Sen. Dennis Baxley

Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsels; Specifying the responsibilities of regional counsels regarding witness coordination; authorizing the release of certain confidential information relating to proceedings involving children to regional counsels under specified circumstances; waiving an education requirement for the appointment of attorneys from regional counsel offices to represent a person with a developmental disability; authorizing the appointment of a regional counsel to represent an inmate subject to involuntary mental health treatment if certain conditions exist, etc.

Retaliatory Conduct by Landlords; Authorizing county legislative and governing bodies to create boards to investigate alleged retaliatory conduct by landlords; authorizing such boards to impose fines for retaliatory conduct by landlords, etc.

Elder-focused Dispute Resolution Process; Authorizing the courts to appoint an eldercaring coordinator and refer certain parties and elders to eldercaring coordination; prohibiting the courts from referring certain parties to eldercaring coordination without the consent of the elder and other parties to the action; specifying the duration of eldercaring coordinator appointments; requiring the courts to conduct intermittent review hearings regarding the conclusion or extension of such appointments; requiring the Florida Supreme Court to establish certain minimum standards and procedures for eldercaring coordinators, etc.

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training in Public Schools; Providing that school districts are encouraged to provide basic training in first aid, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, in specified grades; requiring school districts to provide basic training in first aid, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, in specified grades; revising requirements for instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, etc.

Surrendered Newborn Infants; Revising the definition of the term “newborn infant”, etc.

Florida Adoption Month; Encouraging Floridians to consider opening their hearts and homes to children in this state who are in need of a loving family, and recognizing November 2021 as “Florida Adoption Month”, etc.

Child Protection Teams; Revising the definition of the term “officer, employee, or agent” as it applies to immunity from personal liability in certain actions to include any member of a Child Protection Team established by the Department of Health in certain circumstances, etc.

Bicycle Operation Regulations; Providing an exception to the requirement that a person operating a bicycle ride upon or astride a seat attached thereto; revising construction relating to electric bicycle regulations, etc.