Reemployment Assistance; Increasing the maximum weekly and yearly benefit amounts for reemployment assistance; increasing the duration of such benefits, etc.
Sponsored bills
Reemployment Assistance; Revising requirements for reemployment assistance benefits eligibility; prohibiting the Department of Economic Opportunity from denying a person reemployment assistance solely on the basis of pregnancy; requiring an alternative base period to be used under certain circumstances when calculating wages in determining qualification for reemployment assistance benefits; requiring the department to contact an individual’s employer if certain wage information is unavailable from specified reports; specifying that wages that fall within an alternative base period are not available for reuse in subsequent benefit years, etc.
Citizen Review Boards; Requiring law enforcement agencies that employ law enforcement officers being investigated for use of force by a citizen review board to include a member of the citizen review board as part of the law enforcement agency’s investigative team; requiring the board of county commissioners or other governing body of each county, by a specified date, to establish a citizen review board having the authority and ability to independently investigate law enforcement agencies within that county, etc.
Community Violence Intervention and Prevention; Establishing the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program within the Department of Children and Families; providing for the awarding of grants, subject to legislative appropriation; requiring the department to prioritize certain applicants; prohibiting the department from requiring grant recipients to participate in certain activities as a condition of the grant; prohibiting grant funds from reverting to the general budget of specified entities, etc.
Transportation Facility Designations/Jason Dwayne Campbell Road; Providing an honorary designation of a certain transportation facility in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.
Specialty License Plates/Down Syndrome Awareness; Directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop a Down Syndrome Awareness license plate; providing for distribution and use of fees collected from the sale of the plate, etc.
Law Enforcement Officer Body Cameras and Vehicle Dash Cameras; Defining the term “vehicle dash camera”; requiring each law enforcement agency in this state to mandate that its law enforcement officers wear body cameras and use vehicle dash cameras; requiring law enforcement agencies to establish specified policies and procedures; deleting a provision relating to applicability, etc.
Expunction of Criminal History Records Relating to Certain Cannabis Offenses; Providing for eligibility for expunction; requiring a petitioner to obtain a certificate of eligibility for expunction from the Department of Law Enforcement; requiring the department to issue a certificate of eligibility for expunction if a person meets specified criteria; providing court procedures for expunction; authorizing the person who is the subject of an expunction order to lawfully deny or fail to acknowledge the arrest and notice to appear, etc.
Statewide Council on Prosecutorial Misconduct; Creating the Statewide Council on Prosecutorial Misconduct within the Department of Legal Affairs; providing for the council’s membership, organization, support, and duties; requiring the council to submit an annual report to the Governor, the Legislature, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, etc.
Groveland Four Business Loans and Scholarships; Requiring the Department of Economic Opportunity to prioritize certain applications for the Black Business Loan Program; creating the Groveland Four Scholarship Program for specified recipients; directing the Department of Education to administer the program; prescribing eligibility criteria for award recipients, etc.