Electric Vehicle Charging Stations; Urging Congress to authorize installation of electric vehicle charging stations in rest areas on the interstate highway system and to allow charging station providers to charge a fee for public use of charging stations installed in such rest areas, etc.
Sponsored bills
Medical Expenses; Specifying that certain evidence offered to prove damages for the cost of past medical expenses is admissible in a personal injury or wrongful death action under certain circumstances; specifying damages that may be recovered by a claimant for the reasonable and necessary cost or value of medical care rendered, etc.
Repeal of the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force; Urging Congress and the President to repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, etc.
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation; Revising the method for determining the amounts of potential surcharges to be levied against policyholders under certain circumstances; specifying a limit for agent commission rates; providing that eligible surplus lines insurers may participate, in the same manner and on the same terms as an authorized insurer, in depopulation, take-out, or keep-out programs relating to policies removed from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, etc.
Fees/Electric Vehicles; Creating additional fees for electric vehicles; creating a license tax and an additional fee for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; authorizing persons and entities to biennially renew vehicle registrations for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; providing that certain vehicles are exempt from specified fees, etc.
Beverage Law; Repealing provisions relating to limitations on the size of individual wine containers and the size of individual cider containers; revising provisions that authorize a restaurant to allow patrons to remove partially consumed bottles of wine from the restaurant for off-premises consumption; revising the requirements for the sale of branded products by a licensed distillery or craft distillery to consumers; revising requirements relating to the shipping of distilled spirits to consumers by a craft distillery, etc.
Autonomous Practice by Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; Revising practices an advanced practice registered nurse may engage in autonomously, etc.
Property Assessments for Elevated Properties; Specifying that changes to elevate certain homestead and nonhomestead residential property, respectively, do not increase the assessed value of the property; requiring property owners to provide certification for such property; prohibiting certain areas from being included in square footage calculation, etc.
Serious Mental Illness as Bar to Execution; Prohibiting the imposing of a sentence of death upon a defendant convicted of a capital felony if the defendant had a serious mental illness at the time of committing the offense; requiring a defendant to provide a certain notice if he or she intends to raise serious mental illness as a bar to a death sentence; requiring the defendant to file a written motion if he or she intends to raise serious mental illness as a bar to a death sentence; requiring certain court orders if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant had a serious mental illness at the time of the commission of the crime, etc.
Renewable Energy; Authorizing owners of commercial or industrial businesses, or third parties contracted by such owners, to install, maintain, and operate a renewable energy source device on or about the structure in which the business operates or on a property the business owns or leases; authorizing owners or contracted third parties to sell electricity generated from the device to certain businesses regardless of whether the device is located in a utility’s service territory; authorizing utilities to recover the full cost of providing services to an energy-producing business or its customers, under certain circumstances, etc.