Sen. Jeff Brandes

Civic Literacy Education; Requiring the Commissioner of Education to develop criteria for a civic literacy practicum that meets certain goals beginning in a specified school year; authorizing time spent on specified civic engagement activities to count toward requirements for certain scholarships and academic awards; establishing the Citizen Scholar Program within the University of South Florida, etc.

Abolishing the Constitution Revision Commission; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to abolish the Constitution Revision Commission, etc.

Money Services Businesses; Revising exceptions for a licensee during the Financial Technology Sandbox period; revising and providing definitions; prohibiting certain activities by a person without obtaining a license; providing requirements for a money transmitter that receives virtual currency; excluding virtual currency in the calculation of permissible investments, etc.

Contingency Risk Multipliers; Providing that for certain attorney fees awarded for claims arising under property insurance policies, a strong presumption is created that a lodestar fee is sufficient and reasonable; providing that such presumption may be rebutted only under certain circumstances, etc.

Criminal Justice; Requiring that a custodial interrogation conducted at a place of detention in connection with covered offenses be electronically recorded in its entirety; providing for retroactive application of a specified provision relating to a review of sentence for juvenile offenders convicted of murder; precluding eligibility for a sentence review for young adult offenders who previously committed, or conspired to commit, murder; establishing the conditional medical release program within the Department of Corrections; establishing the conditional aging inmate release program within the department; repealing provisions relating to conditional medical release, etc.

Fees/Expunction for Certain Criminal History Records; Requiring applicants for a certificate of eligibility of expunction for certain criminal history records to pay a specified fee to the Department of Law Enforcement for placement in a specified trust fund; providing an exception, etc.

Offers of Judgment; Authorizing parties to serve offers of judgment that make certain stipulations relating to attorney fees and costs; authorizing certain offerings of judgment relating to jointly owned property to require both individuals to either accept or reject the offer; providing requirements relating to grounds for challenging the validity of offers, etc.

Department of Transportation; Requiring the department to allow persons to purchase certain commuter passes for their motor vehicles; requiring that funds collected from the sale of the commuter passes be deposited in specified trust funds and used for the operation and maintenance of the Pinellas Bayway System; requiring the department or the Florida Turnpike Enterprise, as appropriate, to index annual commuter pass costs to certain inflation indicators, etc.

Beverage Law; Authorizing certain food service establishments to sell or deliver alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption if specified requirements are met; revising provisions that authorize a restaurant to allow patrons to remove partially consumed bottles of wine from a restaurant for off-premises consumption; revising requirements for the sale of alcoholic beverages by certain vendors, etc.

Taxes; Providing a tax rate for certain revenues received from sports wagering; revising the purpose of the Operating Trust Fund of the Department of the Lottery, etc.