Prostitution, Lewdness, Human Trafficking, and Public Lodging; Prohibits public lodging establishment from offering hourly rate for accommodation; increases criminal penalties for soliciting or procuring another person to commit prostitution or purchasing services of person engaged in prostitution; provides for additional court-ordered requirements, minimum mandatory period of incarceration, & civil penalty; provides that human trafficking victim expunction of criminal history records does not apply to specified offenses; removes requirement for specific evidentiary standard when determining human trafficking victim status in absence of official documentation; creates Statewide Data Repository for Anonymous Human Trafficking.
Sponsored bills
Tourism Marketing; Revises scheduled repeal date of Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation; revises scheduled repeal date of Division of Tourism Marketing within Enterprise Florida, Inc.
Telehealth Practice Standards; Revises prohibition on prescribing controlled substances through use of telehealth to include only specified controlled substances.
Recognizing Veteran Suicide; Urges Congress to recognize epidemic of suicide among veterans & fully fund suicide prevention efforts by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Barber Services; Authorizes barber to shampoo, cut, or arrange hair in location other than registered barbershop without specified arrangements.
Grow It Forward Urban-Farm Network Strategic Planning; Provides an appropriation for the Grow It Forward Urban-Farm Network Strategic Planning. APPROPRIATION: $100,000
Gateway Orlando Economic Prosperity Initiative; Provides an appropriation for the Gateway Orlando Economic Prosperity Initiative. APPROPRIATION: $250,000
School Meals; Requires district school boards participating in the National School Lunch Program provide meals regardless of ability to pay or unpaid meal charges; provides students be allowed to eat such meal; requires district school boards adopt certain policies regarding unpaid meal charges.
Dreams in Action for Young Adults: Value Leadership to Build Successful Stories; Provides an appropriation for the Dreams in Action for Young Adults: Value Leadership to Build Successful Stories. APPROPRIATION: $120,000
Educational Opportunities for Disabled Veterans; Provides disabled veterans receiving certain federal educational assistance benefits are eligible to receive waiver for remaining cost of tuition & fees at certain institutions; requires institutions to submit annual report to Board of Governors & State Board of Education.