Sen. Jeff Brandes

Fees/Sports Wagering; Providing an application fee and a renewal fee for licenses relating to sports wagering, etc.

Beverage Law; Authorizing manufacturers to transfer malt beverages that are owned in whole or in part by the manufacturer but are brewed by another manufacturer; authorizing manufacturers to sell, transport, or deliver malt beverages to vendors if certain requirements are met; prohibiting certain entities from renting or loaning durable retailer advertising specialties; requiring that durable retailer advertising specialties be sold at a price not less than the actual cost to the industry member who initially purchased such items, etc.

Minimum Wage Rate; Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to authorize the Legislature to provide a reduced minimum wage rate for prisoners in the state correctional system, for employees convicted of a felony, for employees under 21 years of age, and for other hard-to-hire employees, etc.

Sports Wagering; Authorizing certain persons to place wagers on a sports event under certain circumstances; providing duties and responsibilities of the Department of the Lottery relating to sports pools; authorizing persons to apply to the department for a license to operate a sports pool; authorizing a licensee to have certain websites and applications under certain circumstances; requiring the department and licensees to adopt certain procedures to prevent certain persons from wagering; providing for the disbursement of unclaimed winnings, etc.

Workers’ Compensation Insurance for Employee Leasing Companies; Specifying when a person is deemed an employee of an employee leasing company for workers’ compensation insurance purposes under circumstances relating to the company’s employee leasing arrangement with a subcontractor; providing that if an employee leasing company’s client company is a subcontractor, workers’ compensation insurance requirements are not satisfied by the employee leasing arrangement unless certain conditions are met; requiring certain client companies to maintain separate workers’ compensation insurance coverage unless certain conditions are met, etc.

COVID-19-related Claims Against Health Care Providers; Providing preliminary procedures for civil actions based on COVID-19-related claims; providing the standard of proof required at trial for such claims; providing immunity from liability for COVID-19-related claims under certain circumstances; requiring COVID-19-related claims to commence within a specified timeframe, etc.

Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority; Repealing provisions relating to the creation and operation of the authority; dissolving the authority and requiring the authority to discharge its liabilities, settle and close its activities and affairs, and provide for the distribution of the authority’s assets, etc.

Limitation on the Assessment of Real Property/Residential Purposes; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution, effective January 1, 2023, to authorize the Legislature, by general law, to prohibit the consideration of any change or improvement made to real property used for residential purposes to improve the property’s resistance to flood damage in determining the assessed value of such property for ad valorem taxation purposes, etc.

Public Records and Public Meetings; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for any personal identifying information of an applicant for president of a state university or a Florida College System institution held by a state university or a Florida College System institution; specifying when the personal identifying information of applicants who are in the final group of applicants is no longer confidential and exempt; specifying that certain meetings are not exempt from public meeting requirements; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Autonomous Vehicles; Defining the term “low-speed autonomous delivery vehicle”; authorizing the operation of a low-speed autonomous delivery vehicle on certain streets and roads; authorizing the operation of a low-speed autonomous delivery vehicle on streets or roads with a posted speed limit of up to 45 miles per hour under specified conditions; providing requirements for low-speed autonomous delivery vehicles; providing that certain fully autonomous vehicles are not subject to certain provisions of law or regulations, etc.