Sen. Jeff Brandes

Courts; Deleting the requirement that the Clerk of the Supreme Court physically keep books, records, and other materials in the clerk’s office; requiring the clerks of the circuit court to collaborate with specified entities to prepare a plan to procure or develop a statewide electronic solution to accurately identify all assessments mandated by statute; providing for the periodic inflationary adjustment of the monetary jurisdictional limit applicable to all actions at law in county courts filed on or after a specified date, beginning in a specified year; requiring the clerk of a district court of appeal to have an office at the headquarters of the court, etc.

Juvenile Justice; Creating the Accountability and Program Support Program within the Department of Juvenile Justice and revising the name of an existing program; authorizing a court to order that a child be taken into custody for failure to appear; requiring a court to consider specified information before it issues such an order; repealing a provision relating to the shared county and state financial support responsibility for juvenile detention; authorizing the Department of Juvenile Justice, in consultation with the Department of Education, to evaluate the viability of an alternative model for providing and funding education services for youth in detention and residential facilities, etc.

Civil Liability for Damages Relating to COVID-19; Specifying requirements for civil actions based on COVID-19-related claims; requiring the court to make certain determinations in such actions; providing that plaintiffs have the burden of proof in such actions; providing preliminary procedures for civil actions based on COVID-19-related claims; requiring COVID-19-related claims to commence within specified timeframes, etc.