Early Learning; Requiring the Division of Early Learning of the Department of Education to conduct an analysis of solutions to help close early learning opportunity gaps for children in the child welfare system; requiring the division to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date, etc.
Sponsored bills
Public Records/Respondent’s Name; Exempting from public records requirements a respondent’s name in certain documents at trial and on appeal; expanding exemptions from public records requirements for certain petitions, court orders, and related records to include applications for voluntary and involuntary mental health examinations and substance abuse treatment, respectively; revising the date for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Voluntary Admissions for Mental Illness; Revising voluntary admission requirements for minors, etc.
Impeding, Provoking, or Harassing Law Enforcement Officers; Defining the term “law enforcement officer”; prohibiting persons from approaching a law enforcement officer, or remaining within a specified distance of such officer, with specified intent after receiving a warning not to approach; providing criminal penalties, etc.
Impaired Practitioner Program; Creating a student evaluation program within the Department of Health for a specified purpose; requiring consultants to redact a student’s personal identifying information and to forward the invoice for an evaluation to the department; requiring the department to directly pay the evaluator upon receipt of the invoice from the consultant; requiring the consultant to provide monthly reports to the department, etc.
Executive Appointments; Requiring that the executive director of the Department of Law Enforcement be appointed subject to a majority vote of the Governor and Cabinet, with the Governor on the prevailing side; requiring the appointment of the secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection be subject to the concurrence of three members of the Cabinet or confirmation by the Senate; requiring the Governor to notify the Cabinet and the President of the Senate in writing of the method of confirmation; requiring that the executive director of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs be appointed subject to a majority vote of the Governor and Cabinet, with the Governor on the prevailing side, etc.
Transportation Facility Designations/98 Points of Light Road; Providing an honorary designation of a certain transportation facility in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.
Gator Day; Recognizing February 15, 2022, as “Gator Day” in Florida, etc.
Vaccinations During Public Health Emergencies; Removing the authority of the State Health Officer to order the vaccination of individuals upon declaration of a public health emergency; revising a requirement that the Department of Health adopt certain rules, etc.
Public Records/Conviction Integrity Unit Reinvestigation Information; Providing a public records exemption for certain conviction integrity unit reinvestigation information; providing for the future review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.