS, this act builds on the historical work of the named and nameless Floridians who fought for their right to the elective franchise, NOW, THEREFORE, | Dead |
| S0304 | Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations | An act relating to specific medical diagnoses in child protective investigations; amending s. 39.301, F.S.; providing an exception to the requirement that the Department of Children and Families immediately forward certain allegations to a law enforcement agency; requiring a child protective investigator to inform the subject of an investigation of a certain duty; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 39.303, F.S.; requiring Child Protection Teams to consult with a licensed physician or advanced practice registered nurse when evaluating certain reports; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 39.304, F.S.; authorizing, under a certain circumstance, a parent or legal custodian from whom a child was removed to request specified examinations of the child; requiring that certain examinations be paid for by the parent or legal custodian making the request or as otherwise covered by insurance or Medicaid; prohibiting the request of an examination for a specified purpose; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0152 | Protection from Surgical Smoke | An act relating to protection from surgical smoke; creating s. 395.1013, F.S.; defining the terms “smoke evacuation system” and “surgical smoke”; requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to, by a specified date, adopt and implement policies requiring the use of smoke evacuation systems during certain surgical procedures; 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 |
| S0300 | Public Records/Appellate Court Clerks and their Spouses and Children | An act relating to public records; amending s. 119.071, F.S.; defining the term “appellate court”; providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current appellate court clerks and the spouses and children of such appellate court clerks; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a method for maintenance of an exemption; providing for retroactive application of the exemption; amending s. 744.21031, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing a statement of public necessity; 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 |
| S0124 | Grandparent Visitation Rights | An act relating to grandparent visitation rights; amending s. 752.011, F.S.; authorizing a grandparent of a minor child to petition a court for court-ordered visitation with the child in certain circumstances; making technical changes; reenacting ss. 752.015 and 752.071, F.S., relating to mediation of visitation disputes and the effect of adoption by a stepparent or close relative, respectively, to incorporate the amendments made to s. 752.011, F.S., in references thereto; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0190 | Storage of Handguns in Private Conveyances and Vessels | An act relating to storage of handguns in private conveyances and vessels; amending s. 790.25, F.S.; providing requirements for storage of handguns in private conveyances and vessels; providing definitions; requiring law enforcement agencies to engage in a specified promotional campaign; requiring counties to adopt, by a date certain, specified ordinances concerning the parents of children who have been found to have stolen a handgun from a conveyance or vessel; providing a declaration of important state interest; providing effective dates. WHEREAS, on average, at least one gun is stolen from a car every 9 minutes in the United States, and WHEREAS, the rate of gun thefts from cars is triple what it was a decade ago, including both consistent increases nearly every year over the decade and a marked spike during the recent pandemic, and WHEREAS, a decade ago, roughly a quarter of gun thefts were from cars, but in 2022, over half of gun thefts were from cars, and WHEREAS, cars parked at residences are the most common source of stolen guns, demonstrating the importance of securely storing guns at all times and locations, and WHEREAS, cities in states with the weakest gun safety laws see nearly 18 times the rate of gun thefts from cars as those in states with the strongest gun laws, and WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that it is the responsibility of parents to supervise their children under 18 years of age, NOW, THEREFORE, | Dead |
| S0284 | Recreational Customary Use of Beaches | An act relating to recreational customary use of beaches; repealing s. 163.035, F.S., relating to the establishment of recreational customary use of beaches; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0302 | Public Records/Judicial Qualifications Commission | An act relating to public records; amending s. 119.071, F.S.; providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current and former employees of the Judicial Qualifications Commission and the personal identifying and location information of the spouses and children of such employees; providing for legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0346 | State Preemption of the Regulation of Hoisting Equipment | An act relating to state preemption of the regulation of hoisting equipment; amending s. 489.113, F.S.; deleting provisions preempting to the state the regulation of certain hoisting equipment; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0506 | Graduation Requirements for English for Speakers of Other Languages Program Students | An act relating to graduation requirements for English for Speakers of Other Languages program students; amending s. 1003.433, F.S.; authorizing certain English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program students to meet the Algebra I end-of-course assessment requirements in a specified manner; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0510 | Heat Illness Prevention | An act relating to heat illness prevention; creating s. 448.112, F.S.; providing legislative intent; providing applicability; defining terms; requiring certain employers to implement an outdoor heat exposure safety program that has been approved by specified departments; specifying requirements for the safety program; providing responsibilities for certain employers and employees; providing exceptions; requiring specified annual training on heat illness and providing requirements for such training; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in conjunction with the Department of Health, to adopt specified rules; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0522 | Sickle Cell Care Management and Treatment Education | An act relating to sickle cell care management and treatment education; creating s. 456.0311, F.S.; requiring the applicable licensing boards for specified health care professions to require a 2-hour continuing education course on sickle cell disease care management as part of every second biennial licensure or certification renewal; specifying requirements for the course; specifying the procedure for licensees and certificateholders to submit confirmation of completing the course; authorizing the applicable boards to approve additional equivalent courses to satisfy the requirement; authorizing the applicable boards to include the course hours in the total hours of continuing education required for the applicable profession, with an exception; authorizing health care practitioners holding two or more licenses or certificates subject to the course requirement to show proof of completion of one course to satisfy the requirement for all such licenses or certificates; providing for disciplinary action; authorizing the applicable boards to adopt rules; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0470 | Naturopathic Medicine | An act relating to naturopathic medicine; redesignating the title of ch. 462, F.S., from “Naturopathy” to “Naturopathic Medicine”; creating s. 462.001, F.S.; providing legislative findings and purpose; creating s. 462.002, F.S.; providing applicability and construction; renumbering and amending s. 462.01, F.S.; revising and defining terms; creating s. 462.004, F.S.; creating the Board of Naturopathic Medicine within the Department of Health; providing for membership of the board; requiring the board, in conjunction with the department, to establish a disciplinary training program for board members; providing requirements for the program; providing that board members may not participate in probable cause panels or disciplinary decisions unless they have completed the training program; requiring board members appointed to probable cause panels to attempt to complete their work on every case presented; authorizing board members to reconvene a probable cause panel under certain circumstances; providing applicability; renumbering and amending s. 462.023, F.S.; authorizing the board to adopt rules; deleting obsolete language; creating s. 462.006, F.S.; prohibiting certain unlicensed persons from practicing naturopathic medicine or promoting, identifying, or describing themselves using specified titles or abbreviations; providing construction; creating s. 462.007, F.S.; providing for licensure by examination of naturopathic physicians; requiring the department and the board to use an investigative process that ensures applicants meet the applicable criteria; authorizing the State Surgeon General or her or his designee to issue a 90-day licensure delay under certain circumstances; providing construction; prohibiting the board from certifying for licensure certain applicants until a certain investigation is completed; providing applicability; prohibiting the department from issuing a license to certain applicants until the board has reviewed the application and certified the applicant for licensure; authorizing the board to enter an order imposing certain sanctions against or conditions on an applicant for licensure under certain circumstances; creating s. 462.008, F.S.; providing for licensure by endorsement of naturopathic physicians; renumbering and amending s. 462.08, F.S.; revising requirements for licensure renewal for naturopathic physicians; requiring the department to adopt rules; renumbering and amending s. 462.18, F.S.; revising continuing education requirements for naturopathic physicians; requiring naturopathic physicians to use the department’s electronic continuing education tracking system to demonstrate compliance with continuing education requirements; renumbering and amending s. 462.19, F.S.; revising provisions related to reactivation of inactive naturopathic physician licenses; requiring the board to adopt rules relating to the reactivation of inactive licenses; providing requirements for the rules; prohibiting the department from reactivating a license until certain conditions have been met; renumbering and amending s. 462.11, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; creating s. 462.014, F.S.; requiring the board to adopt rules providing for the handling of medical records by licensed naturopathic physicians; providing requirements for such rules; creating s. 462.015, F.S.; providing financial responsibility requirements as a condition of licensure for naturopathic physicians; providing exemptions from such requirements; requiring certain insuring entities to notify the department promptly of a naturopathic physician’s cancellation or nonrenewal of insurance; requiring the department to suspend the license of a naturopathic physician under certain circumstances until the licensee demonstrates compliance with specified requirements; providing applicability; requiring certain naturopathic physicians to provide a specified notice to their patients; providing requirements for the notice; providing for permanent disqualification from any exemption from the financial responsibility requirements, and for disciplinary action, for specified conduct; requiring certain naturopathic physicians to notify the department in writing of any change in circumstance and demonstrate compliance with certain requirements; requiring the department to suspend the license of a naturopathic physician under certain circumstances until certain requirements are met; providing applicability; requiring the board to adopt rules; renumbering and amending s. 462.13, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; renumbering and amending s. 462.14, F.S.; revising grounds for disciplinary action; providing construction; providing for disciplinary actions by the board and department; providing for the standard of proof in certain administrative actions; providing requirements for the reinstatement of a license for certain persons; providing requirements for disciplinary guidelines adopted by the board; providing requirements and procedures for the department’s receipt of certain closed claims and reports involving a licensed naturopathic physician; authorizing the department to bring an action to enjoin a naturopathic physician from providing medical services under certain circumstances; requiring the department to furnish certain documents promptly to a naturopathic physician or her or his attorney upon undertaking an investigation of the naturopathic physician; authorizing a naturopathic physician who is the subject of such investigation to submit a written response within a specified timeframe; requiring that the response be considered by the probable cause panel, if held on the matter; creating s. 462.018, F.S.; prohibiting licensed naturopathic physicians from holding themselves out as board-certified specialists unless certified by the board regulating such specialty; authorizing licensed naturopathic physicians to indicate or state accurately which services or types of services they provide within the scope of practice of naturopathic medicine; renumbering and amending s. 462.17, F.S.; providing criminal penalties for specified violations relating to the practice of naturopathic medicine; creating s. 462.024, F.S.; providing that patients are responsible for advising treating health care practitioners about any legend drug, nutrient, or natural medicinal substance that a naturopathic physician has prescribed or recommended to the patient; requiring naturopathic physicians to advise their patients of such responsibility; creating a rebuttable presumption that certain injuries sustained by a patient are caused by her or his failure to disclose such information as required; providing for the rebuttal of such presumption under certain circumstances; providing construction; providing that a naturopathic physician is not required to confirm whether a patient has disclosed this information to another treating health care practitioner; creating s. 462.025, F.S.; providing severability; renumbering s. 462.09, F.S., relating to disposition of fees; repealing s. 462.16, F.S., relating to reissue of license; repealing s. 462.2001, F.S., relating to saving clause; amending ss. 20.43, 381.0031, 468.301, 476.044, 477.0135, 485.003, 486.161, 627.351, 893.02, and 921.0022, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0798 | Electronic Payment of Public Records Fees | An act relating to electronic payment of public records fees; amending s. 119.07, F.S.; requiring an agency subject to ch. 119, F.S., to provide an electronic option for payment of fees associated with a public records request; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0950 | Prosecuting Children as Adults | An act relating to prosecuting children as adults; amending s. 985.265, F.S.; prohibiting a jail or other facility intended or used for the detention of adults from holding a child who has been transferred to adult court for criminal prosecution before a specified hearing to determine whether the child should be prosecuted as an adult, unless the child waives his or her right to such hearing; amending s. 985.556, F.S.; deleting provisions requiring a state attorney to request a court to transfer and certify a child for prosecution as an adult or to provide written reasons to the court for not making such request, or to proceed under a specified provision; amending s. 985.557, F.S.; deleting references to the state attorney’s discretion to direct file an information on a child; revising discretionary direct file criteria; requiring a court to advise a child and his or her parent or legal guardian of the child’s right to a due process evidentiary hearing before a judge upon the filing by a state attorney of an information transferring the child to adult court; requiring that the child or the child’s parent or legal guardian be afforded such hearing; requiring the judge to conduct the hearing within a certain timeframe; requiring the judge to consider specified information and factors during the hearing; authorizing the judge to consider, and certain parties to the action to examine, certain reports; providing for continued jurisdiction of the adult court with regard to the child unless the court makes a specified finding by a preponderance of the evidence; requiring the adult court to render an order that includes certain findings of fact; authorizing immediate review of the order; providing that the order is reviewable on appeal under specified rules; amending ss. 985.15 and 985.565, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 985.03, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1014 | Youth Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Pilot Program | An act relating to the Youth Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Pilot Program; amending s. 1003.64, F.S.; creating the Youth Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Pilot Program within the Community School Grant Program for a specified period; providing the purpose of the pilot program; requiring the Center for Community Schools at the University of Central Florida to implement the pilot program and a specified curriculum; requiring the center to implement a certain curriculum for the pilot program; requiring the center to work with the Department of Education to identify and implement the curriculum; requiring the center to identify certain schools to participate in the program; providing participating school responsibilities; requiring the center to provide a report to the department; providing requirements for the report; providing for the future expiration of the pilot program; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0178 | Agronomic Study on Emerging Crops | An act relating to an agronomic study on emerging crops; requiring Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University to conduct an agronomic study on emerging crops in this state, subject to legislative appropriation; requiring Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; providing requirements for the report; providing an effective date. WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that Florida agricultural producers have endured a continuous stream of deadly diseases and adverse weather conditions, including drought, wind, flooding, and hurricanes, and WHEREAS, these damaging weather conditions have severely reduced agricultural production, caused a loss of jobs, and caused severe economic loss to communities, families, and individual producers, and WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that preserving agricultural production is vital to Florida’s rural communities and overall economy, and WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that preserving agricultural land through production of crops rather than using the land for development has many ecological benefits, including maintaining wildlife habitat, absorbing carbon dioxide, recharging aquifers, reducing greenhouse gases, and controlling soil erosion, and WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that this loss of agricultural infrastructure, jobs, economic opportunity, and wildlife habitat is not sustainable and has a negative impact on the quality of life for all Floridians, NOW, THEREFORE, | Dead |
| S1434 | Public Records | An act relating to public records; amending s. 119.011, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “actual cost of duplication”; amending s. 119.07, F.S.; providing that it is a violation of ch. 119, F.S., to fail to acknowledge a public record request promptly and in good faith; requiring that custodians of public records perform specified actions within a specified timeframe; prohibiting the agency from imposing costs or fees if the custodian fails to take such actions in the required timeframe; requiring custodians to state in writing certain justifications and citations; prohibiting an agency from asserting that a record was exempt or confidential and exempt under specified circumstances; providing that an agency may not assert certain justifications under specified circumstances; deleting provisions authorizing a fee for accessing a public record electronically under a contractual agreement; prohibiting agencies from charging for specified public records requests; defining the term “any electronic medium stored, maintained, or used by an agency”; requiring agencies to provide public records requests in specified formats; authorizing agencies to charge a fee for such provision; providing for the reduction or waiver of fees under specified conditions; requiring that such reductions and waivers be applied uniformly; prohibiting an agency from charging for a certain timeframe under specified conditions; requiring that a written, detailed cost estimate be provided upon request to persons seeking to inspect or copy a public record; declaring that an agency is not authorized to charge fees for redaction of certain records; amending s. 119.10, F.S.; providing that violations of any law providing access to public records is a violation of ch. 119, F.S.; providing a civil penalty for persons who violate provisions related to accessing public records; providing criminal penalties for persons outside this state who knowingly violate specified provisions; requiring courts to assess specified penalties if the court makes certain determinations; amending s. 119.12, F.S.; requiring that the court assess and award against agencies certain costs and fees; requiring that certain fees be assessed against an agency under certain conditions; authorizing agency reimbursement of attorney fees and costs under specified conditions; amending s. 119.15, F.S.; requiring that certain provisions authorizing a public records exemption be repealed after a specified timeframe unless the Legislature reenacts the exemption; amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0208 | Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote | An act relating to the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; providing for enactment of the agreement; providing a method by which a state may become a member state; requiring a statewide popular election for President and Vice President of the United States; establishing a procedure for appointing presidential electors in member states; providing that the agreement becomes effective upon the occurrence of specified actions; providing for the withdrawal of a member state; requiring notification of member states when the agreement takes effect in a nonmember state or when a member state withdraws from the agreement; providing severability; providing definitions; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1570 | Suits Against the Government | An act relating to suits against the government; amending s. 768.28, F.S.; increasing the statutory limits on liability for tort claims against the state and its agencies and subdivisions; authorizing a subdivision of the state to settle a claim in excess of the statutory limit without further action by the Legislature regardless of insurance coverage limits; prohibiting an insurance policy from conditioning payment of benefits on the enactment of a claim bill; specifying that the limitations in effect on the date the claim accrues apply to that claim; revising the period within which certain claims must be presented to certain entities; revising exceptions relating to instituting actions on tort claims against the state or one of its agencies or subdivisions; revising the period after which the failure of certain entities to make final disposition of a claim shall be deemed a final denial of the claim for certain purposes; revising the statute of limitations for tort claims against the state or one of its agencies or subdivisions and exceptions thereto; providing applicability; amending s. 944.713, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; reenacting ss. 45.061(5), 110.504(4), 111.071(1)(a), 125.01015(2)(b), 163.01(3)(h) and (15)(k), 190.043, 213.015(13), 252.51, 252.89, 252.944, 260.0125(2), 284.31, 284.38, 322.13(1)(b), 337.19(1), 341.302(17), 351.03(4)(c), 373.1395(6), 375.251(3)(a), 381.0056(9), 393.075(3), 394.9085(7), 395.1055(10)(g), 403.706(17)(c), 409.175(15)(b), 409.993(1), (2)(a), and (3)(a), 420.504(8), 455.221(3), 455.32(5), 456.009(3), 456.076(15)(a), 471.038(3), 472.006(11)(b), 497.167(7), 513.118(2), 548.046(1), 556.106(8), 589.19(4)(e), 627.7491(3) and (4), 723.0611(2)(c), 760.11(5), 766.1115(4), 766.112(2), 768.1355(3), 768.1382(7), 768.295(4), 946.5026, 946.514(3), 961.06(5), (6)(a), and (7), 1002.33(12)(h), 1002.333(6)(b), 1002.34(17), 1002.351(3)(c), 1002.37(2), 1002.55(3)(l), 1002.83(10), 1002.88(1)(p), 1006.24(1), and 1006.261(2)(b), F.S., relating to offers of settlement, volunteer benefits, payment of judgments or settlements against certain public officers or employees, office of the sheriff, the Florida Interlocal Cooperation Act of 1969, suits against community development districts, taxpayer rights, liability, tort liability, tort liability, limitation on liability of private landowners whose property is designated as part of the statewide system of greenways and trail, scope and types of coverages, waiver of sovereign immunity, driver license examiners, suits by and against the Department of Transportation, rail program, railroad-highway grade crossing warning signs and signals, limitation on liability of water management district with respect to areas made available to the public for recreational purposes without charge, limitation on liability of persons making available to public certain areas for recreational purposes without charge, school health services program, general liability coverage, behavioral provider liability, rules and enforcement, local government solid waste responsibilities, licensure of family foster homes, lead agencies and subcontractor liability, the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, legal and investigative services, the Management Privatization Act, legal and investigative services, impaired practitioner programs, the Florida Engineers Management Corporation, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, administrative matters, conduct on premises and refusal of service, physician’s attendance at match, liability of the state and its agencies or subdivisions, creation of certain state forests, naming of certain state forests, Operation Outdoor Freedom Program, official law enforcement vehicles and motor vehicle insurance requirements, the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Corporation, administrative and civil remedies and construction, health care providers and creation of agency relationship with governmental contractors, comparative fault, the Florida Volunteer Protection Act, street and security lighting and other similar illumination, Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP), sovereign immunity in tort actions, inmates not state employees, compensation for wrongful incarceration, charter schools, persistently low-performing schools, charter technical career centers, the Florida School for Competitive Academics, the Florida Virtual School, school-year prekindergarten program delivered by private prekindergarten providers, Early learning coalitions, school readiness program provider standards, tort liability and liability insurance, and use of school buses for public purposes, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 768.28, F.S., in references thereto; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1256 | Motor Vehicle Insurance | An act relating to motor vehicle insurance; repealing ss. 627.730, 627.731, 627.7311, 627.732, 627.733, 627.734, 627.736, 627.737, 627.739, 627.7401, 627.7403, and 627.7405, F.S., which comprise the Florida Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law; repealing s. 627.7407, F.S., relating to application of the Florida Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law; amending s. 316.2122, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 316.646, F.S.; revising a requirement for proof of security on a motor vehicle and the applicability of the requirement; amending s. 318.18, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 320.02, F.S.; revising the motor vehicle insurance coverages that an applicant must show to register certain vehicles with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; revising construction; amending s. 320.0609, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 320.27, F.S.; defining the term “garage liability insurance”; revising garage liability insurance requirements for motor vehicle dealer license applicants; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; making technical changes; amending s. 320.771, F.S.; revising garage liability insurance requirements for recreational vehicle dealer license applicants; amending ss. 322.251 and 322.34, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 324.011, F.S.; revising legislative purpose and intent; amending s. 324.021, F.S.; revising definitions; revising minimum coverage requirements for proof of financial responsibility for specified motor vehicles; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; defining the term “for-hire passenger transportation vehicle”; amending s. 324.022, F.S.; revising minimum liability coverage requirements for motor vehicle owners or operators; revising authorized methods for meeting such requirements; deleting a provision relating to an insurer’s duty to defend certain claims; revising the vehicles that are excluded from the definition of the term “motor vehicle”; providing security requirements for certain excluded vehicles; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 324.0221, F.S.; revising coverages that subject a policy to certain insurer reporting and notice requirements; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; creating s. 324.0222, F.S.; providing that driver license or motor vehicle registration suspensions for failure to maintain required security which are in effect before a specified date remain in full force and effect; authorizing drivers to reinstate suspended licenses or registrations as provided in a specified section; amending s. 324.023, F.S.; conforming cross references; amending s. 324.031, F.S.; specifying a method of proving financial responsibility by owners or operators of motor vehicles other than for-hire passenger transportation vehicles; revising the required and maximum amounts of a certificate of deposit required to elect a certain method of proof of financial responsibility; revising liability coverage requirements for a person electing to use such method; amending s. 324.032, F.S.; revising financial responsibility requirements for owners or lessees of for-hire passenger transportation vehicles; amending s. 324.051, F.S.; making technical changes; specifying that motorcycles are included in the definition of the term “motor vehicles” for purposes of the section; amending ss. 324.071 and 324.091, F.S.; making technical changes; amending s. 324.151, F.S.; revising requirements for motor vehicle liability policies relating to coverage, and exclusion from coverage, for certain drivers and vehicles; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; making technical changes; defining terms; amending s. 324.161, F.S.; revising requirements for a certificate of deposit that is required if a person elects a certain method of proving financial responsibility; amending s. 324.171, F.S.; revising the minimum net worth requirements to qualify certain persons as self-insurers; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 324.242, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 324.251, F.S.; revising a short title and an effective date; amending s. 400.9905, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “clinic”; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending ss. 400.991 and 400.9935, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 409.901, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “third-party benefit”; amending s. 409.910, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “medical coverage”; amending s. 456.057, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 456.072, F.S.; revising specified grounds for discipline for certain health professions; defining the term “upcode”; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 626.9541, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; revising certain prohibited acts related to specified insurance coverage payment requirements; amending s. 626.989, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “fraudulent insurance act”; amending s. 627.06501, F.S.; revising coverages that may provide for a reduction in motor vehicle insurance policy premium charges under certain circumstances; amending s. 627.0651, F.S.; specifying requirements for rate filings for motor vehicle liability policies that implement requirements in effect on a specified date; requiring that such filings be approved through a certain process; amending s. 627.0652, F.S.; revising coverages that must provide for a reduction in premium charges under certain circumstances; amending s. 627.0653, F.S.; revising coverages that are subject to premium discounts for specified motor vehicle equipment; amending s. 627.4132, F.S.; revising coverages that are subject to a stacking prohibition; amending s. 627.4137, F.S.; requiring insurers to disclose certain information at the request of a claimant’s attorney; authorizing a claimant to file an action under certain circumstances; providing for the award of reasonable attorney fees and costs under certain circumstances; amending s. 627.7263, F.S.; revising coverages that are deemed primary, except under certain circumstances, for the lessor of a motor vehicle for lease or rent; revising a notice that is required if the lessee’s coverage is to be primary; amending s. 627.727, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; revising the legal liability of an uninsured motorist coverage insurer; amending s. 627.7275, F.S.; revising required coverages for a motor vehicle insurance policy; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; creating s. 627.7278, F.S.; defining the term “minimum security requirements”; providing a prohibition, requirements, applicability, and construction relating to motor vehicle insurance policies as of a certain date; requiring insurers to allow certain insureds to make certain coverage changes, subject to certain conditions; requiring an insurer to provide, by a specified date, a specified notice to policyholders relating to requirements under the act; amending s. 627.728, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 627.7295, F.S.; revising the definitions of the terms “policy” and “binder”; revising the coverages of a motor vehicle insurance policy for which a licensed general lines agent may charge a specified fee; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 627.7415, F.S.; revising additional liability insurance requirements for commercial motor vehicles; amending s. 627.747, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 627.748, F.S.; revising insurance requirements for transportation network company drivers; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; conforming cross-references; amending ss. 627.7483 and 627.749, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 627.8405, F.S.; revising the products and the policy for which a premium finance company may not finance costs when sold in combination with an accidental death and dismemberment policy; revising rulemaking authority of the Financial Services Commission; amending ss. 627.915, 628.909, 705.184, and 713.78, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 817.234, F.S.; revising coverages that are the basis of specified prohibited false and fraudulent insurance claims; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; deleting provisions relating to prohibited changes in certain mental or physical reports; providing an appropriation; providing effective dates. | 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 |
| S1800 | Parkinson's Disease | An act relating to Parkinson’s disease; creating s. 1004.4352, F.S.; providing a short title; providing legislative findings; defining terms; establishing the Consortium for Parkinson’s Disease Research within the University of South Florida; establishing the Parkinson’s Disease Research Board; providing for the membership and duties of the board; requiring the board to direct the operations of the consortium; providing duties of the consortium director; providing research requirements for the plan; requiring the board to award funds to board members for certain purposes; requiring the board to issue an annual report to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; providing appropriations; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0890 | Improving Screening for and Treatment of Blood Clots | An act relating to improving screening for and treatment of blood clots; providing a short title; amending s. 385.102, F.S.; revising legislative findings under the Chronic Diseases Act; amending s. 395.1012, F.S.; requiring hospitals with emergency departments and ambulatory surgical centers to develop and implement policies and procedures and conduct training for the rendering of appropriate medical attention for persons at risk of forming venous thromboembolisms; creating s. 395.3042, F.S.; requiring the Department of Health to contract with a private entity to establish a statewide venous thromboembolism registry at no cost to the state; providing requirements for the private entity; requiring hospitals with an emergency department, beginning on a date certain, to report certain information regularly to the statewide venous thromboembolism registry; requiring the department to require the private entity to use a nationally recognized platform to collect certain data; requiring the private entity to provide regular reports to the department on such data; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration, by a date certain, to provide to the Governor and the Legislature a specified report; providing requirements for such report; providing applicability; amending s. 400.211, F.S.; revising requirements for certain annual inservice training for certified nursing assistants employed by nursing home facilities; revising training requirements for certain certified nursing assistants who may be delegated tasks in nursing home facilities; amending s. 429.55, F.S.; providing legislative findings; defining terms; requiring assisted living facilities to provide a consumer information pamphlet containing specified information to residents; 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 |
| S1174 | Licensure of Family Foster Homes | An act relating to licensure of family foster homes; amending s. 409.175, F.S.; requiring the Department of Children and Families to adopt rules to streamline the licensure application process for licensed foster parents who relocate within this state; requiring that such rules include priority review of applications, expedited home studies and background checks, and recognition of prior foster parent training coursework; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1878 | University of South Florida Head Basketball Coach Amir Abdur-Rahim | A resolution honoring the life and legacy of University of South Florida Head Basketball Coach Amir Abdur-Rahim, his many accomplishments, and his contributions to the Tampa Bay community and this state. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0650 | Hazardous Walking Conditions | An act relating to hazardous walking conditions; amending s. 1006.23, F.S.; revising the criteria that determine a hazardous walking condition for public school students; 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 |
| 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 | Abstain |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 | Absent |
| S0994 | Driver License Education Requirements | Senate: Third Reading RCS#7 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H1105 | Education | Senate: Third Reading RCS#21 | 05/02/2025 | Absent |
| 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 | Nay |
| H1215 | Ad Valorem Tax Exemption | Senate: Third Reading RCS#5 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H1255 | Education | Senate: Third Reading RCS#19 | 05/02/2025 | Absent |
| S1620 | Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders | Senate: Third Reading RCS#11 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| S0180 | Emergencies | Senate: Third Reading RCS#8 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H1427 | Nursing Education Programs | Senate: Third Reading RCS#22 | 05/02/2025 | Absent |
| H1549 | Financial Services | Senate: Third Reading RCS#12 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H1609 | Waste Incineration | Senate: Third Reading RCS#9 | 05/02/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| H6017 | Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death | Senate: Third Reading RCS#39 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0481 | Anchoring Limitation Areas | Senate: Third Reading RCS#55 | 04/30/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Yea |
| H1299 | Department of Health | Senate: Third Reading RCS#48 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Florida Joint Legislative Budget Commission | 5 | |
| Detail | Florida Senate Agriculture Committee | 6 | |
| Detail | Florida Senate Appropriations Committee | Vice Chair | 2 |
| Detail | Florida Senate Children, Families and Elder Affairs Committee | 4 | |
| Detail | Florida Senate Ethics and Elections Committee | 8 | |
| Detail | Florida Senate Finance and Tax Committee | 8 | |
| Detail | Florida Senate Rules Committee | 19 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | Florida Senate District 16 | Senate | Democrat | In Office | 11/08/2022 | |
| FL | Florida Senate District 19 | Senate | Democrat | Out of Office | 11/09/2016 | 01/16/2024 |
| FL | District 70 | House | Democrat | Out of Office | 11/01/2012 | 01/16/2024 |
| FL | District 55 | House | Democrat | Out of Office | 11/04/2008 | 01/16/2024 |