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H0091 - Transportation Facility Designations
Charles Wesley Clemons, James Vernon Mooney, Fabian Basabe
Last updated 3 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Designates Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway in specified counties.
STATUS
Passed
H0117 - Disclosure of Grand Jury Testimony
Criminal Justice Subcommittee, Peggy Gossett-Seidman, Fabian Basabe
Last updated 7 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Revises list of persons prohibited from disclosing testimony of witness examined before grand jury or evidence it receives; creates exception for request by media or interested person.
STATUS
Passed
H0073 - Supported Decisionmaking Authority
Allison E. Tant, Traci Koster, Robin Bartleman
Last updated 3 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Requires court to consider needs & abilities of person with developmental disability when determining whether to appoint guardian advocate; provides requirements for petition to appoint guardian advocate; authorizes agent acting for principal to grant supported decisionmaking agreement; prohibits such agreement from acting as durable power of attorney; provides certain communications shall be recognized as communication of principal; provides requirements for examining committee member when determining incapacitated person's ability to exercise his or her rights.
STATUS
Passed
H1489 - Insurance
Fentrice Driskell, Kristen Arrington, Robin Bartleman
Last updated 7 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Creates Property Insurance Commission; provides powers & duties of commission; provides for election of Commissioner of Insurance Regulation; prohibits commissioner from engaging in certain activities or employment for specified period after leaving office; requires interest earned on insurance proceeds received by mortgagees & assignees to be paid to insureds; prohibits property insurers from claiming insolvency; authorizes persons who engage in property insurance activities in other states to engage in insurance activities in this state; prohibits property insurers from using certain defenses as claims denials; requires insurance agents to advise insurance applicants of flood risk; requires OPPAGA to conduct study of effectiveness of property insurance mediation program; increases appropriation to My Safe Florida Home Program; provides effective date.
STATUS
Failed
H1467 - Affordable Housing
Fentrice Driskell, Kristen Arrington, Robin Bartleman
Last updated 7 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes municipalities to create community land bank programs to sell eligible real property by private sale for purposes of affordable housing & provides requirements for such programs; authorizes Florida Housing Finance Corporation to allocate tax credit among certain projects; authorizes tax credit to be transferred by recipient; creates Retail-to-residence Tax Credit Program; requires corporation to establish & adopt procedures & to prepare annual plan; requires plan to be approved by Governor; authorizes corporation to exercise certain powers; creates Affordable Housing Construction Loan Program; provides corporation with certain powers & responsibilities relating to program; provides requirements for program.
STATUS
Failed
H0455 - Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan
Joseph A. Casello, Robin Bartleman, Anna V. Eskamani
Last updated 7 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Requires DEP to develop comprehensive waste reduction & recycling plan by specified date, convene technical assistance group, & submit report to Legislature.
STATUS
Failed
H0279 - Assault Weapons and Large-capacity Magazines
Anna V. Eskamani, Joseph A. Casello, Jennifer Harris
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Prohibits sale, transfer, or possession of assault weapon or large-capacity magazine; requires certificates of possession for assault weapons or large-capacity magazines lawfully possessed before specified date; limits sales or transfers of assault weapons or large-capacity magazines documented by such certificates; provides enhanced penalties for offenses committed with assault weapon or large-capacity magazine.
STATUS
Failed
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
H0403 - Specialty License Plates
Transportation & Modals Subcommittee, Infrastructure Strategies Committee, Linda Chaney
Last updated 3 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Exempts collegiate license plates from certain discontinuation & presale voucher requirements for specialty license plates; requires DHSMV to reauthorize previously discontinued collegiate license plates; renames & revises words appearing on certain plates; directs DHSMV to develop specified plates; provides for distribution & use of fees collected from sale of plates.
STATUS
Passed
H1193 - Financial Accountability in Publicly Funded Education
Kelly Skidmore, Kristen Arrington, Robin Bartleman
Last updated 7 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Revises requirements for private school to participate in certain educational scholarship programs; requires DOE to suspend payment of funds to participating private schools; creates K-12 Education Funding Task Force within DOE; & provides requirements for task force.
STATUS
Failed
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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