Sen. Vic Torres

Domestic Violence and Parental Responsibility Determinations; Citing this act as “Greyson’s Law”; requiring a court to order shared parental responsibility if it is found to be in the best interests of the child based on certain factors; providing that clear and convincing evidence of certain conduct creates a rebuttable presumption that shared parental responsibility is not in the best interests of the child; requiring the court to rely upon specific evidence to make required findings that a presumption has been rebutted, etc.

Local Government Communications Services; Removing provisions which require counties and entities of local government to pay ad valorem taxes or fees under specified conditions on certain telecommunications facilities; removing provisions which require municipalities and entities of local government to pay ad valorem taxes or fees under specified conditions on certain telecommunications facilities; removing provisions prohibiting property and use of two-way telecommunications services under specified circumstances from receiving certain tax exemptions; removing provisions prohibiting sales, rental, use, consumption, or storage for use of two-way telecommunications services under specified circumstances from receiving a certain tax exemption; removing provisions that identify procedures which must be followed by governmental entities before providing communications services, etc.

Payments Made into the Registry of the Court; Removing a provision that waives a tenant’s defenses other than payment and entitles a landlord to an immediate default judgment for removal of a tenant if the tenant fails to take certain actions in an action by the landlord for possession of a dwelling unit, etc.

Workforce Retention; Creating the "Florida Jobs Retention Act of 2022"; requiring certain employers that intend to relocate out of state or cease operation to notify the Department of Business and Professional Regulation within a specified timeframe; providing that such employers are ineligible for state grants, loans, or tax benefits for a specified timeframe; requiring the head of each state agency to ensure that certain services are performed by state contractors within the state, etc.

Transportation Facility Designations/98 Points of Light Road; Providing an honorary designation of a certain transportation facility in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.

Relief of Kareem Hawari by the Osceola County School Board; Providing for the relief of Kareem Hawari by the Osceola County School Board; providing an appropriation to Mr. Hawari to compensate him for injuries and damages sustained as a result of the negligence of employees of the Osceola County School Board; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of attorney fees, etc. CLAIM: $3,500,000

Criminal Justice; Deleting provisions relating to allowing specified elected officials to file an appeal to the Administration Commission if the governing body of a municipality makes a specified reduction to the operating budget of the municipal law enforcement agency; revising the prohibition on obstructing traffic by standing on the street, highway, or road; deleting provisions providing that a municipality has a duty to allow the municipal law enforcement agency to respond to a riot or an unlawful assembly in a specified manner based on specified circumstances; deleting a criminal penalty for an assault committed in furtherance of a riot or an aggravated riot, etc.

Federal Immigration Enforcement; Repealing ch. 908, F.S., consisting of provisions relating to legislative findings and intent, definitions, a prohibition on sanctuary policies, cooperation with federal authorities, duties relating to immigration detainers, reimbursement of costs, enforcement, education records, and a prohibition on discrimination, respectively, etc.

Posttraumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day and Posttraumatic Stress Injury Awareness Month; Recognizing June 27, 2021, and each June 27 thereafter, as “Posttraumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day” and each June as “Posttraumatic Stress Injury Awareness Month” in Florida, etc.

Workforce Retention; Creating the “Florida Jobs Retention Act of 2021”; requiring certain employers that intend to relocate out of state or cease operation to notify the Department of Business and Professional Regulation within a specified timeframe; requiring the department to compile and publish a semiannual list of employers that relocate out of state or cease operation; providing that such employers are ineligible for state grants, loans, or tax benefits for a specified timeframe; requiring the head of each state agency to ensure that certain services are performed by state contractors within the state, etc.