Tallahassee-Leon County Bicentennial; Recognizing the Tallahassee-Leon County Bicentennial and envisioning the powerful next chapter of Florida’s Capital community, etc.
Sponsored bills
Mitigation Areas and Assessments; Specifying conditions under which the degree of risk may not be considered when a uniform mitigation assessment method is being applied; providing that certain encumbrances of real property may not be required for mitigation areas that meet specified criteria; providing an exception, etc.
Career-themed Courses; Revising the number of career-themed courses that must be offered by a school district; requiring at least two career-themed courses to meet certain requirements; revising the number of clock hours required for a certain component used to determine a school’s grade, etc.
Disaster Relief; Providing a tangible personal property assessment limitation, during a certain timeframe and in certain counties, for certain agricultural equipment rendered unable to be used due to Hurricane Idalia; providing a sales tax exemption for the purchase, within a certain timeframe and in certain counties, of certain fencing materials used to replace or repair fences damaged by Hurricane Idalia on agricultural lands; specifying a requirement for the Department of Financial Services in implementing the My Safe Florida Home Program; extending the date for future review and repeal of provisions related to the Florida Emergency Management Assistance Foundation, etc. APPROPRIATION: $416,955,100
Support for the State of Israel; Expressing support for the State of Israel and condemning the attacks and hateful actions by the Hamas terrorist group, etc.
Criminal Sentencing; Prohibiting points from being assessed for violations of community sanctions which are resolved under an alternative sanctioning program for purposes of calculations under the Criminal Punishment Code; providing for the resolution of low-risk violations of probation through an alternative sanctioning program in certain circumstances; requiring the court to release the probationer or offender without bail under certain conditions; authorizing the court to impose nonmonetary conditions of release under certain conditions, etc.
Direct-support Organizations; Authorizing the Department of Children and Families to establish a direct-support organization for a specified purpose; requiring the Secretary of Children and Families to appoint a board of directors for the direct-support organization; authorizing the department to allow the direct-support organization to use, without charge, the department’s fixed property, facilities, and personnel services, subject to certain requirements; authorizing the direct-support organization to collect, expend, and provide funds for specified purposes, etc.
Blood Clot and Pulmonary Embolism Policy Workgroup; Citing this act as the “Emily Adkins Prevention Act”; requiring the Secretary of Health Care Administration, in conjunction with the State Surgeon General, to establish a blood clot and pulmonary embolism policy workgroup; requiring the secretary to submit a final report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date, etc.
Domestic Violence; Citing this act as "Greyson’s Law"; requiring the court with jurisdiction over the proceeding to consider certain factors in deciding whether shared parental responsibility is detrimental to the child; providing additional conduct regarding domestic violence which the court must consider when ordering a parenting plan; providing an additional factor that the court must consider in determining whether a petitioner of a domestic violence injunction is in imminent danger, etc.
Educational Grants; Providing education grants under the William L. Boyd, IV, Effective Access to Student Education Grant Program to certain students who were eligible as of a specified date to receive grants under the former Access to Better Learning and Education Grant Program; providing education grants to eligible students at for-profit colleges or universities under certain conditions; requiring that institutions that wish to participate provide notice to the Department of Education by a certain date, etc.