Sen. Kevin J. Rader

Death With Dignity; Creating the "Death with Dignity Act"; providing criteria for qualified patients; requiring qualified patients to make oral and written requests for medication; requiring waiting periods before such requests may be made and such medication may be prescribed; specifying requirements for attending physicians; authorizing the attending physician to sign the qualified patient’s death certificate, etc.

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training in Public Schools; Requiring school districts to provide training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation to students at the high school level; providing requirements for such training; requiring students to study and practice the psychomotor skills associated with performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation at least once before they graduate from high school; providing an exception for certain students, etc.

Crimes Evidencing Prejudice; Expanding grounds for the reclassification of crimes to include prejudice based on the gender or gender identity of any person; specifying that the reclassification occurs 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 occurs if the crime was based in whole or in part on a disability of any person, etc.

Beverage Container Deposits; Designating the “Florida Beverage Container Deposit Act”; establishing refund values for specified beverage containers; requiring dealers and consumers in this state to pay a deposit fee for specified beverage containers; prohibiting the establishment or operation of a redemption center unless it is registered with the Department of Environmental Protection; providing that distributors and dealers are not obligated to accept or take containers not originally sold in this state or to pay the refund value and handling fees for them, etc.

Independent Living Task Force; Establishing the Independent Living Task Force within the Florida Housing Finance Corporation; defining the term “disability”; requiring the task force to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date, etc.

State Symbols; Designating shelter animals as the official state pet, etc.

Companion Animal Public-Private Partnership Act; Prohibiting animal shelters from euthanizing animals under certain conditions; requiring animal shelters to release animals to rescue organizations under certain conditions, etc.

Capital Relocation Study; Requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) to conduct a study regarding the relocation of the state capital; prescribing requirements for the study; requiring OPPAGA to submit a report to the Legislature by a specified date, etc.

Energy; Prohibiting a deed restriction, covenant, declaration, or other binding agreement from prohibiting or having the effect of prohibiting the installation of cool roofs or renewable energy source devices; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in coordination with the Department of Management Services and the Department of Environmental Protection, to develop a greenhouse gas registry and inventory; establishing the Clean Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment Center Program within the department for a specified purpose, etc.

Mail Ballot Elections; Revising the responsibilities of the Secretary of State; requiring the supervisor of elections to establish voter services centers for specified purposes; requiring the supervisor to allow an elector to deposit a voted ballot in a secure drop box; authorizing an elector to obtain a replacement ballot under specified circumstances; prescribing the timeframes by which the supervisor shall mail ballots; authorizing the supervisor to establish additional voter services centers or secure drop box locations in the event of an emergency, etc.