Caribbean American Heritage Month; Recognizing June 2021 as “Caribbean American Heritage Month” in Florida, etc.
Sponsored bills
Peer-to-peer Car Sharing; Specifying motor vehicle insurance requirements for peer-to-peer car-sharing programs; authorizing peer-to-peer car-sharing programs to own and maintain certain policies of motor vehicle insurance; requiring peer-to-peer car-sharing programs to assume certain liability; authorizing motor vehicle insurance policies to exclude specified coverages under certain circumstances; authorizing specified insurers to seek contributions against indemnifications under certain circumstances, etc.
Fleet Management; Requiring the Department of Management Services to prepare an inventory of state-owned motor vehicles, maintenance facilities, and fuel depots; requiring the department to submit the inventory to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; requiring state agencies and state universities to provide certain information requested by the department; requiring the department to create, administer, and maintain a centralized management system for the motor vehicle fleet, maintenance facilities, and fuel depots; requiring the department to contract with a vendor or contractor for a specified purpose, etc.
Sentencing; Revising the required sentencing structure for prison releasee reoffenders upon proof from a state attorney which establishes that a defendant is a prison releasee reoffender; deleting a provision that prohibits a prison releasee reoffender from eligibility for any form of early release and that requires a prison releasee reoffender to serve 100 percent of the court-imposed sentence; deleting a provision that requires a state attorney to explain a sentencing deviation in writing under certain circumstances, etc.
Prescriptive Authority Certification for Psychologists; Requiring the Board of Psychology to certify specified psychologists to exercise prescriptive authority; requiring the board to develop procedures and adopt rules relating to prescriptive authority certification; requiring each applicant for renewal to demonstrate the completion of specified continuing education; requiring a prescribing psychologist who is authorized to prescribe controlled substances to file his or her federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration number with the board within a certain timeframe; requiring the Board of Psychology to transmit specified information to the Board of Pharmacy, etc.
Elections; Revising requirements for the uniform statewide voter registration application and the acceptance of such applications; deleting an exemption from public records requirements for information related to a voter registration applicant’s or voter’s prior felony conviction and his or her restoration of voting rights to conform to changes made by the act; deleting a provision that prohibits the use of an address appearing on identification presented by an elector at the polls as a basis to confirm an elector’s legal residence; increasing the no-solicitation zone surrounding the entrance of a polling place or an early voting site wherein certain activities are prohibited; requiring the Division of Elections to periodically adjust campaign contribution limits for inflation, etc.
Availability of Marijuana for Adult Use; Revising the sales tax exemption for the sale of marijuana and marijuana delivery devices to apply only to purchases by qualified patients or caregivers; revising provisions related to the licensure and functions of medical marijuana treatment centers (MMTCs); prohibiting an MMTC from transporting or delivering marijuana outside of its property without a transportation license; authorizing an MMTC to sell marijuana to an adult 21 years of age or older under certain circumstances; providing cultivation facility and processing facility requirements; clarifying that a private property owner may restrict the smoking or vaping of marijuana on his or her property but may not prevent his or her tenants from possessing or using marijuana by other means; authorizing a person 21 years of age or older to possess marijuana products in a specified amount and to deliver marijuana products to another person 21 years of age or older under certain circumstances, etc.
Dental Therapy; Authorizing Medicaid to reimburse for dental services provided in a mobile dental unit that is owned by, operated by, or contracted with a health access setting or another similar setting or program; requiring the chair of the Board of Dentistry to appoint a Council on Dental Therapy within a specified timeframe; authorizing a dental therapist under the general supervision of a dentist to administer local anesthesia and operate an X-ray machine, expose dental X-ray films, and interpret or read such films if specified requirements are met, etc.
Public Meetings and Records/Conditional 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 medical 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 medical 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.
University of South Florida Branch Campuses; Requiring the University of South Florida St. Petersburg to have an admissions office separate from the University of South Florida; providing the purpose of the admissions office; increasing the number of branch campus board members by specified amounts; requiring branch campus boards to give input and final approval to specified annual plans; requiring branch campuses to recommend regional chancellor finalists to the president of the university, etc.