Toxic Mold Protection Advisory Council; Creating the advisory council adjunct to the Department of Health; providing for the purpose, membership, meetings, and duties of the advisory council; requiring the advisory council to submit an annual report to the Governor, State Surgeon General, and Legislature by a specified date, etc.
Sponsored bills
Required Instruction in the History of the Holocaust and the History of African Americans; Authorizing the Department of Education to seek input from certain entities for specified purposes relating to instruction in the history of African Americans; requiring the department to annually verify that school districts, charter schools, and specified private schools implement certain instruction relating to the history of the Holocaust and the history of African Americans and providing requirements therefor; requiring certain statewide, standardized assessments to include curricula content from the history of the Holocaust and the history of African Americans, etc.
Corporate Income Tax; Revising the definition of the term “adjusted federal income” to prohibit specified deductions, limit certain carryovers, and require subtractions of certain dividends paid and received within a unitary combined group to determine subtractions from taxable income; repealing a provision relating to the adjusted federal income of affiliated groups; specifying requirements for, limitations on, and prohibitions in calculating and reporting income in a unitary combined group return; requiring all members of a unitary combined group to use the unitary combined reporting method, etc.
Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking; Specifying the authorized uses of funds from the Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking, etc.
Workforce Education Facilities Grant Program; Creating the Workforce Education Facilities Grant Program within the Department of Education; providing the purpose of the program; providing for the award of grants through the program, subject to legislative funding; providing requirements for the use of grant funds; providing requirements for certain workforce education programs, etc.
Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; Providing a method by which a state may become a member state; requiring a statewide popular election for President and Vice President of the United States; establishing a procedure for appointing presidential electors in member states; providing that the agreement becomes effective upon the occurrence of specified circumstances; providing for the withdrawal of a member state, etc.
Benefits, Training, and Employment for Veterans and their Spouses; Requiring the Economic Development Programs Evaluation to include a periodic analysis of the Veterans Employment and Training Services Program; revising the duties of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., respectively, to include the provision of certain assistance to veterans’ spouses; requiring the Department of Health to waive certain fees for veterans and their spouses under certain circumstances; establishing the Office of Veteran Licensure Services within the Division of Medical Quality Assurance, etc. APPROPRIATION: $399,565
Florida Children’s Initiatives; Revising the definition of the term “resident”; revising the objectives for certain working groups; providing that the Florida Children’s Initiatives are administratively housed in the Department of Children and Families but are not subject to certain control, supervision, or direction by the department; revising legislative intent; clarifying provisions relating to the creation, implementation, and operation of Florida Children’s Initiatives, etc.
Clerks of Court; Revising the collections requirements of a clerk of court when a party petitions for a dissolution of marriage; revising the collections requirements of a clerk of court in probate matters; revising the collections requirements of a clerk of court in trial and appellate proceedings; revising the collections requirements of a clerk of court as it relates to fines, fees, service charges, and costs remitted to the state, etc.
Florida Atlantic University Men’s Basketball Team; Recognizing and celebrating the incredible accomplishments of the Florida Atlantic University men’s basketball team and the university’s commitment to both academic and athletic excellence, creating a collegiate brand that is nationally renowned, etc.