Sen. Keith Perry

Coverage for Hearing Aids for Children; Requiring certain individual health insurance policies to provide coverage for hearing aids for certain children 18 years of age or younger under certain circumstances; requiring certain individual health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for hearing aids for certain children 18 years of age or younger under certain circumstances; specifying certain coverage requirements; providing an exception, etc.

Criminal History Records; Requiring a court to automatically seal certain criminal history records that meet specified criteria; requiring the clerk of the court to seal certain criminal history records, etc.

Criminal History in Professional Licensing Applications; Revising the period of time when a conviction, or any other adjudication, for a crime may not be grounds for denial of licensure in specified professions; removing a provision requiring good moral character for licensure in such professions; requiring applicable boards to approve certain educational program credits offered to inmates in certain institutions or facilities for purposes of satisfying training requirements for licensure in specified professions, etc.

Compensation for Eligible Victims of Wrongful Incarceration; Extending the filing deadline for a petition claiming wrongful incarceration; providing limited retroactivity for filing a petition claiming wrongful incarceration; providing that a deceased person’s heirs, successors, or assigns do not have standing to file a petition related to the wrongful incarceration of the deceased person; revising eligibility for compensation for wrongful incarceration for a wrongfully incarcerated person; authorizing the Chief Financial Officer to adjust compensation for inflation for persons found to be wrongfully incarcerated after a specified date, etc.

Driving Over the Speed Limit; Providing that any person who drives any vehicle at or above a specified speed commits reckless driving; revising the threshold above the posted speed limit at which a person in violation of certain provisions must be cited for a moving violation, etc.

Driving in the Furthermost Left-hand Lane of a Roadway; Prohibiting a driver from continuously operating a motor vehicle in the furthermost left-hand lane of certain roadways, except under certain circumstances; providing applicability; providing a penalty, etc.

Terms and Conditions of Probation; Authorizing remote reporting to probation officers in certain circumstances; specifying that noncriminal moving violations are not considered probation violations; providing requirements in order for a court to add additional terms and conditions of probation; providing for the award of probation credits by the Department of Corrections, etc.

Sales Tax Holiday for Disaster Preparedness Supplies; Providing exemptions from the sales and use tax for specified disaster preparedness supplies during specified timeframes; defining the term “impact-resistant”; requiring purchasers of certain items to furnish a specified affidavit and information to the selling dealer; providing a criminal penalty for furnishing a false affidavit with certain intent; specifying locations where the exemptions do not apply, etc.

Live the Dream License Plate; Revising distribution of the annual use fee proceeds from the sale of the Live the Dream license plate; providing for the award of scholarships to certain students through a competitive application process; establishing a scholarship program committee; providing for fiscal oversight by a certified public accounting firm, etc.

Building Plans; Specifying that local building code administrators and certain marshals and inspectors do not have discretionary authority to change certain building plans under specified circumstances, etc.