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H1035 - Elections
LaVon Bracy Davis, Dotie Joseph, Bruce Antone
Last updated 7 months ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Requires Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop & maintain database containing certain information; repeals provisions relating to Office of Election Crimes & Security & prohibition on use of private funds for election-related expenses; prohibits certain governmental entities from taking certain actions relating to elections; establishes Florida Voting Rights Act Commission; requires commission to designate certain languages for which assistance in voting & elections must be provided in certain circumstances; requires commission to enter into agreement to create Florida Voting & Elections Database & Institute; provides that enactment or implementation of certain policies by covered jurisdiction is subject to preclearance by commission; authorizes court to order certain appropriate remedies; authorizes certain persons to register to vote & immediately thereafter cast vote in certain circumstances authorizes DHSMV to preregister certain individuals to vote; revises provisions relating to third-party voter registration organizations & vote-by-mail ballots; establishes General Election Day as paid holiday; repeals prohibition on ranked-choice voting; authorizes certain persons to file certain civil actions.
STATUS
Failed
H0315 - Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Program
Patricia Hawkins-Williams, Joseph A. Casello, LaVon Bracy Davis
Last updated 11 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes tutoring to be provided after school day; & authorizes school districts that participate in specified tutoring program to provide stipend to instructional personnel & high school students serving as tutors for after-school tutoring.
STATUS
Introduced
H0021 - Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program
Judiciary, Michelle Lynn Salzman, Katherine M. Waldron
Last updated 3 months ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Establishes Dozier School for Boys & Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program within DLA; requires DLA to provide specified notice & accept & process applications for payment of compensation claims; requires DLA to pay specified compensation amount to approved applicants; limits compensation applicant may receive; authorizes Commissioner of Education to award standard high school diploma to specified persons.
STATUS
Passed
H0023 - Pub. Rec./Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program
State Affairs, Judiciary, Michelle Lynn Salzman
Last updated 3 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Provides exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying information in an application submitted to DLA by person seeking compensation through Dozier School for Boys & Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program; creates exceptions; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.
STATUS
Passed
H0151 - Florida Retirement System
Appropriations, Demi Busatta Cabrera, Jessica Baker
Last updated 5 months ago
41 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing certain retirees to be reemployed after terminating employment; prohibiting such retirees from receiving both a salary from the employer and retirement benefits for a specified period after his or her retirement; removing provisions authorizing the reemployment of certain law enforcement officers as school resource officers; revising employer contribution rates to the Florida Retirement System, etc.
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
H0003 - Online Protections for Minors
Judiciary, Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee, Chase Tramont
Last updated 6 months ago
46 Co-Sponsors
Requiring social media platforms to prohibit certain minors from creating new accounts; requiring social media platforms to terminate certain accounts and provide additional options for termination of such accounts; providing conditions under which social media platforms are required to prohibit certain minors from entering into contracts to become account holders; authorizing the Department of Legal Affairs to bring actions under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act for knowing or reckless violations; authorizing the department to issue and enforce civil investigative demands under certain circumstances, etc.
STATUS
Passed
H1389 - Digital Voyeurism
Criminal Justice Subcommittee, Judiciary, Hillary Cassel
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Redesignates "video voyeurism" as "digital voyeurism"; revises elements; provides reduced criminal penalties for certain violations by persons under 19 years of age; specifies that each instance of certain violations is separate offense; provides for reclassification of certain violations by certain persons who are family or household members of victim or who hold position of authority or trust with victim.
STATUS
Passed
H0321 - Release of Balloons
Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee, Linda Chaney, James Vernon Mooney
Last updated 3 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Revises prohibition on release of certain balloons to delete specified timeframe & number of balloons; deletes exemption from such prohibition for certain biodegradable or photodegradable balloons; provides that person who violates prohibition commits noncriminal infraction of littering; revises penalty for such violation; deletes provision authorizing petitions to enjoin release of balloons.
STATUS
Passed
H0241 - Coverage for Skin Cancer Screenings
Select Committee on Health Innovation, Ralph Massullo, Bobby Payne
Last updated 6 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Requires DMS to require contracted state group health insurance plans to provide coverage & payment for annual skin cancer screenings performed by specified persons without imposing any cost-sharing requirement; specifies requirement for & restriction on payments for such screenings.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Florida district HD-093
COMMITTEES
Florida House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Katherine M. Waldron was born January 6, 1961, and raised in Newtown, Pennsylvania. She received her BA and MA in Public Administration from LaSalle University in 1984. Waldron is a consultant in government affairs and a member of the board of directors for several non-profit organizations. She formerly worked for the Pennsylvania General Assembly as a policy analyst. Waldron and her husband live in Mechanicsburg and have three adult children.read less
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