Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez

Relief of Patricia Ermini by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office; Providing for the relief of Patricia Ermini by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office; providing for an appropriation to compensate her for injuries sustained as a result of the negligence of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office; providing a limitation on the payment of attorney fees, etc. CLAIM: $626,770

Relief of C.C. by the Department of Children and Families; Providing for the relief of C.C. by the Department of Children and Families; providing an appropriation to compensate C.C. for injuries and damages sustained as a result of the negligence of the department; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of certain fees and costs, etc. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $20,000,000

Public Records/Bullion Depositories ; Providing a public records exemption for records of accounts in bullion depositories and of transactions, deposits, and withdrawals associated with such accounts; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Hands-free Driving; Prohibiting a person from operating a motor vehicle while using a wireless communications device in a handheld manner; providing an exception; requiring that sustained use of a wireless communications device by a person operating a motor vehicle be conducted through a hands-free accessory until such use is terminated; revising exceptions to the prohibition, etc.

Residential Swimming Pool Requirements; Requiring swimming pools located on residential real property that is transferred or sold on or after a specified date to meet certain pool safety and pool barrier requirements; requiring certain persons to report violations of the law to a local law enforcement agency, etc.

Removal of Roadside Memorials; Citing this bill as the “Dori Slosberg, Carolina Gil Gallego, Margo Scher, Crystal Cordes, and Ryan Rashidian Memorial Notification Act”; requiring a state agency, county, municipality, private entity, or person to make best efforts to provide advance notice to certain entities or persons before altering, dismantling, destroying, or removing a traffic-related roadside memorial, etc.

Expunction of Criminal History Records; Revising an eligibility criterion under which a person is eligible to petition a court to expunge a criminal history record if an indictment, information, or other charging document was dismissed by a court; expanding an exception to an eligibility requirement for expunction of a criminal history record to allow a prior expunction of a criminal history record granted for an offense committed when the person was a minor, etc.

Autonomous Practice of Certain Psychiatric Nurses; Authorizing certain advanced practice registered nurses who are psychiatric nurses to engage in autonomous practice in mental health practice, as defined by rule of the Board of Nursing, etc.

Clinical Laboratory Personnel; Deleting requirements that the Department of Health conduct examinations for clinical laboratory personnel licensure and register clinical laboratory trainees; deleting the requirement that the Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel approve training curricula for licensure of clinical laboratory personnel; requiring that applicants for licensure as a technologist or technician who meet specified criteria be deemed to have satisfied minimum qualifications for licensure, as applicable, etc.

Nonpublic Religious Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Removing religious colleges from the list of institutions specified as not being under the jurisdiction or purview of the Commission for Independent Education; providing requirements that must be met by nonpublic religious postsecondary educational institutions that operate without being licensed by the commission; requiring the commission to provide such institutions annually with a written notice of exemption from licensure and of compliance, etc.