Sen. Rosalind Osgood

Elections; Requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database for a specified purpose; repealing a provision relating to the Office of Election Crimes and Security; authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to preregister certain individuals to vote; revising the information a third-party voter registration organization is required to provide to the Division of Elections of the Department of State, etc.

Decreasing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; Revising priority areas for project proposals under the Closing the Gap grant program to include those addressing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity and mortality rates relating to mental health and substance use disorders; requiring priority be given to proposals for areas with the greatest documented racial and ethnic disparities in the provision of mental health and substance abuse services, etc.

Swimming Lesson Voucher Program; Revising the contract requirements for establishing a network of swimming lesson vendors; revising eligibility criteria to participate in the program, etc.

Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys; Revising the quorum requirements for the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to require only 9 members for a quorum; authorizing members to appear by communications media technology; providing that members who appear by such technology are considered present and may be counted toward the quorum requirement, etc.

Florida Museum of Black History; Providing legislative intent; establishing the Florida Museum of Black History Board of Directors; prohibiting specified members of the board from holding state or local elective office while serving on the board; requiring that the board work jointly with the Foundation for the Museum of Black History, Inc., etc.

Condominium Structural Integrity Reserve Studies; Defining the term “structural integrity reserve study”; requiring condominium associations that govern a building of a specified height to conduct a structural integrity reserve study for a specified purpose; providing that condominium associations that govern a building that does not meet such specified height requirement are not required to conduct a structural integrity reserve study, etc.

Grants for Low-income Senior Citizen Condominium Unit Owners; Requiring the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to establish by rule requirements for a specified grant; providing the maximum amount for such grant, etc.

Transportation Facility Designations/Harris Rosen Way and Geraldine Thompson Way; Providing honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.

Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys; Establishing the council within Florida Memorial University, rather than the Department of Legal Affairs; requiring Florida Memorial University, rather than the Office of the Attorney General, to provide staff and administrative support to the council; authorizing members to appear by communications media technology; providing notice requirements for public meetings or workshops conducted by means of communications media technology, etc.

Firefighter Health and Safety; Requiring the Division of State Fire Marshal within the Department of Financial Services to assist in decreasing the frequency and severity of fatalities; authorizing the division to recommend a phased approach in adopting certain rules related to firefighting gear; requiring the division to adopt rules relating to education on chemical hazards and toxic substances in protective gear and employers’ mental health best practices, etc.