Sen. Bobby Powell

Abandoned Residential Real Property; Creating the "Abandoned Property Neighborhood Relief Act"; authorizing a mortgagee or mortgage servicer to enter certain abandoned property only under specified conditions; authorizing a county or municipality to notify a mortgagee or mortgage servicer that a residential real property has been determined to be abandoned, in midforeclosure, and a nuisance; requiring a mortgagee or mortgage servicer to abate the nuisance and maintain certain property upon receipt of specified notice, etc.

Reemployment Assistance; Creating a Reemployment Assistance Ombudsman Office within the Department of Economic Opportunity; specifying that unemployment commences on the date of unemployment rather than after registering with the department; revising the circumstances under which individuals are disqualified for benefits by virtue of voluntarily quitting; revising what constitutes employment for the purposes of reemployment assistance, etc.

Juror Sanctions; Revising available sanctions for any person who fails to attend court as a juror without any sufficient excuse; restricting a court from imposing a term of imprisonment on any person who fails to attend as a juror without any sufficient excuse and is found in contempt of court unless the person is able to obtain legal representation, etc.

Emergency Medical Services for Community Health Care; Providing that medical directors who use paramedics to administer medical countermeasures on patients pursuant to a certain protocol are liable for the acts and omissions of such paramedics under certain circumstances; revising the definition of the term “health promotion and wellness”; defining the term “medical countermeasures”; authorizing paramedics to administer medical countermeasures under certain circumstances, etc.

Fees/Kratom Products; Requiring processors that sell kratom products at retail to pay an annual registration fee to the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Services, etc.

Electronic Legal Documents; Revising the definition of the term “online notarization”; clarifying that supervising the witnessing of an electronic record by an online notary public is a notarial act; revising the statutory form for an affidavit for acceptance of and reliance upon a power of attorney to reflect means of notarization; revising the form for a petition of summary relief for the sale or transfer of certain property owned by an absentee to reflect means of notarization, etc.

Sale of Hemp-derived Delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol; Prohibiting retailers from selling hemp-derived delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol products to individuals who are under 21 years of age; providing requirements for the delivery of such products; providing civil and criminal penalties, etc.

Errors in Deeds; Providing that a deed containing a scrivener’s error conveys title as if there had been no such error if certain requirements are met; providing a form for a curative notice; requiring the clerks of the circuit court to accept and record curative notices; providing for the operation of a curative notice, etc.

FAMU Day; Recognizing February 6, 2020, as “FAMU Day” in Florida, etc.

Specialty License Plate Fees/Highwaymen; Establishing a fee for a certain specialty license plate, etc.