Responsible Firearm Safety Awareness Month; Designating the month of June as “Responsible Firearm Safety Awareness Month” for a specified purpose; encouraging the Department of Law Enforcement, local governments, and other agencies and organizations to sponsor certain events, etc.
Sponsored bills
Civil Remedies Pertaining to Abortions; Defining the terms “clawback provision” and “family member”; creating a cause of action for certain violations relating to the induction or performance of an abortion; providing applicability; authorizing injunctive relief, recovery of damages, and reasonable costs and attorney fees; providing a limitation; prohibiting courts and authorities of this state from recognizing, enforcing, or giving effect to judgments or orders of another state issued under a clawback provision, with an exception; authorizing certain persons to bring a civil action against a person who initiated such actions in another state, etc.
Senate Confirmation of Gubernatorial Appointments/Legislative Approval of Extended States of Emergency; Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to require that the Senate confirm appointments and removals made by the Governor and to require that the Legislature authorize an extension of a state of emergency declared by the Governor, etc.
Dispute Resolutions Involving Citizens Property Insurance Corporation; Deleting provisions relating to the authorization of dispute resolution of claim determinations in proceedings before the Division of Administrative Hearings, etc.
Preemption to the State; Providing for preemption of all matters relating to the regulation of religious services and gatherings; prohibiting counties, municipalities, and special districts, respectively, from substantially burdening the free exercise of religion by adopting or enforcing certain ordinances, regulations, resolutions, rules, or other policies; prohibiting a local enforcement agency from denying the issuance of a certificate of occupancy to an owner of residential or commercial structure based on noncompliance with Florida-friendly landscaping ordinances in certain circumstances; waiving sovereign immunity in accordance with specified laws, etc.
Florida Health Choices Program; Renaming the “Florida Health Choices Program” as the “Florida Employee Health Choices Program”; revising eligibility and participation requirements for vendors under the program; revising the types of health insurance products that are available for purchase through the program; revising the structure of the insurance marketplace process under the program, etc.
Foreign Students Enrolled in Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Requiring Florida College System institutions and state universities to limit the number of enrolled students who are citizens of a foreign country and who are not permanent residents of the United States to a specified percentage of students enrolled at the institution or university, etc.
Tax Referenda; Defining the term “local government spending analysis”; requiring a local government spending analysis be included on certain referenda, etc.
Bingo Games; Defining the term “instant bingo ticket dispenser”; revising the requirements to manufacture, issue, and operate instant bingo tickets; requiring that instant bingo ticket dispensers have certain features, etc.
Speech and Debate Education; Creating the Florida Speech and Debate Hall of Fame; designating Florida Speech and Debate Week annually in February; establishing the Florida Debate Initiative, Inc., (FDI) as a statewide speech and debate organization that performs certain functions in support of the Florida Civics and Debate Initiative (FCDI) in the Department of Education; requiring the Board of Governors of the State University System and the State Board of Education to develop specified undergraduate and graduate coursework, certificates, and micro-credentials, etc. APPROPRIATION: $2,400,000