Transportation Facility Designations/Harris Rosen Way and Geraldine Thompson Way; Providing honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.
Sen. Jim Boyd
Sponsored bills
Disability History and Awareness Instruction; Citing this act as the "Evin B. Hartsell Act"; 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, etc.
Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Senator Geraldine F. “Geri” Thompson; Recognizing and celebrating the life and legacy of Senator Geraldine F. “Geri” Thompson, etc.
United States-produced Iron and Steel in Public Works Projects; Requiring governmental entities to include a requirement in certain contracts that certain iron or steel products be produced in the United States; authorizing the minimal use of foreign steel and iron materials in certain circumstances; exempting specified products from the requirement, etc.
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Policy Committee; Citing this act as the “Justo R. Cortes Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Act”; requiring the State Surgeon General to establish a progressive supranuclear palsy and other neurodegenerative diseases policy committee; requiring the Department of Health to provide staff and administrative support to the committee; providing for duties, membership, and meetings of the committee; requiring the State Surgeon General to submit a progress report and a final report by a specified date to the Governor and the Legislature, etc.
Motor Vehicle Retail Financial Agreements; Revising the definition of the term “guaranteed asset protection product”; requiring entities to refund the portions of the purchase price of the contract for a guaranteed asset protection product under certain circumstances; creating the "Florida Vehicle Value Protection Agreements Act"; authorizing the offer, sale, or gift of vehicle value protection agreements in compliance with a certain act, etc.
Behavioral Health Teaching Hospitals; Creating part VI of ch. 395, F.S., entitled “Behavioral Health Teaching Hospitals”; authorizing hospitals to apply for a behavioral health teaching hospital designation beginning on a specified date; authorizing the agency to designate additional behavioral health teaching hospitals that meet the designation criteria; establishing a grant program within the agency for the purpose of funding designated behavioral health teaching hospitals; establishing the Florida Center for Behavioral Health Workforce within the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute for a specified purpose, etc. APPROPRIATION: $313,000,000
Individuals with Disabilities; Revising provisions related to programs and services provided by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; requiring the agency, within available resources, to offer voluntary participation care navigation services to clients and their caregivers at specified times; requiring the agency to develop and implement an online application process; revising which types of clients are eligible for an individual support plan; clarifying the timeframe within which a family or individual support plan must be developed, etc. APPROPRIATION: $38,852,223
Business Transactions; Requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to supply the statewide reporting system to law enforcement agencies by a specified date; requiring a seller to provide certain government-issued identification before a precious metals dealer may remit payment to the seller; requiring the department to contract with a private provider to supply a statewide reporting system for a specified purpose; requiring pawn transactions to be transmitted electronically using the statewide reporting system, etc.
Taxation; Exempting from sales and use tax the retail sale of impact-resistant windows, impact-resistant doors, and impact-resistant garage doors during a specified timeframe; authorizing the Department of Revenue to adopt emergency rules, etc.