Supermajority Vote for Legislative Preemption; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to require a supermajority of each house to approve a general law preempting a subject of legislation to the state, etc.
Sponsored bills
Pio Ieraci/Galt Mile Community Association; Recognizing the extraordinary leadership of Pio Ieraci in representing the interests of the Galt Mile Community Association before local and state government officials and remembering his role as a community activist and as a loyal friend and loving son, husband, and father, etc.
Food Waste Prevention Week; Acknowledging the importance of conserving food and preventing food waste and recognizing April 5-9, 2021, as “Food Waste Prevention Week” in Florida, etc.
Prior Authorization for Opioid Alternatives; Prohibiting health insurance policies from requiring that treatment with an opioid analgesic drug product be attempted and have failed before authorizing the use of a nonopioid-based analgesic drug product, etc.
Food Pantries in Public Schools; Authorizing school districts to adopt a policy to allow schools to create food pantry programs in collaboration with nonprofit organizations; authorizing school districts to provide food from the pantry at no cost to students under specified circumstances; authorizing school employees to prepare and distribute donated food, etc.
Drilling and Exploration Practices off the Florida Coast; Expressing the Senate’s opposition to the Federal Government’s interest in using harmful offshore oil and gas drilling and exploration practices off the Florida coast, etc.
Private Investigative, Private Security, and Repossession Services; Requiring licensed Class “K” firearms instructors to submit proof of certain training to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; authorizing the Department of Law Enforcement to provide certain information to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services under certain circumstances; deleting a provision requiring the department to provide arrest information to certain agencies; requiring schools and training facilities to submit training results directly to the department and provide a copy of the results to the applicant who completed the training, etc.
Inmate Confinement; Prohibiting the use of solitary confinement; prohibiting the use of restrictive confinement for noncompliance, punishment, harassment, or retaliation for an inmate’s conduct; prohibiting youths, young adults, and inmates who have specified medical needs from being placed in restrictive confinement except under specified circumstances; requiring sheriffs and chief correctional officers to adopt model standards relating to confinement, etc.
Sale and Delivery of Firearms; Requiring the parties, if neither party to a sale, lease, or transfer of a firearm is a licensed dealer, to complete the sale, lease, or transfer through a licensed dealer; authorizing a licensed dealer to charge a buyer or transferee specified fees; deleting provisions authorizing a licensee to complete the sale or transfer of a firearm to a person without receiving certain notification from the Department of Law Enforcement informing the licensee that such person is prohibited from receipt or possession of a firearm or providing a unique approval number under certain circumstances, etc.
Marriage Equality; Removing a prohibition on the recognition of marriages entered into between persons of the same sex in this state, another state, or another jurisdiction, either domestic or foreign; removing a prohibition on giving effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of another jurisdiction respecting a marriage or relationship not recognized in this state or a claim arising from such a marriage or relationship, etc.