Congresswoman Carrie P. Meek; Remembering former United States Congresswoman Carrie P. Meek and honoring her legacy of leadership, advocacy, and public service and her countless contributions to this state, etc.
Sponsored bills
Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week; Recognizing the week of May 1, 2022, as “Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week” in Florida, etc.
High School Graduation Requirements in Personal Finance; Revises required credits for standard high school diploma to include one-half credit of instruction in personal financial literacy & money management & seven & one-half, rather than eight, credits in electives; authorizes students to earn one-half credit in personal financial literacy & money management as elective.
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.
Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Educational Requirements; Authorizes head of employing agency, beginning on specified date, to elect to substitute certain work experience for postsecondary educational requirements; prohibits substitution of certain work experience for postsecondary educational requirements; provides advertising requirements relating to positions of employment; specifies that certain laws & regulations governing equal opportunity employment apply.
Taiwan; Expresses appreciation for sister state relationship & bilateral economic & cultural ties between State of Florida & Taiwan.
Child Welfare; Authorizing the Department of Children and Families, under certain circumstances, to place children in its custody in therapeutic group homes for residential mental health treatment without prior court approval; providing that the department, rather than the Agency for Health Care Administration, shall appoint qualified evaluators to conduct suitability assessments of certain children in the department’s custody; revising requirements for suitability assessments, etc.
Ukraine; A resolution condemning the invasion of Ukraine and supporting the people of Ukraine.
Comprehensive Review Study of the Central and Southern Florida Project; Requiring the South Florida Water Management District to prepare and submit a consolidated annual report regarding the status of a specified study to the Office of Economic and Demographic Research, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Governor, and the Legislature by a specified date, etc.
Florida and Puerto Rico Friendship; Recognizing the friendship between Florida and Puerto Rico, etc.