Sen. Keith Perry

Restoration of Civil and Firearm Rights; Requiring that a person who has lost his or her civil rights and rights to purchase, own, transfer, or use firearms or ammunition based on a felony conviction for an offense other than murder, attempted murder, a violent felony offense, or a felony sexual offense have such disqualifications terminated upon the completion of all terms of his or her sentence; defining the term “violent felony offense”, etc.

Specialty License Plates/Ethical Ecotourism; Directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop an Ethical Ecotourism license plate; providing for distribution and use of fees collected from the sale of such plates, etc.

Criminal Convictions; Revising the timeframe when a conviction, or any other adjudication, for a crime may not be grounds for denial of licensure in specified professions; revising the principles that the Criminal Punishment Code embodies as it relates to punishment and rehabilitation; authorizing the Department of Corrections to grant deductions from sentences in the form of good behavior time, rehabilitation credits, and outstanding deed awards, rather than solely for gain-time, for specified purposes, etc.

Sexual Offender Registration; Redefining the term “sexual offender”, etc.

Workers’ Compensation; Deleting an exception from applicability of fellow-employee immunities; requiring injured employees and other claimants to sign and attest to a specified statement relating to the payment of attorney fees before engaging an attorney or any other representative for certain purposes; revising conditions under which a petition for benefits or a portion thereof must be dismissed by the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims or the assigned judge of compensation claims; requiring claimants and their attorneys to make a good faith effort to resolve the dispute before filing a petition, etc.

Battery upon Public Transit Workers; Requiring certain public transit providers to post a specified sign concerning the penalty for committing a battery upon a transit worker by a specified date; requiring public transit providers to create and implement a risk reduction program by a specified date; authorizing programs to include the deployment of battery mitigation infrastructure and technology on public transit vehicles; including assault or battery on a public transit employee or agent within specified reclassified offenses, etc.

Liens and Bonds; Requiring that a copy of a notice of nonpayment be served on the surety; authorizing a lienor to record one claim of lien for multiple direct contracts; revising information to be included in a notice of commencement; requiring that service of documents relating to construction bonds be made in a specified manner, etc.

Child Restraint Requirements; Increasing the age of children for whom operators of motor vehicles must provide protection by using a crash-tested, federally approved child restraint device; increasing the age of children for whom a separate carrier, an integrated child seat, or a child booster seat may be used, etc.

Construction Defects; Defining the term “material violation”; requiring that a person submit a construction defect claim to the warranty provider before bringing a cause of action; requiring that a claimant submit a construction defect claim to the warranty provider before serving a notice of claim; authorizing a person served with a copy of a notice of claim to perform a reasonable inspection of the property subject to the claim; requiring, instead of authorizing, a person served with a notice to serve a copy of the notice to specified persons under certain circumstances, etc.

Back-to-school Sales Tax Holiday; Providing exemptions from the sales and use tax on the retail sale of certain clothing, wallets, bags, school supplies, personal computers, and personal computer-related accessories during a specified timeframe; defining terms; specifying locations where the exemptions do not apply; authorizing certain dealers to opt out of participating in the tax holiday, subject to certain requirements, etc.