Medical Treatment of Animals; Authorizes certain veterinarians to practice veterinary telemedicine; provides jurisdiction of Board of Veterinary Medicine; authorizes veterinarian practicing telemedicine to order, prescribe, or make available specified medicinal drugs; prohibits such veterinarian from ordering, prescribing, or making available controlled substances unless certain conditions are met; revises grounds for disciplinary action against veterinarian; authorizes certain employees, agents, or contractors to administer rabies vaccinations; provides that supervising veterinarian assumes responsibility for any person working under veterinarian's supervision or at his or her direction; authorizes veterinarian who indirectly supervises administration of rabies vaccination to affix his or her signature stamp in lieu of actual signature on rabies vaccination certificate.
Sponsored bills
State Land Acquisition; Revises, creates, & repeals various provisions relating to the procedures & requirements for acquisition, retention, & disposal of state lands & prioritization of projects relating to such lands.
Homestead Exemption for First Responders; Exempts from taxation homestead property of surviving spouse of first responder who dies in line of duty while employed by United States Government; expands definition of “first responder” to include certain federal law enforcement officers.
Required Instruction in the History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; Requires history of Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders to be included in specified instruction; & provides requirements for such instruction.
Boating Safety; Requires FWCC to develop & publish educational pamphlet on boating safety; provides exemption from specified anchoring limitations for residential docking facilities, marinas, & existing mooring fields; revises anchoring limitation areas in sections of Biscayne Bay; requires liveries to provide hands-on instruction that meets specified requirements; provides for livery to either obtain & carry specified insurance or offer renters opportunity to purchase specified liability coverage; revises requirements for person convicted of certain infractions to pay specified fine.
Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network; Authorizes DEP to establish program to recognize specified local communities as trail towns; revises composition of board of directors of Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation; extends Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network to lands of Florida wildlife corridor; increases amount DOT is required to allocate for purposes of funding & maintaining projects within Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network, etc. APPROPRIATION: $200,000,000
Noncoverage-related Regulation of Insurance; Revises minimum coursework qualification for licensure as life agent; provides that certain restrictions against unfair discrimination or unlawful rebates do not include value-added products or services offered or provided by life or health insurers or their agents if certain conditions are met; provides requirements for & restrictions on life or health insurers or their agents offering or providing such products or services; authorizes life or health insurers or their agents to provide such products or services as part of pilot or testing program; prohibits life or health insurers or their agents, or representatives of such insurers or agents, from offering or providing insurance as inducement to purchase of another policy or from using certain words in advertisement.
Capital Sexual Battery; Provides for death sentences for certain child sexual offenders; provides for separate death penalty proceedings in such cases; provides for findings & recommended sentences by jury; provides for imposition of sentence of life imprisonment or death; provides requirements for court order in support of death sentence; provides for automatic review of sentences of death; specifies aggravating factors & mitigating circumstances; provides for victim impact evidence; authorizes state to appeal from sentence on specified grounds.
Proceeds Funding Motorcycle Safety Education; Removes authorization for motorcycle safety education fee proceeds to fund general operations of DHSMV; requires annual report to Legislature.
Pretrial Release and Detention; Provides for setting, reduction, & alteration of bail; requires Supreme Court to create statewide uniform bail bond schedule; provides for chief judge of judicial circuit to establish lower bail bond schedule; provides certain arrested persons may not be released until first appearance; provides court may revoke pretrial release & order detention if defendant materially violates release condition; requires court to order pretrial detention in certain circumstances; provides requirements for detention hearings; removes requirement for pretrial detention for defendants charged with illegally manufacturing controlled substances in certain cases.