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H0255 - Psychiatric Treatments
Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee, Carolina Amesty, Alina Garcia
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Defines "electroconvulsive treatment" & "psychosurgical procedure"; provides only physician may perform such treatment & procedures; prohibits performance of such treatment & procedures on certain persons; provides exception.
STATUS
Failed
H0523 - Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program
Jennifer Canady, Dean Black, Kristen Arrington
Last updated 6 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Establishes Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program within DOE; provides purpose of program, eligibility criteria, & Commissioner of Education, DOE, & school district duties & responsibilities.
STATUS
Passed
H1365 - Unauthorized Public Camping and Public Sleeping
Judiciary, Health & Human Services Committee, Sam Garrison
Last updated 6 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Prohibits counties & municipalities from authorizing or otherwise allowing public camping or sleeping on public property without certification of designated public property by DCF; authorizes counties to designate public property for such uses for specified time period; requires counties to establish specified standards & procedures relating to such property; authorizes DCF to inspect such property & to issue notice; provides exception during specified emergencies.
STATUS
Passed
H7063 - Anti-human Trafficking
Judiciary, Toby Overdorf, Webster Barnaby
Last updated 4 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Extends future repeal date of direct-support organization for Statewide Council on Human Trafficking; revises hotline number to be included in human trafficking awareness signs; requiring adult entertainment establishments to check identification of entertainers.
STATUS
Passed
H1349 - History and Instruction of Political and Socio-economic Systems
Education & Employment Committee, Prek-12 Appropriations Subcommittee, Robert Charles Brannan
Last updated 9 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Requires students to receive instruction on history of Communism; requires DOS to provide recommendation to Legislature relating to creation of museum of history of Communism; creates Institute for Freedom in Americas at Miami Dade College; renames Adam Smith Center for Study of Economic Freedom as Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom & revises goals of center.
STATUS
Introduced
H0165 - Sampling of Beach Waters and Public Bathing Spaces
Health & Human Services Committee, Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee, Peggy Gossett-Seidman
Last updated 3 months ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Revises provisions related to bacteriological sampling of beach waters & public bathing places, including rule adoption & enforcement; issuance of health advisories; closure of beach waters & public bathing places; & notification & signage requirements.
STATUS
Vetoed
H1227 - Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day
Bruce Antone, Doug Bankson, Webster Barnaby
Last updated 5 months ago
115 Co-Sponsors
Designates Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day, which occurs on fourth Thursday in March, as legal holiday.
STATUS
Passed
H0621 - Property Rights
Civil Justice Subcommittee, Judiciary, Kevin M. Steele
Last updated 6 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes property owners or authorized agents to request assistance from sheriff for immediately removing unauthorized occupants from residential dwelling under certain conditions; requires specified complaint; provides requirements for sheriff; authorizes arrest of unauthorized occupant; provides that sheriff is not liable to any party for loss, destruction, or damage; provides that property owner or agent is not liable to any party for loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal property unless it was wrongfully removed; prohibits unlawfully detaining, or occupying or trespassing upon, residential dwelling intentionally & causing at least specified amount of damage; provides criminal penalties for any person who knowingly & willfully presents false document purporting to be valid lease agreement, deed, or other instrument conveying real property rights; prohibits listing or advertising for sale, or renting or leasing, residential real property.
STATUS
Passed
H0159 - HIV Infection Prevention Drugs
Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee, Health & Human Services Committee, Gallop P. Franklin
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes licensed pharmacists to screen for HIV exposure & order & dispense HIV infection prevention drugs in accordance with written supervisory protocol; requires Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Florida district HD-045
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Florida House
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ABOUT
Carolina Amesty is running for Florida State House District 118. She was born in Putumayo, Colombia and immigrated to the U.S. in 1999 after graduating college in Colombia. She has an MBA and a bachelor's degree in business administration. Amesty has worked for nonprofit organizations like Voices for Children and UnidosUS. She has served on the board of directors for entities like Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. She wants to improve public education, expand healthcare access, address climate change, and reform the criminal justice system.read less
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