Sen. Darryl Rouson

Resilient Communities Grant Program; Creating the program within the Department of Children and Families; authorizing counties and municipalities to apply for participation in the program; requiring counties and municipalities to work with the local managing entity before applying to participate in the program; requiring the Florida Certification Board and managing entities to develop criteria for the review of submitted applications and award grant funding, etc.

Mental Health Education and Training; Citing this act as the “Butler Act”; requiring persons working in roles involving direct interaction with youth to undergo mental health education and training; providing requirements for such education and training; requiring the Department of Children and Families to establish and maintain dedicated spaces within certain institutions, centers, and venues that are easily accessible to youth for the dissemination of information and resources relating to mental health and to promote such spaces, etc.

Urban Agriculture Pilot Projects; Redefining the term “urban agriculture” to include both noncommercial and new commercial agricultural uses, etc.

Nonviolent Drug Offenders Converting Fines and Fees into Community Service; Defining the term “nonviolent”; specifying eligibility for nonviolent drug offenders to convert fines and fees into community service hours; providing requirements for the completion of community service hours, etc.

Sickle Cell Disease Care Management and Treatment Education for Certain Health Care Practitioners; Requiring health care practitioners of medicine or osteopathic medicine to complete specified education on sickle cell disease care management and treatment as a condition of licensure renewal; requiring the Department of Health to evaluate the results from certain physician surveys and annually report to the Governor and Legislature on patient outcomes as a result of such health care practitioner education; requiring that certain physician surveys include specified information, etc.

Sudden Cardiac Arrest Informational Posters; Requiring the Department of Health to create an informational poster relating to the treatment of sudden cardiac arrest; providing requirements for such poster, etc.

Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; Providing for enactment of the agreement; providing a method by which a state may become a member state; requiring each member state to conduct 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 under specified circumstances, etc.

Heat Illness Prevention; Requiring certain employers to implement an outdoor heat exposure safety program that has been approved by specified agencies; specifying requirements for the safety program; providing responsibilities for certain employers and employees; providing an exception; requiring specified annual training on heat illness and providing requirements for such training, etc.

Relief of Reginald Jackson by the City of Lakeland; Providing for the relief of Reginald Jackson by the City of Lakeland; providing an appropriation to compensate Reginald Jackson for injuries and damages sustained as a result of the negligence of Mike Cochran, a police officer with the Lakeland Police Department; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees, etc. CLAIM: $312,500

Elections; Requiring that the Secretary of State be elected rather than appointed and serve a specified term; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database for a specified purpose; repealing provisions relating to the Office of Election Crimes and Security; authorizing a person who meets certain requirements to register to vote at an early voting site or at his or her polling place and to immediately thereafter cast a ballot; authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to preregister certain individuals to vote; prohibiting local governments, state agencies, and state officials from implementing or enforcing actions that result in, will result in, or are intended to result in specified disparities or impairments, etc.