Sen. Bobby Powell

Assault Weapons and Large-capacity Magazines; Prohibiting the sale or transfer of an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine; prohibiting possession of an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine; requiring certificates of possession for assault weapons or large-capacity magazines lawfully possessed before a specified date; providing conditions for continued possession of such weapons or large-capacity magazines; specifying circumstances in which the manufacture or transportation of assault weapons or large-capacity magazines is not prohibited, etc.

Slavery and Involuntary Servitude; Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude, etc.

Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Establishing the office within the Executive Office of the Governor; providing for the appointment of a Chief Diversity Officer; providing the duties of the Chief Diversity Officer, including creation of a strategic plan that must be periodically updated and the review of certain agency programs and policies, etc.

Direct Filing of an Information; Prohibiting a jail or other facility intended or used for the detention of adults from holding a child who has been transferred to adult court for criminal prosecution before a specified hearing to determine if the child should be prosecuted as an adult, unless the child waives his or her right to such hearing; deleting references to the state attorney’s discretion to direct file a juvenile; requiring a court to advise a child and his or her parent or guardian of the child’s right to a certain due process evidentiary hearing upon a state attorney filing an information transferring a child to adult court, etc.

Legalization of Recreational Marijuana; Renaming the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation as the Division of Alcoholic Beverages, Marijuana, and Tobacco; authorizing persons 21 years of age and older to engage in specified activities relating to the personal use of marijuana; imposing limitations and requirements on the cultivation of marijuana for personal use; requiring such licensees to prioritize qualified patients in the event of any shortages; providing for cannabis testing facilities; requiring approval of testing facilities; requiring certain warning labels; removing cannabis from the schedule of controlled substances; authorizing an individual convicted of certain offenses to have his or her criminal history record sealed or to petition the court for expunction of his or her criminal history record, under certain circumstances, etc.

Transportation Facility Designations/98 Points of Light Road; Providing an honorary designation of a certain transportation facility in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.

Prosecuting Children as Adults; Deleting provisions under which a state attorney must either request a court to transfer and certify children of certain ages who commit specified crimes for prosecution as adults or provide written reasons to the court for not making such a request, or must proceed under certain provisions; revising the circumstances under which a state attorney may file an information in cases that involve children of certain ages who commit certain crimes; providing that children 14 years of age or older, rather than children of any age, who are charged with certain offenses are subject to the jurisdiction of the court until an indictment is returned by the grand jury, etc.

Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act; Defining the terms “department,” “kratom product,” and “processor”; requiring a processor to register with the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Services to sell kratom products at retail; prohibiting processors from selling certain kratom products; prohibiting processors from distributing, selling, or exposing for sale a kratom product to an individual under 21 years of age; providing civil penalties, etc.

Direct Filing of an Information; Prohibiting a child who has been transferred to adult court for criminal prosecution pursuant to direct file from being held in a jail or other facility used for the detention of adults before a specified hearing to determine if the child should be prosecuted as an adult; deleting references to the state attorney’s discretion to direct file a juvenile; authorizing the child or the child’s parent or guardian to request an evidentiary hearing, etc.

Care for Retired Law Enforcement Dogs; Designating the "Care for Retired Law Enforcement Dogs Program Act"; creating the Care for Retired Law Enforcement Dogs Program within the Department of Law Enforcement; requiring the department to contract with a nonprofit corporation to administer and manage the program; prohibiting a former handler or an adopter from accumulating unused funds from a current year for use in a future year; prohibiting a former handler or an adopter from receiving reimbursement if funds are depleted for the year for which the reimbursement is sought; requiring the department to adopt rules, etc. APPROPRIATION: $300,000