Sen. Shev Jones

Education; Citing this act as the “Freedom to Learn Act”; repealing provisions relating to prohibited training or instruction in specified concepts which constitutes discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex; prohibiting school districts from adopting a procedure that compels or authorizes school personnel to share certain information with a parent under certain circumstances; requiring instruction in LGBTQ history in public schools, etc.

Landlord’s Obligation to Maintain Premises; Requiring certain landlords to provide functioning facilities for air-conditioning, etc.

Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; Providing for enactment of the agreement; providing a method by which a state may become a member state; requiring each member state to conduct a statewide popular election for President and Vice President of the United States; establishing a procedure for appointing presidential electors in member states; providing that the agreement becomes effective under specified circumstances, etc.

Relief of the Estate of Danielle Maudsley/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; Providing for the relief of the Estate of Danielle Maudsley; providing an appropriation to compensate the estate for Ms. Maudsley’s death as a result of the alleged negligence of Trooper Daniel Cole and the Florida Highway Patrol, a division of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees, etc. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $1,750,000

Relief of Sidney Holmes/State of Florida; Providing for the relief of Sidney Holmes; providing an appropriation to compensate Mr. Holmes for being wrongfully incarcerated for 34 years; providing for the waiver of certain tuition and fees for Mr. Holmes; prohibiting funds awarded under the act to Mr. Holmes from being used or paid for attorney or lobbying fees, etc. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $1,722,000

Elections; Requiring that the Secretary of State be elected rather than appointed and serve a specified term; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database for a specified purpose; repealing provisions relating to the Office of Election Crimes and Security; authorizing a person who meets certain requirements to register to vote at an early voting site or at his or her polling place and to immediately thereafter cast a ballot; authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to preregister certain individuals to vote; prohibiting local governments, state agencies, and state officials from implementing or enforcing actions that result in, will result in, or are intended to result in specified disparities or impairments, etc.

Post-trial Counseling Services for Jurors; Creating a post-trial counseling program for jurors in each judicial circuit; providing the program’s purpose; requiring the Office of the State Courts Administrator to provide administrative support for the program; requiring the judicial circuit to provide a specified number of counseling sessions at no charge to a juror under certain circumstances; prohibiting a clerk of the court from releasing the name of a juror who requests post-trial counseling services, etc.

Establishment of Paternity; Creating a presumption of a legal father; authorizing certain persons to rebut such presumption by filing a petition to determine paternity; requiring the court to hold an evidentiary hearing on the petition; requiring an evidentiary hearing, at which certain experts may testify, if an objection to the test results is filed; authorizing the court to approve, grant, or modify a parenting plan, even if the child is not physically present in the state, etc.

Public Records/County Administrators and City Managers; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current county administrators and city managers, including the names and personal identifying and location information of the spouses and children of current county administrators and city managers; providing for future legislative review and repeal; providing for retroactive application; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Financial Assistance for Homeowners; Creating the Homeowners’ Assistance Fund within the Department of Commerce for specified purposes; requiring the secretary of the department to allocate a certain amount of funds for administrating and overseeing the fund and providing technical assistance to eligible entities, and for the inspector general of the department to oversee certain programs; specifying how the secretary must allocate funds to eligible entities; requiring eligible entities to request funds within a certain time period, etc.