Citizen Review Boards; Requiring law enforcement agencies that employ law enforcement officers being investigated for use of force by a citizen review board to include a member of the citizen review board as part of the law enforcement agency’s investigative team; requiring the county commission or other governing body of each county to establish a citizen review board with the authority and ability to independently investigate law enforcement agencies within that county, etc.
Sponsored bills
Statewide Council on Prosecutorial Misconduct; Creating the Statewide Council on Prosecutorial Misconduct within the Department of Legal Affairs; stating the purpose of the council; providing for the council’s membership, organization, support, and duties; requiring the council to submit an annual report to the Governor, the Legislature, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, etc.
Public Records/Expunged Criminal History Records; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for specified expunged criminal history records; providing exceptions; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Strangulation by a Law Enforcement Officer; Providing criminal penalties for law enforcement officers who while on duty commit the offense of strangulation by a law enforcement officer, etc.
Juvenile Justice; Creating the "Kaia Rolle Act"; prohibiting a child younger than a certain age from being taken into custody, arrested, charged, or adjudicated delinquent for a delinquent act or violation of law; providing an exception, etc.
Guidance Services; Requiring each district school board to require certified school counselors to advise public high school students of opportunities to gain skills in demand in the labor market and how to prepare to obtain postsecondary degrees in technical fields; requiring such advice to be given at least once per academic year before public high school students select courses for the subsequent academic year; requiring the Department of Education to provide resources to district school boards which may assist districts in offering the advice, etc.
Long-term Inmates; Revising legislative intent concerning the granting of parole; requiring the Commission on Offender Review and the Department of Corrections to jointly develop a voluntary long-term inmate program; requiring the program to provide evidence-based programming to certain inmates; establishing eligibility for referral for participation in the program; requiring a certificate of completion upon successful completion of the program; requiring the commission and the department to adopt rules, etc.
Law Enforcement Officer Body and Vehicle Dash Cameras; Requiring every law enforcement agency to mandate that its law enforcement officers wear body cameras and use vehicle dash cameras; requiring law enforcement agencies to establish specified policies and procedures, etc.
1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots; Requiring the Department of Economic Opportunity to prioritize certain applications for the Black Business Loan Program; creating the Ocoee Scholarship Program for specified recipients; specifying annual award amounts to recipients participating in the program, etc.
Conviction Integrity Review Units; Requiring the state attorney of each judicial circuit to establish a conviction integrity review unit within the state attorney’s office and an independent review panel; requiring the unit to present its findings and recommendations to the independent review panel; requiring the unit to make a final recommendation regarding the petitioner’s conviction to the state attorney under certain circumstances, etc.