Sen. Blaise Ingoglia

Reclassification of Criminal Penalties; Requiring reclassification of the penalty for the commission of a felony committed by a person who has a previous specified conviction; defining the term “transnational crime organization”; authorizing reclassification of the penalty for any misdemeanor or felony offense if the commission of such offense was for specified purposes, etc.

Representation by Counsel in Hearings on Petitions for Risk Protection Orders; Specifying that a respondent has the right to be represented by counsel; requiring that the court’s notice of hearing inform the respondent of his or her right to be represented by counsel; requiring the appointment of counsel if the respondent is indigent and desires representation, etc.

Required Instruction; Citing this act as the “Kamala Harris Truth in Slavery Teaching Act”; requiring instruction on the history of African Americans to include a comprehensive account of the sociopolitical circumstances surrounding slavery, including which political parties supported slavery by adopting pro-slavery tenets as part of their platform, etc.

Ballot Specifications for Judicial Offices; Revising the judicial retention question that appears on a ballot to include the name of the Governor who appointed the justice or judge, etc.

Postsecondary Education Students; Requiring public postsecondary educational institutions to report certain student information to the United States Department of Homeland Security; requiring a Florida College System institution to assess the out-of-state fee for students who promote a foreign terrorist organization; providing that students who promote a foreign terrorist organization are ineligible for a fee waiver; providing that students who promote a foreign terrorist organization are ineligible for any institutional or state grants, financial aid, scholarships, or tuition assistance, etc.

School Employees; Citing this act as “Stratton’s Law”; requiring courts that issue risk protection orders to require that the petitioner immediately notify the respondent’s employer or entity of service of the issuance of a risk protection order if the respondent meets specified criteria and to notify the respondent of such notice requirement if the court issues such an order; requiring instructional personnel to disclose to their employer any prior arrests, criminal convictions, guilty pleas, pleas of nolo contendere, and any criminal records that were expunged, etc.

Relief of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation; Providing for the relief of Mark LaGatta; providing an appropriation to compensate Mr. LaGatta for injuries and damages sustained as a result of the negligence of the Department of Transportation; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of attorney fees, etc. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $2,200,000

Reparations ; Proposing the creation of Section 33 of Article X of the State Constitution to prohibit the state, a county, a municipality, or any other political subdivision from paying reparations to certain individuals, etc.

Executive Officers and Boards of Directors of Financial Institutions; Disqualifying certain persons from serving as executive officers or directors of a state financial institution under certain circumstances; prohibiting disqualified executive officers and directors from selecting or appointing certain persons in specified circumstances, etc.

Pari-mutuel Permitholders; Deleting a requirement that certain permitholders show that their permits have not been disapproved or recalled at a later election when submitting subsequent annual applications to the Florida Gaming Control Commission; authorizing greyhound dogracing permitholders to relocate if specified conditions are met; requiring that a slot machine gaming area of a relocated pari-mutuel facility be at the location for which the relocation was approved; providing that pari-mutuel facilities that relocated in accordance with the act are not subject to municipal restrictions on the establishment of cardrooms, etc.