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.
Sen. Ileana Garcia
Sponsored bills
Abandoning Restrained Dogs During Natural Disasters; Citing this act as “Trooper’s Law”; providing criminal penalties for restraining a dog outside during a natural disaster and thereafter abandoning the dog, etc.
Disability History and Awareness Instruction; Citing this act as the "Evin B. Hartsell Act"; requiring the Department of Education to develop specified curricula; authorizing the department to consult with the Evin B. Hartsell Foundation to further develop such curricula, etc.
Tampering with an Electronic Monitoring Device; Reclassifying the offense of tampering with an electronic monitoring device to provide graduated penalties; requiring termination of pretrial release of a person who tampers with such a device while on pretrial release, etc.
Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Senator Geraldine F. “Geri” Thompson; Recognizing and celebrating the life and legacy of Senator Geraldine F. “Geri” Thompson, etc.
Toll Relief; Requires Florida Turnpike Enterprise to establish toll relief program; specifies requirements for eligibility for account credits under program; appropriating funds for DOT to reimburse specified entities for account credits issued under program; provides powers & duties of department related to the program; provides for reversion of unexpended funds. APPROPRIATION: $500,000,000
Lodging Standards; Citing this act as "Miya’s Law"; requiring landlords of nontransient or transient apartments to require employees to undergo background screenings as a condition of employment; revising what constitutes reasonable notice for repairs of dwelling units; requiring public lodging establishments licensed as nontransient or transient apartments to take certain actions relating to employee background screenings and keys for dwelling units; prohibiting an operator of a public lodging establishment from offering an hourly rate for an accommodation, etc.
Electronic Dissemination of Commercial Recordings and Audiovisual Works; Revising the definition of the term “electronic dissemination”, etc.
Boating Safety; Citing this act as the "Boating Safety Act of 2022"; authorizing a court to impose a specified fine for certain boating collisions and accidents; requiring certain boating safety education courses and temporary certificate examinations to include specified components; requiring operators of vessels used in the instruction of water sports and activities to use engine cutoff switches and wear operative links to the switches under certain conditions; prohibiting liveries from offering a vessel for lease or rent without a livery permit, etc.
Retail Theft; Prohibiting certain retail theft at multiple locations within a specified timeframe; providing criminal penalties, etc.