Public Records/Crime Victims; Expanding a public records exemption for crime victims to include the name and personal identification number of a victim and any other information that could be used to locate, intimidate, harass, or abuse the victim; providing that such exemption includes the portions of records generated by any agency that regularly generates or receives information from or concerning victims of crime; providing for a public records exemption for the identity of a victim’s family member, lawful representative, or next of kin and any other information that could be used to locate, intimidate, harass, or abuse these individuals; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Sponsored bills
Background Screenings; Providing that, effective on a specified date, an independent sanctioning authority is deemed to be a qualified entity for the purpose of participating in the Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse; requiring qualified entities to designate a user administrator for a specified purpose; prohibiting certain persons from denying or failing to acknowledge certain criminal history records that have been expunged or sealed, etc.
Public Records/Chief of Domestic Security; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information relating to the designation of an organization as a domestic terrorist organization or a foreign terrorist organization by the Chief of Domestic Security; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Ideologies Inconsistent with American Principles; Prohibiting the application of certain law in adjudicatory proceedings; providing that the Department of State may administratively dissolve a corporation that has been designated as a terrorist organization in certain situations; defining the term “domestic terrorist organization”; providing that a person who receives military training from a domestic terrorist organization in certain situations commits a specified crime; providing a person who knowingly provides or attempts or conspires to provide material support or resources to a domestic terrorist organization commits a specified crime, etc.
Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations; Providing an exception to the requirement that the Department of Children and Families immediately forward certain allegations to a law enforcement agency; requiring a child protective investigator to inform the subject of an investigation of a certain duty; requiring Child Protection Teams to consult with a licensed physician or advanced practice registered nurse with specified pediatric experience when evaluating certain reports; authorizing a parent or legal custodian of a child who is the subject of certain orders to request specified medical examinations of the child within a specified timeframe, etc.
Trust Fund Interest for Purposes Approved by the Supreme Court; Authorizing financial institutions to hold funds in specified trust accounts used for specified purposes expressly authorized by Supreme Court rule; requiring certain entities to use interest and dividends for specified purposes; requiring certain financial institutions to pay specified interest or dividends, etc.
Administrative Procedures; Requiring agencies to publish a notice of rule development within a specified timeframe; requiring a certain number of days between a notice of rule development and notice of proposed rule; requiring that certain rules be withdrawn if not ratified within the legislative session immediately following the filing for adoption; providing that if a proposed rule is not ratified within a specified timeframe, the emergency rule expires; providing that a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative submitted after a notice of change is made in good faith only if the proposal contains certain statements, etc.
Mental Health; Citing this act as the “Tristin Murphy Act”; expanding the programs and diversion initiatives supported by implementation or expansion grants to include training for 911 public safety telecommunicators and emergency medical technicians for certain purposes and to include veterans treatment court programs; encouraging communities to apply for specified grants to establish misdemeanor or ordinance violation mental health diversion programs; encouraging communities to apply for specified grants to establish pretrial felony mental health diversion programs; expanding eligibility for the Forensic Hospital Diversion Pilot Program to include Hillsborough County, etc. APPROPRIATION: $794,880
Public Records/Pleading, Request for Relief, or Other Document Stricken by a Court; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for a matter in a pleading, a request for relief, or other document which has been stricken by the court in a noncriminal case if the court makes specific findings; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Harming or Neglecting Children; Revising the definition of the term “harm” as it relates to a child’s health or welfare; revising the definition of the term “neglect of a child”, etc.