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S1526 - Local Regulation of Nonconforming and Unsafe Structures
Environment and Natural Resources, Bryan Avila
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
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.
STATUS
Passed
S0318 - Chinese and Cuban Governments
Bryan Avila
Last updated about 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Urging the United States Secretary of State to condemn the emerging partnership between the Chinese and Cuban Governments and the establishment of Chinese espionage and military capabilities in Cuba, etc.
STATUS
Introduced
S1240 - Dominican-American Heritage Day
Bryan Avila
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Recognizing February 27, 2024, as "Dominican-American Heritage Day" in Florida, etc.
STATUS
Passed
S0796 - Anti-human Trafficking
Criminal Justice, Governmental Oversight and Accountability, Fiscal Policy
Last updated about 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Extending the future repeal date of the direct-support organization for the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking; revising the hotline telephone number to be included in human trafficking awareness signs; revising applicability of provisions governing the employment of minors by vendors licensed under the Beverage Law; requiring that contractors with governmental entities attest that they do not use coercion for labor or services; prohibiting the employment of persons younger than 21 years of age in adult entertainment establishments, etc.
STATUS
Introduced
S1072 - Tourist Development
Bryan Avila
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Providing an exception to the authorized uses of revenues received by counties imposing the tourist development tax; specifying uses of tax revenues received by certain counties imposing the tourist development tax; requiring that charter county convention development moneys be distributed to the governing boards of municipalities for specified purposes; revising the purposes for which a county may use charter county convention development moneys, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0818 - Military Leave
Bryan Avila, Jay Collins
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
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.
STATUS
Passed
S0276 - Review of Advisory Bodies
Bryan Avila
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
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.
STATUS
Passed
S0540 - Chinese and Cuban Governments
Bryan Avila
Last updated about 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Urging the United States Secretary of State to condemn the emerging partnership between the Chinese Communist Party and the communist regime in Cuba and the establishment of Chinese espionage and military capabilities in Cuba, etc.
STATUS
Introduced
S0356 - Notaries Public
Commerce And Tourism, Bryan Avila
Last updated 10 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring that certain notarial certificates contain the printed names of specified individuals; prohibiting a notary public from falsely notarizing the signature of a person who is not in that notary public's presence, either in person or online; deleting a provision that prohibits a notary public from notarizing a signature on a document of a person who is not, at the time of the notarial act, physically present or present by means of audio-video communication technology and that provides civil penalties; requiring a notary public to keep at least one tangible journal; requiring the Department of State to retain jurisdiction over the journal records for a specified timeframe for a certain purpose, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S1050 - Drive-by Shootings
Bryan Avila
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
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.
STATUS
Failed
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