Electric Vehicles; Revising the principles relating to mobility which the department’s goals are required to address; requiring that certain funds be used for specified purposes relating to the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Grant Program, beginning in a specified year; requiring the department to establish the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Grant Program; providing for the distribution of grants to certain entities to install electric vehicle charging infrastructure; requiring the department to coordinate, develop, and recommend a supplemental master plan to address innovations in electric vehicle charging station infrastructure and the development of high-powered charging infrastructure for electric aircraft; prohibiting certain rules adopted by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services from requiring specific methods of sale for electric vehicle charging equipment used and services provided in this state, etc.
Sponsored bills
Public Meetings and Records/Conditional Aging Medical Release Program; Exempting from public meetings requirements that portion of a panel review hearing at which the exempt or confidential information of specified inmates being considered for the conditional aging inmate release program is discussed; exempting from public records requirements certain records used by the review panel to make a determination of the appropriateness of conditional aging inmate release and the recordings and transcripts of closed panel review hearings; providing for legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Chiropractic Medicine; Revising the definition of the term “practice of chiropractic medicine” to authorize chiropractic physicians to prescribe, order, store, and administer medical oxygen and articles of natural origin if they complete specified training; deleting a requirement that continuing chiropractic education be completed in a classroom setting; authorizing pharmacists to dispense articles of natural origin pursuant to an order from a licensed chiropractic physician, etc.
Malt Beverage Manufacturers; Exempting certain vendors from specified delivery restrictions under certain circumstances; providing applicability; authorizing vendors licensed as manufacturers under ch. 561, F.S., to transfer malt beverages to certain restaurants with common ownership affiliations; providing that certain manufacturers may transport malt beverages in vehicles owned or leased by certain persons other than the manufacturers, etc.
Felony Settlement Conferences; Authorizing circuit courts to establish settlement conferences in felony matters; requiring settlement conferences to be presided over by a settlement conference judge; specifying requirements for settlement conference judges; prohibiting the trial judge presiding over the pending matter from presiding over the felony settlement conference; authorizing circuit courts using felony settlement conferences to adopt procedures, etc.
Physician Certifications for the Medical Use of Marijuana; Increasing the number of consecutive supply limits of marijuana a qualified physician may issue in his or her physician certification for the medical use of marijuana; providing a higher supply limit for certain disabled qualified patients; revising the frequency with which qualified physicians must evaluate existing qualified patients for a physician certification for the medical use of marijuana, etc.
Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Programs; Revising the requirements for the Department of Education’s annual report on apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs; revising and providing additional duties for the department relating to apprenticeship programs; specifying that apprenticeship program sponsors who meet certain conditions are eligible to receive direct reimbursements from the department for apprenticeship programs; expanding the rights of parents of public school students to include rights relating to workforce education opportunities, etc.
Resentencing; Authorizing the state attorney of a judicial circuit in which an offender was sentenced for a felony offense to petition the sentencing court to resentence the offender if the original sentence no longer advances the interests of justice; authorizing a court to grant or deny the petition; requiring a court to provide an opportunity for victims of the offender’s crimes to present statements, etc.
Energy 2040 Task Force; Creating the Energy 2040 Task Force within the Public Service Commission; requiring the task force to make recommendations, giving consideration to certain topics; specifying that the task force and any advisory committee members will serve without compensation, but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses; requiring that state agencies assist and cooperate with the task force and any advisory committees, etc.
Searches of Cellular Phones and Other Electronic Devices; Expanding the grounds for issuance of a search warrant to include content held within a cellular phone, portable electronic communication device, or microphone-enabled household device when such content constitutes evidence relevant to proving that a felony has been committed; adopting the constitutional protection against unreasonable interception of private communications by any means for purposes of obtaining a search warrant; prohibiting the use of certain communication content in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding which was obtained without a specified warrant, etc.