Sen. Lori Berman

Crimes Evidencing Prejudice; Expanding grounds for the reclassification of crimes to include acts of prejudice based on the gender or gender identity of any person; specifying that the reclassification must occur if the crime was based in whole or in part on the race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, homeless status, advanced age, gender, or gender identity of any person; specifying that the reclassification of a certain crime must occur if the crime was based in whole or in part on a disability of any person, etc.

Liens to Recover Charges for Health Care Services; Creating the "Health Care Services Lien Act"; providing that physicians and chiropractors who provide services to an individual injured as a result of the negligent act of another have a lien for the amount due for such services against any amount recovered by the injured individual in a civil action filed against the individual who caused the injury; providing that such liens are inferior to certain liens or claims; providing such a statement is admissible at trial or in negotiating a settlement, etc.

Support for the State of Israel; Expressing the Florida Senate’s unwavering support for the State of Israel, etc.

State Renewable Energy Goals; Revising the definitions of the terms “biomass” and “renewable energy”; prohibiting the drilling or exploration for, or production of, oil, gas, or other petroleum products in certain locations; providing legislative intent that all electricity used in this state be generated by renewable energy by a specified date; creating the Renewable Energy Workforce Development Advisory Committee in the Office of Energy, etc.

Insurance Solutions Advisory Council; Creating the advisory council within the Office of Insurance Regulation for specified purposes; providing for membership and meetings of the advisory council; requiring the office to provide the advisory council with staffing and administrative assistance; requiring the advisory council to submit a specified report annually; providing for expiration of the advisory council, etc.

Coverage for Diagnostic and Supplemental Breast Examinations; Prohibiting the state group insurance program from imposing on an enrollee any cost-sharing requirement with respect to coverage for diagnostic breast examinations and supplemental breast examinations, etc.

Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program; Establishing the Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program within the Department of Legal Affairs; requiring the department to accept and process applications for the payment of compensation claims under the program; requiring the department to provide specified notice of the program; requiring the department, subject to the appropriation of funds for that purpose, to pay a specified compensation amount to approved applicants, etc. APPROPRIATION: $20,000,000

Florida Uniform Fiduciary Income and Principal Act; Specifying the duties of a fiduciary; providing that a fiduciary’s allocation, determination, or exercise of discretion is presumed to be fair and reasonable to all beneficiaries; authorizing a fiduciary to exercise discretionary power of administration under specified circumstances; prohibiting a court from ordering a fiduciary to change his or her decision unless the decision was an abuse of discretionary power; authorizing a fiduciary to adjust between income and principal if such adjustment assists in administering the trust or estate impartially; authorizing the conversion of an income trust to a unitrust; specifying the authority of a fiduciary with respect to the administration of certain trusts, etc.

Purple Alert; Requiring local law enforcement agencies to develop policies for a local activation of a Purple Alert for certain missing adults; specifying duties of the Department of Law Enforcement’s Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse in the event of a state Purple Alert; specifying conditions under which a local law enforcement agency may request the clearinghouse to open a case, etc.

Antisemitism; Defining the term “antisemitism”; providing contemporary examples of antisemitism, etc.