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S0718 - Exposures of First Responders to Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs
Criminal Justice, Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, Fiscal Policy
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Providing criminal penalties for adults who, in the course of unlawfully possessing specified controlled substances, recklessly expose a first responder to such substances and an overdose or serious bodily injury of the first responder results; prohibiting the arrest, charging, prosecution, or penalizing under specified provisions of law of a person acting in good faith who seeks medical assistance for an individual experiencing, or believed to be experiencing, an alcohol-related or a drug-related overdose, etc.
STATUS
Passed
S1142 - Occupational Licensing
Ed Hooper, Fiscal Policy
Last updated 4 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Extending the date on which certain local government occupational licensing requirements expire; extending the date by which the Construction Industry Licensing Board within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation is required to establish by rule specified certified specialty contractor categories for voluntary licensure; requiring the board to issue registrations to eligible persons under certain circumstances; providing that the board is responsible for disciplining such licensees, etc.
STATUS
Passed
S0564 - Young Adult Aftercare Services
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Fiscal Policy, Ileana Garcia
Last updated 5 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Revising eligibility requirements for aftercare services for certain young adults; authorizing the Department of Children and Families to distribute federal funds to eligible young adults in certain circumstances, etc.
STATUS
Passed
S0216 - Tax Collections
Ed Hooper, Joe Gruters
Last updated 11 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Deleting a specified processing fee; revising information to be included in a certain report; revising the calculation of interest for canceled tax deed applications, etc.
STATUS
Introduced
S0242 - Cost-of-living Adjustment of Retirement Benefits
Ed Hooper, Lori B. Berman, Joe Gruters
Last updated 7 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Revising how the cost-of-living adjustment of benefits for certain retirees and beneficiaries is calculated; providing a declaration of important state interest, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0382 - Continuing Education Requirements
Governmental Oversight and Accountability, Rules, Regulated Industries
Last updated 4 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring, rather than authorizing, a board, or the Department of Business and Professional Regulation when there is no board, to allow by rule that distance learning may be used to satisfy continuing education requirements; revising the requirements that such continuing education must satisfy; requiring a board, or the department when there is no board, to exempt certain individuals from completing their continuing education requirements, etc.
STATUS
Passed
S0266 - Transportation
Transportation, Appropriations, Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
Last updated 11 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting the Department of Transportation from annually committing more than a certain percentage of revenues derived from state fuel taxes and motor vehicle license-related fees to public transit projects; authorizing the Department of Transportation to enter into comprehensive agreements with private entities or the consortia thereof for the building, operation, ownership, or financing of transportation facilities; prohibiting a local governmental entity from adopting certain standards or specifications concerning asphalt pavement material; requiring the department to receive three letters of interest before proceeding with requests for proposals for certain contracts, etc.
STATUS
Introduced
S0384 - Spirituous Beverages
Ed Hooper
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Increasing the maximum allowable size of distilled spirits containers; authorizing certain distilleries and primary sources of American supply to conduct beverage tastings upon certain licensed premises under certain circumstances, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0204 - Competition for the Sale of Event Tickets
Jason T. Brodeur, Ed Hooper
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting live performance venues from entering into specified contracts and covenants for the sale of tickets and licenses or from requiring artists to distribute tickets through specific ticket platforms; requiring live performance venues to allow artists to distribute tickets through the ticket platforms of the performance artists' choice, subject to certain conditions; prohibiting a live performance venue from selling or transferring tickets and licenses at more than face value, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0288 - Designation of a Certain Diagnosis on Motor Vehicle Registrations
Transportation, Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, Ana Maria Rodriguez
Last updated 11 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Citing this act as the "Safeguarding American Families Everywhere (SAFE) Act"; requiring the application form for motor vehicle registration to include certain language allowing an applicant to indicate that he or she has been diagnosed with, or is the parent or legal guardian of a child or ward who has been diagnosed with, specified disabilities or disorders; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to allow specified persons to update a motor vehicle registration to include or remove the specified designation at any time, etc.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Florida district SD-021
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Florida Senate
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Ed Hooper is a small business owner and a Republican member of the Florida State Senate, representing District 16. Hooper was elected unopposed to the Florida State Senate in 2016 to represent District 16. He served two terms in the Florida House of Representatives prior to his election to the Senate. Hooper earned his MBA from the University of South Florida. His professional experience includes working as assistant vice president at Scan Design Florida and as a business consultant and farmer.read less
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