Recognizing Veteran Suicide; Urges Congress to recognize epidemic of suicide among veterans & fully fund suicide prevention efforts by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sponsored bills
St. Pete Urban Youth Farm; Provides an appropriation for the St. Pete Urban Youth Farm. APPROPRIATION: $370,000
Manatee County Water Quality Improvement with Native Oysters and Clams; Provides an appropriation for the Manatee County Water Quality Improvement with Native Oysters and Clams. APPROPRIATION: $950,000
Fees for the Enforcement of Florida Building Code; Authorizes local governments to waive certain fees for development, construction, or rehabilitation of affordable housing.
Sarasota Sewage Lift Station #30 Rehabilitation & Resiliency; Provides an appropriation for the Sarasota Sewage Lift Station #30 Rehabilitation & Resiliency. APPROPRIATION: $350,000
Marriages Between Persons of the Same Sex; Repeals provisions relating to marriages between persons of the same sex.
Carter G. Woodson African American Museum; Provides an appropriation for the Carter G. Woodson African American Museum. APPROPRIATION: $500,000
The Barbershop Book Club; Provides an appropriation for The Barbershop Book Club. APPROPRIATION: $270,000
Voter Registration by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; Revises procedures governing voter registration administered by DHSMV; provides that driver license or identification card applications, driver license or identification card renewal applications, & changes of address for existing driver licenses or identification cards submitted to DHSMV serve as voter registration applications.
Use or Threatened Use of Force; Removes provisions relating to persons using or threatening to use force not having to retreat before such use or threatened use in defense of persons or property; prohibits persons from using deadly force in accordance with specified provisions of law if such persons know that they can avoid necessity of using deadly force with complete safety by retreating; removes provisions relating to persons using deadly force not having duty to retreat & having right to stand their ground; repeals provisions relating to immunity from criminal prosecution & civil action for justifiable use or threatened use of force.