Sen. Bryan Ávila

Review of Advisory Bodies; Requiring certain executive agencies to annually upload a report to a specified website maintained by the Executive Office of the Governor by a specified date; providing requirements for such report; providing that specified provisions are subject to repeal, unless reviewed and saved from repeal by the Legislature within a specified timeframe, etc.

Impeding, Threatening, or Harassing First Responders; Prohibiting a person, after receiving a warning not to approach from a first responder who is engaged in the lawful performance of a legal duty, from violating such warning and approaching or remaining within a specified distance of the first responder with specified intent, etc.

Local Regulation of Nonconforming and Unsafe Structures; Designating the “Resiliency and Safe Structures Act”; prohibiting local governments from prohibiting, restricting, or preventing the demolition of certain structures and buildings unless necessary for public safety; prohibiting local governments from imposing additional local land development regulations or public hearings on permit applicants; requiring a local government to authorize replacement structures to be developed in accordance with certain regulations, etc.

Military Leave; Providing that public officials and employees of the state, a county, a municipality, or a political subdivision, respectively, are entitled to their full pay for the first 30 days of military service, if such service is equal to or greater than a specified timeframe, 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

Public Records/Personnel of the Agency for Health Care Administration; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of certain current or former personnel of the Agency for Health Care Administration and their spouses and children; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Construction Materials Mining Activities; Specifying a ground vibration limit for construction materials mining activities within 1 mile of certain areas; authorizing the State Fire Marshal to modify the standards, limits, and regulations for the use of explosives in connection with such construction materials mining activities, etc.

Mangrove Replanting and Restoration; Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt rules for mangrove replanting and restoration; providing requirements for the rules; requiring the department, in consultation with the Division of Insurance Agent and Agency Services, to conduct a statewide feasibility study regarding the use of mangroves and other nature-based solutions in order to improve a local government’s community rating for flood insurance purposes, etc.

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

Drive-by Shootings; Citing this act as the “Laderius Clardy Act”; creating the offense of drive-by shooting as a felony of the second degree; providing criminal penalties for committing the offense of drive-by shooting; specifying that committing the offense of drive-by shooting in furtherance of certain objectives is a crime of terrorism, etc.