Sen. Rosalind Osgood

FAMU Day; Designating February 21, 2024, as “FAMU Day” in Florida, etc.

Black History Month; Recognizing February 2024 as “Black History Month” in Florida, etc.

Support for the State of Israel; Expressing support for the State of Israel and condemning the attacks and hateful actions by the Hamas terrorist group, etc.

Public Records/Criminal Acts that Evidence Prejudice; Requiring the Attorney General, rather than the Governor, through the Department of Law Enforcement, to collect and disseminate specified information; expanding a public records exemption to include the collection and dissemination of data on incidents of criminal acts that evidence prejudice pursuant to ss. 775.085 and 775.0863, F.S.; providing for future review and repeal of the expanded exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Crimes Evidencing Prejudice; Expanding grounds for the reclassification of crimes to include acts of prejudice based on the gender of a victim; specifying that the reclassification occurs if the crime was based in whole or in part on the actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, homeless status, or advanced age of the victim; providing for the reclassification of a crime if it was based in whole or in part on the actual or perceived mental or physical disability of the victim, etc.

Step into Success Workforce Education and Internship Pilot Program; Creating the "Step into Success Act"; requiring the Department of Children and Families to establish the pilot program; requiring the independent living professionalism and workforce education component of the pilot program to culminate in a specified certificate; providing that completion of that component allows former foster youth to participate in the onsite workforce and training internship component; specifying conditions for participation in the onsite workforce internship component, etc. APPROPRIATION: $500,000

Children and Young Adults in Out-of-home Care; Citing this act as the “Nancy C. Detert Champion for Children Act”; requiring a case manager or other staff to provide a child with verbal and written information about certain topics; deleting limitations on the type of questions a child may ask; establishing the Office of the Children’s Ombudsman within the Department of Children and Families; requiring the department to consult with specified children and young adults when creating or revising certain print or digital written information, etc.

Blood Clot and Pulmonary Embolism Policy Workgroup; Citing this act as the “Emily Adkins Prevention Act”; requiring the Secretary of Health Care Administration, in conjunction with the State Surgeon General, to establish a blood clot and pulmonary embolism policy workgroup; requiring the secretary to submit a final report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date, etc.

Nursing Education Pathway for Military Combat Medics; Revising a primary goal of the Florida Center for Nursing to provide that development of a statewide plan for nursing manpower must include the encouragement and coordination of the development of partnerships with hospitals which provide opportunities for nursing students to obtain clinical experience; requiring that the Articulation Coordinating Committee convene a workgroup to establish a process for determining postsecondary course equivalencies and the minimum postsecondary credit or career education clock hours that must be awarded in accredited nursing education programs for military training and education required for service in specified positions; authorizing the award of additional postsecondary credit or career education clock hours, etc.

Domestic Violence; Citing this act as "Greyson’s Law"; requiring the court with jurisdiction over the proceeding to consider certain factors in deciding whether shared parental responsibility is detrimental to the child; providing additional conduct regarding domestic violence which the court must consider when ordering a parenting plan; providing an additional factor that the court must consider in determining whether a petitioner of a domestic violence injunction is in imminent danger, etc.