Court Records of Eviction Proceedings; Authorizes tenants & mobile home owners who are defendants in certain eviction proceedings to file motion with court to have records of such proceedings sealed & to have their names substituted on progress docket under certain conditions; requires court to grant such motions if certain requirements are met; requires court to substitute defendant's name on progress docket if judgment is entered in favor of defendant; provides retroactive applicability.
Sponsored bills
Certified School Counselors; Provides certification requirements for school counselors; requires certified school counselors to provide certain program for specified purpose; provides program requirements; authorizes such counselors to perform certain duties; prohibits such counselors from performing certain clerical & administrator-specific duties; requires such counselors to perform specified duties under certain circumstances.
National Infrastructure Bank; Requests Congress to pass House Resolution 3339, creating a National Infrastructure Bank to finance urgently needed infrastructure projects.
Reemployment Assistance; Revises requirements for reemployment assistance benefits eligibility; prohibits DEO from denying person reemployment assistance solely on basis of pregnancy; requires alternative base period to be used when calculating wages in determining qualification for reemployment assistance benefits; requires DEO to contact individual's employer if certain wage information is unavailable through specified means; specifies that wages that fall within alternative base period are not available for reuse in subsequent benefit years; revises weekly benefit amounts individual may receive; increases cap on total benefit amount individual is entitled to receive during benefit year; increases duration of benefits.
Architect Education Minority Assistance Program; Creates program within DBPR; requires Architect Education Minority Assistance Advisory Council to assist Board of Architecture & Interior Design with administering program; provides funding requirements for scholarships provided under program; caps amount of funds DBPR may spend annually on program; prohibits person from knowingly filing documents with board which contain false information or material misstatements of fact.
School Readiness Program; Requires early learning coalitions to adopt payment rate schedule; provides requirements for payment rate schedule; requires early learning coalitions to reimburse contracted school readiness program providers minimum payment rate; provides minimum payment rate reimbursements shall be charged as direct services; revises required contents of early learning coalition plans; requires division to annually collect data & include such data in annual report.
Sales Tax Holiday for ENERGY STAR & WaterSense Products; Provides sales tax exemption for certain ENERGY STAR & WaterSense products during specified timeframe.
Fees/Hemp Extract and Hemp Extract Product Registration; Requires applicant seeking hemp extract or hemp extract product registration certificate to submit application fee to DACS; requires application fee be deposited into specified trust fund.
State Renewable Energy Goals; Prohibits drilling or exploration for, or production of, oil, gas, or other petroleum products & permitting & construction of certain related structures; requires statewide renewable energy electricity & carbon emission reductions by specified dates; directs Office of Energy within DACS to develop unified statewide plan; requires state & public entities to cooperate as requested; provides plan requirements; requires office to submit plan & updates to Governor & Legislature; creates Renewable Energy Advisory Committee within Office of Energy; directs Commissioner of Agriculture to submit specified annual report to Legislature.
Offenses Evidencing Prejudice; Expands grounds for reclassification of offenses to include prejudice based on gender or gender identity of any person; specifies reclassification occurs if commission of offenses is based on prejudice towards any person on specified grounds; replaces term "mental or physical disability" with term "disability"; defines "disability."