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Legislator > Lori Berman
State Senator
Lori Berman
(D) - Florida
Florida Senate District 26
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: 850-487-5026
Boynton Beach Office
2300 High Ridge Road
Suite 161
Boynton Beach, FL 33426
Suite 161
Boynton Beach, FL 33426
Phone: 561-292-6014
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| S0080 | Safe Storage of Firearms and Ammunition in Motor Vehicles and Vessels | An act relating to safe storage of firearms and ammunition in motor vehicles and vessels; creating s. 790.176, F.S.; defining the terms “motor vehicle,” “trunk,” and “vessel”; requiring persons who store or leave firearms or ammunition in motor vehicles or vessels under their control to keep the firearms or ammunition locked inside specified locations within the motor vehicles or vessels while such persons are not in the motor vehicles or vessels; providing criminal penalties; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S0082 | Equal Rights for Men and Women | A concurrent resolution ratifying the proposed amendment to the United States Constitution relating to equal rights for men and women. | In Committee |
| S0084 | Insurance Solutions Advisory Council | An act relating to the Insurance Solutions Advisory Council; creating the advisory council within the Office of Insurance Regulation of the Financial Services Commission for specified purposes; providing for membership and meetings of the advisory council; requiring the office to provide the advisory council with staffing and administrative assistance; requiring the advisory council to submit a specified report annually; providing for expiration of the advisory council; providing an effective date. | 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 |
| 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 |
| S0262 | Trusts | An act relating to trusts; amending s. 736.04117, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “authorized trustee”; revising how an authorized trustee may exercise the power to invade principal as an authorized trustee administering a trust; providing that notice of such exercise by an authorized trustee is not a trust disclosure document; providing that a trust disclosure document may not commence a limitations period unless such trust disclosure document is provided after the effective date of the exercise of the power to invade principal by an authorized trustee; providing applicability; amending s. 736.08125, F.S.; providing an exception with regard to protection of successor trustees; creating s. 736.10085, F.S.; barring certain actions initiated by specified parties against prior trustees; creating s. 736.1110, F.S.; providing that property devised to or from a revocable trust which is devised, given, or distributed to a donee by a settlor during the settlor’s lifetime is treated as a satisfaction of devise to that donee if certain criteria are met; providing that property distributed or given to a devisee during a settlor’s lifetime is to be valued at the time the devisee came into possession or enjoyment of the property, or at the time of the death of the settlor, whichever occurs first; providing applicability; amending s. 736.1502, F.S.; revising the definitions of the terms “community property” and “community property trust”; amending s. 736.151, F.S.; providing that homestead property transferred by one or both settlor spouses to a community property trust will not be treated as a change of ownership for the purposes of reassessing the property; providing that such transfer qualifies as a change or transfer of legal or equitable title between spouses; providing construction and retroactive application; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0344 | Telecommunications Access System Act of 1991 | An act relating to the Telecommunications Access System Act of 1991; amending s. 427.702, F.S.; revising the legislative findings, purpose, and intent of the Telecommunications Access System Act of 1991; amending s. 427.703, F.S.; defining and redefining terms; amending s. 427.704, F.S.; revising the powers and duties of the Florida Public Service Commission in overseeing the administration of the telecommunications access system; amending s. 427.705, F.S.; revising the duties of the system’s administrator; revising the procedures required for the distribution of specialized telecommunications devices; requiring the administrator to assume responsibility for the distribution of specialized communications technologies; amending s. 427.706, F.S.; revising the composition of the advisory committee appointed to assist the commission with implementing the act; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0316 | Limited Liability Companies | An act relating to limited liability companies; amending s. 48.062, F.S.; defining the terms “registered foreign protected series of a foreign series limited liability company” and “registered foreign series limited liability company”; specifying that certain limited liability companies are considered a nonresident under certain circumstances; providing for service of a summons and complaint on such companies and series; specifying that such service serves as notice to such companies and series; amending s. 605.0103, F.S.; correcting a cross reference; amending s. 605.0117, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 605.0211, F.S.; revising requirements for certificates of status; creating s. 605.2101, F.S.; providing a short title; creating s. 605.2102, F.S.; defining terms; creating s. 605.2103, F.S.; providing that a protected series of a series limited liability company is a person distinct from certain other entities; creating s. 605.2104, F.S.; providing powers and prohibitions for protected series of series limited liability companies; creating s. 605.2105, F.S.; providing construction; creating s. 605.2106, F.S.; providing construction regarding protected series operating agreements; providing applicability with regard to certain restrictions on limited liability companies; creating s. 605.2107, F.S.; providing prohibitions and authorizations relating to operating agreements; creating s. 605.2108, F.S.; providing applicability; creating s. 605.2201, F.S.; authorizing domestic limited liability companies to establish protected series; specifying requirements for establishing protected series and amending protected series designations; creating s. 605.2202, F.S.; specifying requirements for naming a protected series; creating s. 605.2203, F.S.; providing specifications and requirements for the registered agent for a protected series; specifying requirements relating to protected series designations; specifying that a registered agent is not required to distinguish between certain processes, notices, demands, and records unless otherwise agreed upon; creating s. 605.2204, F.S.; authorizing service on, and provision of notice and demand to, certain limited liability companies and protected series in a specified manner; providing that certain notice is effective regardless of whether any notice or demand identifies a person if certain requirements are met; providing authorizations relating to certain services and notices; providing construction; creating s. 605.2205, F.S.; requiring the Department of State to issue a certificate of status under certain circumstances; specifying requirements for certificates of status; providing that a certificate of status may be relied upon as conclusive evidence of the facts stated in the certificate; creating s. 605.2206, F.S.; requiring series limited liability companies and registered foreign series limited liability companies to include specified information in a required annual report; specifying that failure to include such information prevents a certificate of status from being issued; creating s. 605.2301, F.S.; specifying that only certain assets may be considered associated assets; specifying requirements for an asset to be considered an associated asset; providing that certain records and recordkeeping may be organized in a specified manner; authorizing series limited liability companies or protected series of such companies to hold an associated asset in a specified manner; providing exceptions; creating s. 605.2302, F.S.; specifying requirements for becoming an associated member of a protected series of a series limited liability company; creating s. 605.2303, F.S.; requiring that protected-series transferable interests be owned initially by an associated member of the protected series or the series limited liability company; providing for ownership when a protected series of a series limited liability company does not have associated members upon establishment under certain circumstances; authorizing series limited liability companies to acquire such interests by transfer; providing applicability; creating s. 605.2304, F.S.; authorizing a protected series to have one or more protected-series managers; specifying that, if a protected series does not have associated members, the series limited liability company is the protected series manager; providing applicability; specifying that a person does not owe a duty to specified entities for certain reasons; providing rights of associated members; providing applicability; specifying that an associated member of a member managed protected series, or a protected-series manager of a manager-managed protected series, is an agent for the protected series and has a specified power; creating s. 605.2305, F.S.; providing rights for certain persons relating to information concerning protected series; providing applicability; creating s. 605.2401, F.S.; providing limitations on liability for certain persons; creating s. 605.2402, F.S.; specifying that certain claims are governed by specified provisions; specifying that the failure of limited liability companies or protected series to observe certain formalities is not a ground to disregard a specified limitation; providing applicability; creating s. 605.2403, F.S.; specifying that certain provisions relating to the provision or restriction of remedies apply to certain judgment creditors; creating s. 605.2404, F.S.; defining the terms “enforcement date” and “incurrence date”; providing that certain judgments may be enforced in accordance with specified provisions; authorizing courts to provide a specified prejudgment remedy; providing that a party making a certain assertion has the burden of proof in specified proceedings; providing applicability; creating s. 605.2501, F.S.; specifying the events that cause the dissolution of protected series of series limited liability companies; creating s. 605.2502, F.S.; specifying requirements and authorizations relating to dissolved protected series; specifying that a series limited liability company has not completed winding up until each of the protected series of the company has done so; creating s. 605.2503, F.S.; providing for the effect of reinstatement of series limited liability companies and revocation of voluntary dissolutions; creating s. 605.2601, F.S.; defining terms; creating s. 605.2602, F.S.; prohibiting protected series from involvement in certain transactions; creating s. 605.2603, F.S.; prohibiting series limited liability companies from involvement in certain transactions; creating s. 605.2604, F.S.; authorizing series limited liability companies to be a party to a merger under certain circumstances; creating s. 605.2605, F.S.; requiring that plans of merger meet certain requirements; creating s. 605.2606, F.S.; requiring articles of merger to meet certain requirements; creating s. 605.2607, F.S.; providing effects of mergers of protected series; creating s. 605.2608, F.S.; providing the means for enforcement of creditors’ rights; providing applicability of certain provisions after a merger; creating s. 605.2701, F.S.; providing that the law of the governing jurisdiction of a foreign series limited liability company’s formation governs certain aspects of the internal affairs of the foreign series limited liability company; providing applicability; creating s. 605.2702, F.S.; specifying requirements for making a specified determination relating to certain companies transacting business in this state or being subject to the personal jurisdiction of the courts in this state; creating s. 605.2703, F.S.; providing applicability of laws of this state relating to certificates of authority for foreign series limited liability companies and foreign protected series of such companies; requiring that an application by a foreign protected series for a certificate of authority include certain information and comply with specified provisions; providing applicability; creating s. 605.2704, F.S.; requiring foreign series limited liability companies and foreign protected series of such companies to make specified disclosures; tolling such requirements under certain circumstances; authorizing certain parties to make a specified request or bring a separate proceeding if such company or series fails to make the disclosures; creating s. 605.2801, F.S.; providing applicability of provisions relating to electronic signatures; creating s. 605.2802, F.S.; providing construction; prohibiting domestic limited liability companies from creating or designating any protected series before a specified date; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| S0242 | Public Records and Public Meetings/Helping Abuse Victims Escape Now (HAVEN) Coordinating Council | An act relating to public records and public meetings; amending s. 741.317, F.S.; specifying that information obtained by the Helping Abuse Victims Escape Now (HAVEN) Coordinating Council which is exempt or confidential and exempt from public records requirements retains its protected status; providing an exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying information of a victim of domestic violence and dating violence and other specified information contained in records held by the coordinating council; providing an exemption from public meetings requirements for portions of the coordinating council’s meetings during which exempt or confidential and exempt information is discussed; providing statements of public necessity; providing a contingent effective date. | Dead |
| S0330 | Residential Utility Disconnections | An act relating to residential utility disconnections; creating s. 366.043, F.S.; defining terms; prohibiting an electric utility, a public utility, or a water utility from disconnecting service to residential customers for nonpayment of bills or fees under specified circumstances; requiring such utilities to waive reconnection fees and late fees in certain circumstances; requiring such utilities to refer to the National Weather Service for the forecasted heat index and forecasted temperatures; prohibiting such utilities from disconnecting service to residential customers for nonpayment of bills or fees on specified days; prohibiting such utilities from recovering from customers any fee or expense incurred in complying with the act; requiring such utilities to provide, in a specified manner, their policy for disconnection for nonpayment to residential customers; requiring an electric utility to publish alerts informing residential customers of certain disconnection suspensions; specifying language requirements for such notice; requiring such utilities to deliver notice of nonpayment of bills or fees to residential customers within a specified timeframe using specified methods of notice and including certain information; prohibiting such utilities from disconnecting service for nonpayment of bills and fees until an account is past due by at least a specified number of days; providing construction; authorizing such utilities to voluntarily suspend disconnections in order to protect the health and safety of customers and the reliability of services; providing penalties and remedies; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0070 | Instructional Hours for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program | An act relating to instructional hours for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program; amending ss. 1002.55, 1002.61, 1002.63, and 1002.71, F.S.; revising the instructional hours required to be delivered in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program for school-year and summer programs; 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 |
| S0978 | Advanced Wastewater Treatment | An act relating to advanced wastewater treatment; providing legislative findings; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with water management districts and wastewater facilities, to submit to the Governor and the Legislature specified reports on certain sewage disposal facilities in this state by specified dates; providing requirements for the reports; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0076 | Paid Parental Leave | An act relating to paid parental leave; amending s. 110.221, F.S.; defining the term “paid parental leave”; requiring the state to provide paid parental leave to certain employees for a specified period of time; prohibiting the state from requiring that an employee use his or her annual or sick leave for paid parental leave; providing that the employee is entitled to accumulate specified benefits during such leave; prohibiting the state from refusing to grant such leave; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0074 | Universal Free School Breakfast and Lunch Program | An act relating to a universal free school breakfast and lunch program; amending s. 595.402, F.S.; defining and redefining terms; amending s. 595.405, F.S.; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, subject to the appropriation of funds by the Legislature, to establish and operate a program to provide universal free school breakfast and lunch meals to all public school students; specifying requirements for school districts; deleting provisions requiring school districts to implement and charge students for a breakfast program; deleting provisions requiring only certain school districts to implement a universal free school breakfast program and encouraging districts to provide free breakfast meals; revising the information that school districts are required to provide to parents regarding the availability of certain school meals, to conform to changes made by the act; authorizing school districts to operate free school meal programs using offsite food preparation locations; amending s. 595.404, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0072 | Use of Campaign Funds for Child Care Expenses | An act relating to use of campaign funds for child care expenses; amending s. 106.1405, F.S.; defining terms; authorizing a candidate to use funds on deposit in his or her campaign account to pay for child care expenses under specified conditions; requiring candidates to maintain specified records for a specified timeframe and provide such records to the Division of Elections; requiring candidates to disclose certain child care expenses in campaign finance reports; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0162 | Consumer Finance Loans | An act relating to consumer finance loans; creating s. 516.181, F.S.; prohibiting persons from engaging in specified actions to evade the requirements of ch. 516, F.S.; providing that consumer finance loans made in violation of such prohibitions are void and uncollectible; providing construction relating to when a person is deemed to be a lender subject to such prohibitions; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0186 | Safe Storage of Firearms and Ammunition in Motor Vehicles and Vessels | An act relating to safe storage of firearms and ammunition in motor vehicles and vessels; creating s. 790.176, F.S.; defining the terms “motor vehicle,” “trunk,” and “vessel”; requiring persons who store or leave firearms or ammunition in motor vehicles or vessels under their control to keep the firearms or ammunition locked inside specified locations within the motor vehicles or vessels while not in the motor vehicles or vessels; providing criminal penalties; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0188 | Possession or Use of a Firearm in a Sensitive Location | An act relating to the possession or use of a firearm in a sensitive location; creating s. 790.075, F.S.; defining the term “sensitive location”; prohibiting the possession or use of a firearm in a sensitive location; providing criminal penalties; providing exceptions; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0198 | Equal Rights for Men and Women | A concurrent resolution ratifying the proposed amendment to the United States Constitution relating to equal rights for men and women. | Dead |
| S0194 | Insurance Solutions Advisory Council | An act relating to the Insurance Solutions Advisory Council; creating the advisory council within the Office of Insurance Regulation of the Financial Services Commission for specified purposes; providing for membership and meetings of the advisory council; requiring the office to provide the advisory council with staffing and administrative assistance; requiring the advisory council to submit a specified report annually; providing for expiration of the advisory council; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0404 | Ticket Sales and Resales | An act relating to ticket sales and resales; providing a short title; creating s. 817.362, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring operators, ticket resellers, and online ticket marketplaces to disclose specified information in a specified manner during the ticket listing and purchasing process; requiring ticket resellers and online ticket marketplaces to provide to purchasers proof of purchase that includes specified information within a specified period of time; prohibiting specified practices by online ticket marketplaces and ticket resellers; providing applicability; prohibiting ticket resellers and ticket marketplaces from engaging in specified actions; prohibiting persons from taking specified actions relating to the use of Internet domain names and ticket purchases under certain conditions; providing conditions under which tickets may not be sold; requiring online ticket marketplaces to disclose specified information to the Secretary of Commerce upon his or her request; providing that trade secrets received by the secretary remain confidential when shared with the Attorney General; authorizing the secretary or his or her designee to enforce certain provisions; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0450 | Crimes Evidencing Prejudice | An act relating to crimes evidencing prejudice; amending s. 775.085, F.S.; expanding grounds for the reclassification of crimes to include acts based on the gender or gender identity of any person; specifying that the reclassification must occur if the crime was based in whole or in part on specified characteristics of any person; providing and revising definitions; amending s. 775.0863, F.S.; replacing the term “mental or physical disability” with the term “disability”; defining the term “disability”; specifying that the reclassification of a certain crime must occur if the crime was based in whole or in part on a disability of any person; amending s. 877.19, F.S.; expanding the data the Governor is required to collect and disseminate to include specified incidents; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0484 | Student Mental Health | An act relating to student mental health; amending s. 1006.041, F.S.; requiring minimum ratios of school psychologists and of certified school counselors, school social workers, or other licensed mental health professionals to students in certain grades, respectively, beginning with a specified school year; making technical changes; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0630 | Review of Compensation for Legislators and Cabinet Members | An act relating to review of compensation for legislators and Cabinet members; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) to conduct research, analyze data, and prepare a report containing certain information relating to the compensation of members of the Legislature; requiring that such report be provided to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; providing requirements for the report; requiring OPPAGA to conduct research, analyze data, and prepare a report containing certain information relating to the compensation of members of the Cabinet; requiring that such report be provided to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0670 | Instructional Personnel and School Administrator Salaries | An act relating to instructional personnel and school administrator salaries; providing a short title; amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; increasing the minimum base salary for certain teachers; revising the purpose of the classroom teacher and other instructional personnel salary increase; revising requirements for funding for the increase; revising the definition of the term “minimum base salary”; revising the requirements for specified school district reporting requirements beginning on a date certain; requiring school districts to provide a specified plan to the Department of Education beginning on a specified date; providing requirements for the plan; providing charter school requirements relating to the plan; requiring the department to establish and oversee a phased implementation of specified requirements; providing requirements for such implementation; requiring the department to provide specified grants to certain school districts and charter schools for specified purposes; amending s. 1012.22, F.S.; providing requirements for school districts relating to salary structures and schedules; requiring that performance salary schedules include step-based salary increases and compression relief supplements; providing requirements for such increases and supplements; providing that certain duties qualify as additional academic responsibilities; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0760 | State University Student Fee Waivers | An act relating to state university student fee waivers; amending s. 1009.26, F.S.; requiring state universities to waive specified fees for graduate students who meet a specified full-time equivalent appointment requirement; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0876 | Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Therapy | An act relating to chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy; creating ss. 627.64198, 627.6614, and 641.31078, F.S.; prohibiting health insurers and health maintenance organizations issuing, delivering, or renewing certain policies or contracts from refusing to contract with or denying coverage for certain providers of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0882 | Taxes on Homestead Property | An act relating to taxes on homestead property; amending s. 197.252, F.S.; authorizing certain persons to apply to defer payment of certain taxes on homestead property up to a specified assessed just value; amending s. 197.432, F.S.; revising the maximum amount of the tax certificate representing delinquent taxes on certain property which may not be sold at public auction or by electronic sale; 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 |
| S1480 | Intestate Succession Involving Persons Born Out of Wedlock | An act relating to intestate succession involving persons born out of wedlock; amending s. 732.108, F.S.; revising the circumstances used to determine intestate succession involving certain persons born out of wedlock; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1496 | State Renewable Energy Goals | An act relating to state renewable energy goals; amending s. 366.91, F.S.; revising the definitions of the terms “biomass” and “renewable energy”; amending s. 377.24, F.S.; prohibiting the drilling or exploration for, or production of, oil, gas, or other petroleum products in certain locations; amending s. 377.242, F.S.; prohibiting the permitting and construction of certain structures intended for the drilling or exploration for, or production or transport of, oil, gas, or other petroleum products in certain locations; creating s. 377.821, F.S.; providing legislative intent; providing for statewide net zero carbon emissions by a specified date; directing the Office of Energy within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in consultation with other state agencies, Florida College System institutions and state universities, public utilities, and other private and public entities, to develop a unified statewide plan to generate the state’s electricity from renewable energy and reduce the state’s carbon emissions by specified dates; requiring state and public entities to cooperate as requested; specifying plan requirements; requiring the office to submit the plan to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date and to provide annual updates; creating s. 377.8225, F.S.; creating the Renewable Energy Workforce Development Advisory Committee in the Office of Energy; providing for committee membership, duties, and meetings; defining the term “environmental justice”; directing the Commissioner of Agriculture to prepare and submit a specified annual report to the Legislature by a specified date; providing for future repeal; reenacting ss. 288.9606(7), 366.92(2)(b), 373.236(7), and 403.973(3)(e) and (18)(b), F.S., relating to the issue of revenue bonds, Florida renewable energy policy, the duration of permits, and expedited permitting and comprehensive plans, respectively, to incorporate the amendments made to s. 366.91, F.S., in references thereto; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1484 | Family Law Proceedings | An act relating to family law proceedings; amending s. 61.052, F.S.; requiring that a court reporter transcribe or an audio recording be made of certain proceedings in certain disputes; providing that such transcription or recording is admissible as evidence for appellate review; authorizing either party in a dissolution of marriage proceeding to demand a jury trial; amending s. 61.13, F.S.; requiring the court to make certain written findings in proceedings in which certain allegations are made if the party against whom such allegations were made retains parental responsibility; creating a pilot project in a specified judicial circuit for specified purposes; providing the duration of the program; requiring the chief judge of the circuit to submit a report containing certain information and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; providing an effective date. WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that requiring the presence of a court reporter would stabilize the record in certain family law proceedings and facilitate appellate review, and WHEREAS, the Legislature further finds that requiring a specific finding by a judge concerning allegations of abuse helps assure litigants that their voices are heard and the law as written has been considered and applied, and WHEREAS, the Legislature further finds that requiring specific written findings concerning abuse allegations promotes speedy appellate review of such rulings, NOW, THEREFORE, | Dead |
| S1700 | End-of-life Options | An act relating to end-of-life options; creating ch. 764, F.S., to be entitled “Personal Autonomy”; creating s. 764.101, F.S.; providing a short title; creating s. 764.102, F.S.; defining terms; creating s. 764.103, F.S.; providing legislative findings and intent; creating s. 764.104, F.S.; providing criteria for individuals to request certain medication as qualified patients; providing factors to demonstrate residency; requiring qualified patients to make oral and written requests to obtain medication to end their lives in a peaceful manner; requiring waiting periods before such requests may be made and such medication may be prescribed; providing exceptions; providing a form for written requests; specifying requirements for the valid execution of such form; authorizing a qualified patient to rescind a request at any time and in any manner; creating s. 764.105, F.S.; specifying responsibilities for attending physicians and consulting physicians; providing that a qualified patient’s health care providers under the act may not be related to the qualified patient or entitled to any portion of the qualified patient’s estate; specifying recordkeeping requirements; requiring certain health care providers to report specified information to the Department of Health; requiring the department to adopt rules; requiring the department to publish a specified report on its website annually; providing requirements for the report; creating s. 764.106, F.S.; requiring persons who have custody or control of any unused medication prescribed under the act to dispose of it in a specified manner; creating s. 764.107, F.S.; specifying requirements for the death certificate of qualified patients who die by self administration of medication prescribed in accordance with the act; creating s. 764.108, F.S.; making certain provisions of legal instruments void and unenforceable under certain circumstances; prohibiting health insurers from denying or discriminating in their provision of health benefits based on the availability of medication prescribed under the act or from attempting to influence a policyholder’s decision to make or rescind a request for such medication; prohibiting an individual’s participation under the act from affecting the sale, procurement, or issuance of certain insurance policies or the rates charged for such policies; creating s. 764.109, F.S.; providing criminal penalties and immunities; defining the terms “notify” and “participation in this chapter”; authorizing health care providers and health care facilities to prohibit health care providers from participating under the act while on the premises of facilities that they own or operate if they provided prior notice of their policy; requiring such health care providers and health care facilities to clearly articulate this policy on websites they maintain and in materials they provide to patients; requiring such health care providers and health care facilities to provide the policy in an easily accessible location on their websites and in certain materials provided to patients; authorizing health care providers and health care facilities to impose sanctions against health care providers who violate such policies; providing that health care providers and health care facilities may not prohibit their employees from participating under the act off the premises or outside the course and scope of their employment or impose sanctions against them for doing so; requiring sanctioning health care providers and health care facilities to not be arbitrary or capricious in their sanctions and to follow due process procedures when imposing such sanctions; providing that such sanctions may not be considered a violation of the standard of care or as unprofessional conduct for purposes of disciplinary action against a health care provider’s license; creating s. 764.11, F.S.; authorizing claims for costs and attorney fees for governmental entities under certain circumstances; creating s. 764.111, F.S.; providing construction and severability; amending s. 782.08, F.S.; exempting persons acting in accordance with the act from certain criminal penalties; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1646 | Water Quality Improvements | An act relating to water quality improvements; providing legislative findings; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) to conduct a study of the prevalence and effects of lead in drinking water in certain public facilities; specifying the information that must be included in the study; requiring OPPAGA to consult with interested entities in conducting the study; requiring OPPAGA to submit the study to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; providing for future repeal; amending s. 403.0673, F.S.; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to consider and prioritize certain water quality improvement projects relating to special flood hazard areas; providing requirements for the Department of Health, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and water management districts relating to harmful algal blooms; requiring water management districts to submit a plan relating to the prevention and mitigation of the harmful effects of blue-green algal blooms to certain entities by a specified date; requiring specified entities to provide a schedule for implementing the plan; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the South Florida Water Management District to take specified actions to ensure nitrogen levels continue to drop in Lake Okeechobee; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection and the St. Johns River Water Management District to take specified actions relating to improving water quality in the Upper St. Johns River Basin; providing reporting requirements; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0762 | Preventing the Spread of Avian Influenza | An act relating to preventing the spread of avian influenza; creating the Be Ready Task Force within the Department of Health for a specified purpose; providing for membership and meetings of the task force; requiring the task force to develop specified recommendations; requiring the task force to submit a report of its recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; providing for dissolution of the task force; providing an effective date. WHEREAS, avian influenza cases are rising in the animal population in the United States, and WHEREAS, there have been at least 61 reported cases of animal-to-human transmission since April 2024, and WHEREAS, a recent fatal case in Louisiana showed a genetic mutation that could possibly lead to human-to-human transmission, and WHEREAS, it is imperative that Florida convene a task force to prepare a comprehensive statewide response strategy to prevent the spread of avian influenza in this state, NOW, THEREFORE, | 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 |
| S0398 | Awareness Program for Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia-related Disorders | An act relating to an awareness program for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia-related disorders; creating s. 430.5016, F.S.; requiring the Department of Elderly Affairs to contract for the development and implementation of the Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Program; providing requirements for the program; providing requirements for the entity with which the department contracts for the development and implementation of the program; requiring the Alzheimer’s Disease Advisory Committee to evaluate the program and make certain recommendations; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0240 | Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence | An act relating to victims of domestic violence and dating violence; defining terms; requiring the Division of Telecommunications within the Department of Management Services to consult with certain entities to conduct a feasibility study regarding a specified alert system; providing requirements for such alert system; requiring the division to report to the Legislature the results of the feasibility study by a specified date; amending s. 741.401, F.S.; revising legislative findings to include victims of dating violence; reordering and amending s. 741.402, F.S.; defining the term “dating violence”; amending s. 741.403, F.S.; authorizing victims of dating violence to apply to participate in the Attorney General’s address confidentiality program; amending s. 741.408, F.S.; requiring the Attorney General to designate certain entities to assist victims of dating violence applying to be address confidentiality program participants; amending ss. 741.4651 and 960.001, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1048 | Medicaid Coverage for Dental Services | An act relating to Medicaid coverage for dental services; amending s. 409.906, F.S.; revising optional adult dental services covered by the state Medicaid program; beginning on a specified date, requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to reimburse providers of Medicaid-covered adult dental services at a specified rate; requiring the agency to implement any state plan amendments and seek any federal waivers necessary to implement these changes; amending s. 409.973, F.S.; revising dental services benefits covered under Medicaid managed care plans; requiring the agency to implement a statewide Medicaid prepaid dental health program for children and adults; specifying minimum benefits required under the program; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0356 | Holocaust Remembrance Day | An act relating to Holocaust Remembrance Day; creating s. 683.196, F.S.; requiring the Governor to proclaim a specified day annually as “Holocaust Remembrance Day”; authorizing “Holocaust Remembrance Day” to be observed in this state’s public schools and be observed by public exercise as the Governor may designate; providing construction; authorizing specified instruction; providing an effective date. WHEREAS, more than 79 years have passed since the Holocaust ended, yet anti-Semitism and unfounded hatred of Jews continues to spread throughout the world, and WHEREAS, millions of Jews, Soviet civilians, and persons with disabilities were murdered during the Holocaust, as well as people targeted for their ethnicity, religion, political beliefs, and sexual orientation, and WHEREAS, on November 1, 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and WHEREAS, the tragedy of the Holocaust and the ongoing effects of anti-Semitism continue to impact Jewish communities in this state, NOW, THEREFORE, | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0158 | Coverage for Diagnostic and Supplemental Breast Examinations | An act relating to coverage for diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations; amending s. 110.123, F.S.; defining terms; amending s. 110.12303, F.S.; prohibiting the state group insurance program from imposing any cost-sharing requirement upon an enrollee with respect to coverage for diagnostic breast examinations or supplemental breast examinations; providing applicability; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1356 | Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases | An act relating to the Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases; creating s. 1004.4211, F.S.; establishing the Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases within the Florida State University College of Medicine; providing the purpose of the institute; providing the goals of the institute; requiring the institute to establish and administer the Sunshine Genetics Pilot Program for a specified period; providing the purpose of the pilot program; providing institute responsibilities and duties relating to the pilot program; providing requirements for participation in the pilot program and data collection and release in the pilot program; defining the term “health care practitioner”; providing reporting requirements for the pilot program; establishing the Sunshine Genetics Consortium for specified purposes; requiring the consortium to be administered at the institute by an oversight board; providing for the membership and terms of the board; providing reporting requirements for the consortium; specifying that implementation of the act is subject to appropriation; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S1212 | Firefighter Health and Safety | An act relating to firefighter health and safety; amending s. 633.506, F.S.; revising legislative intent; amending s. 633.508, F.S.; requiring the Division of State Fire Marshal within the Department of Financial Services to assist in decreasing the frequency and severity of fatalities; revising the division’s authority to adopt rules; requiring the division to adopt rules; defining the term “readily available”; authorizing the division to recommend a phased approach in adopting certain rules related to firefighting gear; amending s. 633.520, F.S.; requiring the division to adopt rules relating to education on chemical hazards and toxic substances in protective gear and employers’ mental health best practices; amending ss. 633.522 and 633.526, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0200 | Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan | An act relating to a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan; amending s. 403.7032, F.S.; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to develop a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan for this state by a specified date, based on certain department recommendations; requiring the department to create and convene a technical assistance group for a specified purpose; specifying minimum requirements for the comprehensive plan; requiring the department to submit a report to the Legislature upon completion of the comprehensive plan; specifying requirements for the report; providing an effective date. | Vetoed |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| S1346 | Fentanyl Testing | An act relating to fentanyl testing; creating s. 395.1042, F.S.; providing a short title; requiring hospitals and hospital-based off-campus emergency departments to test for fentanyl as part of any urine testing they conduct to treat individuals for possible drug overdose or poisoning; requiring such facilities to perform a confirmation test if the urine test results are positive for fentanyl; requiring that the results of such tests be retained as part of the patient’s clinical record in accordance with the facility’s current recordkeeping practices; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| S0228 | Amblyopia Awareness Month | A resolution recognizing August 2025 as “Amblyopia Awareness Month” in Florida. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 | Nay |
| S2502 | Implementing the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act | Senate: Third Reading RCS#2 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| S2504 | Collective Bargaining | Senate: Third Reading RCS#3 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| S2514 | Health and Human Services | Senate: Third Reading RCS#6 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| S2510 | Prekindergarten Through Grade 12 Education | Senate: Third Reading RCS#7 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| S2508 | Judges | Senate: Third Reading RCS#5 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| H7031 | Taxation | Senate: Third Reading RCS#11 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| S1906 | Debt Reduction | Senate Appropriations | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| H6503 | Relief/Mande Penney-Lemmon/Sarasota County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#2 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H0211 | Farm Products | Senate: Third Reading RCS#4 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H0289 | Boating Safety | Senate: Third Reading RCS#23 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| S0492 | Mitigation Banks | Senate: Third Reading RCS#15 | 05/02/2025 | Nay |
| H0733 | Brownfields | Senate: Third Reading RCS#14 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H0875 | Educator Preparation | Senate: Third Reading RCS#20 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| S0994 | Driver License Education Requirements | Senate: Third Reading RCS#7 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H1105 | Education | Senate: Third Reading RCS#21 | 05/02/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| H0481 | Anchoring Limitation Areas | Senate: Third Reading RCS#55 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4011 | Palm Beach County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#12 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4015 | Broward County Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Intelligence and Enforcement Unit, Broward County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#14 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4013 | Citrus County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#13 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4017 | Bermont Drainage District, Charlotte County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#15 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4021 | North River Ranch Improvement Stewardship District, Manatee County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#16 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0653 | Aggravating Factors for Capital Felonies | Senate: Third Reading RCS#54 | 04/30/2025 | 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 | 6 | |
| Detail | Florida Senate Appropriations Committee | 3 | |
| Detail | Florida Senate Education Postsecondary Committee | 3 | |
| Detail | Florida Senate Education Pre-K-12 Committee | 3 | |
| Detail | Florida Senate Health Policy Committee | 3 | |
| Detail | Florida Senate Judiciary Committee | 11 | |
| Detail | Florida Senate Rules Committee | 4 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | Florida Senate District 26 | Senate | Democrat | In Office | 11/08/2022 | |
| FL | Florida Senate District 31 | Senate | Democrat | Out of Office | 04/10/2018 | 01/16/2024 |
| FL | District 90 | House | Democrat | Out of Office | 01/01/2012 | 01/16/2024 |
| FL | District 86 | House | Democrat | Out of Office | 11/02/2010 | 01/16/2024 |