Sen. Jason Pizzo

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Policy Committee; Citing this act as the “Justo R. Cortes Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Act”; requiring the State Surgeon General to establish a progressive supranuclear palsy and other neurodegenerative diseases policy committee; requiring the Department of Health to provide staff and administrative support to the committee; providing for duties, membership, and meetings of the committee; requiring the State Surgeon General to submit a progress report and a final report by a specified date to the Governor and the Legislature, etc.

Car Racing Penalties; Increasing the maximum fine for violations of the prohibitions against drag racing, street takeovers, stunt driving, competitions, contests, tests, or exhibitions; revising applicability of the penalty for second violations of prohibitions against drag racing, street takeovers, stunt driving, competitions, contests, tests, or exhibitions; increasing the criminal penalties and fines for any such violations; providing penalties for knowingly impeding, obstructing, or interfering with an authorized emergency vehicle that is on call and responding to an emergency while a person is participating in a drag race, street takeover, stunt driving, competition, contest, test, or exhibition, etc.

Individuals with Disabilities; Revising provisions related to programs and services provided by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; requiring the agency, within available resources, to offer voluntary participation care navigation services to clients and their caregivers at specified times; requiring the agency to develop and implement an online application process; revising which types of clients are eligible for an individual support plan; clarifying the timeframe within which a family or individual support plan must be developed, etc. APPROPRIATION: $38,852,223

Relief of Maury Hernandez/Department of Corrections; Providing for the relief of Maury Hernandez; providing an appropriation to compensate Maury Hernandez, a former Broward County Sheriff’s deputy, for injuries and damages sustained as a consequence of the Department of Corrections’ failures to enforce probation laws, regulations, and policies; providing legislative intent that certain liens be waived; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees, etc. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $10,000,000

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

Public Records Requests; Prohibiting an agency from charging a certain fee under a specified circumstance; providing that custodians of public records may rely solely on certain required safeguards to determine whether records are partly or wholly exempt from disclosure; increasing the maximum civil penalty allowed for certain violations related to public records; requiring that courts set immediate hearings on certain actions and give such hearings priority over all other pending cases until specified conditions are satisfied; providing that a complainant is not required to provide a certain written notice to an agency when the initial public records request was furnished to the agency’s custodian in written form, by e-mail, or through the agency’s website, etc.

Cost-of-living Adjustment of Retirement Benefits; Revising how the cost-of-living adjustment of benefits for certain retirees and beneficiaries is calculated; providing a declaration of important state interest, etc.

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.

Tax Exemptions for Disabled Ex-servicemembers; Revising the amount of a certain exemption related to disabled ex-servicemembers, etc.

Public Records/Title Fraud Prevention Pilot Program; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information provided to a property appraiser as part of a title fraud prevention pilot program; providing for future legislative review and repeal; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.