Transportation Facility Designations; Designates 98 Points of Light Way in Miami-Dade County; directs DOT to erect suitable markers.
Sponsored bills
Hernando County; Designates board of county commissioners to serve as Hernando County Port Authority.
Local Tax Referenda Requirements; Requires referenda elections related to tourist development taxes, tourist impact taxes, children's services & independent special district property taxes, increases in county & municipal ad valorem tax millages, ninth-cent fuel tax, local option fuel taxes, & certain school district millage elections to be held on day of general elections.
Hernando County Central Fueling Facility; Provides an appropriation for the Hernando County Central Fueling Facility. APPROPRIATION: $980,000
Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality; Revises purpose & requirements for Comprehensive Statewide Tobacco Education & Use Prevention Program; requires DOH to contract with local healthy start coalitions for creation of fetal & infant mortality review committees; prohibits physician from performing abortion if gestational age of fetus is determined to be more than specified number of weeks; provides exception; requires directors of certain medical facilities & certain physicians to submit monthly report to AHCA electronically; requires hospitals participate in minimum number of quality improvement initiatives. APPROPRIATION: $1,602,000
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.
Brooksville Parks Infrastructure Improvements; Provides an appropriation for the Brooksville Parks Infrastructure Improvements. APPROPRIATION: $187,500
K9 Partners for Patriots Mental Health Expansion; Provides an appropriation for the K9 Partners for Patriots Mental Health Expansion. APPROPRIATION: $175,000
Ability Tree Florida R.E.S.T. Program; Provides an appropriation for the Ability Tree Florida R.E.S.T. Program. APPROPRIATION: $250,040
UF Health Alzheimer's and Dementia Research; Provides an appropriation for the UF Health Alzheimer's and Dementia Research. APPROPRIATION: $3,000,000