Sen. Lori Berman

Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; Providing for enactment of the agreement; providing a method by which a state may become a member state; requiring each member state to conduct a statewide popular election for President and Vice President of the United States; establishing a procedure for appointing presidential electors in member states; providing that the agreement becomes effective under specified circumstances, etc.

Operating Vehicles and Vessels Under the Influence; Revising conditions under which a person commits the offense of driving under the influence or boating under the influence, respectively; providing that the disposition of an administrative proceeding relating to a specified fine does not affect certain criminal action; adding specified grounds for issuance of a search warrant; revising probation guidelines for felonies in which certain substances are contributing factors, etc.

Advanced Wastewater Treatment; Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the water management districts and sewage disposal facilities, to submit to the Governor and Legislature, by specified dates, reports on certain permitted sewage disposal facilities in this state, a priority ranking process for implementing advanced wastewater treatment upgrades at such facilities, and the implementation status of such upgrades, etc.

Cost-of-living Adjustment of Retirement Benefits; Revising how the cost-of-living adjustment of benefits for certain retirees and beneficiaries is calculated; providing a declaration of important state interest, etc.

Protection of the Right to an Abortion; Finding and declaring that a woman has a protected right to an abortion; creating a rebuttable presumption concerning viability of a fetus; providing for civil liability for certain persons who violate such a right; providing for compensatory damages, costs, and attorney fees; providing a statute of limitations period for actions for the deprivation of the right to an abortion, etc.

Elections; Requiring that the Secretary of State be elected rather than appointed and serve a specified term; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database for a specified purpose; repealing provisions relating to the Office of Election Crimes and Security; authorizing a person who meets certain requirements to register to vote at an early voting site or at his or her polling place and to immediately thereafter cast a ballot; authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to preregister certain individuals to vote; prohibiting local governments, state agencies, and state officials from implementing or enforcing actions that result in, will result in, or are intended to result in specified disparities or impairments, etc.

Paid Parental Leave; Requiring the state to provide paid parental leave to certain employees for a specified time period; prohibiting the state from requiring that an employee use his or her annual or sick leave for paid parental leave; prohibiting the state from refusing to grant such leave, etc.

Legislative Compensation Advisory Council; Creating the Legislative Compensation Advisory Council; requiring the Office of Legislative Services to provide administrative support; prohibiting certain council members from being a current member of the Legislature, a current employee of the Legislature, or a registered lobbyist; providing the duties of the council, etc.

Equal Rights for Men and Women; Ratifying the proposed amendment to the United States Constitution relating to equal rights for men and women, etc.

Consumer Finance Loans; Prohibiting persons from engaging in actions to evade the requirements of ch. 516, F.S.; providing that consumer finance loans made in violation of such prohibitions are void and uncollectible; providing construction relating to when a person is deemed to be a lender subject to such prohibitions, etc.