Law Enforcement ; Authorizes a sheriff to transfer funds between specified categories and code levels after his or her budget is approved; revises salary minimums for county sheriffs; provides for adoption benefits for law enforcements officers; creates Florida Law Enforcement Recruitment Bonus Payment Program; provides exemption from certain law enforcement officer training requirements for military veterans; provides requirements for skills training for law enforcement officers relating to officer health & safety; makes children of law enforcement officers eligible for Family Empowerment Scholarships; encourages school districts to establish public safety telecommunication training programs & offer law enforcement explorer programs; requires Board of Governors & State Board of Education to create process that enables eligible law enforcement officers or former officers to earn credit for college-level training & education acquired while serving an officer; creates Florida Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship Program; provides for reimbursement for out-of-state & special operations forces law enforcement equivalency training.
Rep. John Snyder
Sponsored bills
Parental Rights in Education; Requires district school boards to adopt procedures that comport with certain provisions of law for notifying student's parent of specified information; requires such procedures to reinforce fundamental right of parents to make decisions regarding upbringing & control of their children; prohibits school district from adopting procedures or student support forms that prohibit school district personnel from notifying parent about specified information or that encourage student to withhold from parent such information; prohibits school district personnel from discouraging or prohibiting parental notification & involvement in critical decisions affecting student's mental, emotional, or physical well-being; prohibits classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in certain grade levels; requires school districts to notify parents of healthcare services; authorizes parent to bring action against school district to obtain declaratory judgment; provides for additional award of injunctive relief, damages, & reasonable attorney fees & court costs to certain parents.
Additional Homestead Property Tax Exemption for Specified Critical Public Service Workforce; Proposes amendment to State Constitution to authorize Legislature, for all levies other than school district levies, to grant additional homestead property tax exemption on $50,000 of assessed value of homestead property owned by classroom teachers, law enforcement officers, correctional officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, child welfare services professionals, active duty members of United States Armed Forces, & Florida National Guard members.
Indian River State College - Indiantown Workforce Charter High School; Provides an appropriation for the Indian River State College - Indiantown Workforce Charter High School. APPROPRIATION: $5,000,000
Floridians Active Duty Assistance Program (FADA) - Support Our Troops, Inc.; Provides an appropriation for the Floridians Active Duty Assistance Program (FADA) - Support Our Troops, Inc. APPROPRIATION: $250,000
Loxahatchee River Environmental Control District Environmental Education Facilities at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse; Provides an appropriation for the Loxahatchee River Environmental Control District Environmental Education Facilities at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse. APPROPRIATION: $320,000
Florida Atlantic University—Max Planck Florida Scientific Fellows Program (MPFSFP); Provides an appropriation for the Florida Atlantic University—Max Planck Florida Scientific Fellows Program (MPFSFP). APPROPRIATION: $750,000
Loxa-Lucie Headwaters Initiative; Provides an appropriation for the Loxa-Lucie Headwaters Initiative. APPROPRIATION: $2,000,000
Protections of Medical Conscience; Provides that health care providers & health care payers have right to not participate in or pay for any health care services that violate their consciences; prohibits person from taking or threatening to take adverse action against such providers & payers for specified actions; provides for civil remedies & damages; provides immunity from civil, criminal, & administrative liability for such providers & payers under certain circumstances.
Jupiter Pennock Industrial Park Stormwater Improvements; Provides an appropriation for the Jupiter Pennock Industrial Park Stormwater Improvements. APPROPRIATION: $150,000