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H0939 - Consumer Protection
Commerce Committee, Insurance And Banking Subcommittee, Philip Wayne Griffitts
Last updated 5 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
defining terms; revising requirements for payment settlement entities, or their electronic payment facilitators or contracted third parties, in submitting information returns to the Department of Revenue; authorizing a residential property owner to cancel contracts to replace or repair a roof without penalty or obligation within a specified timeframe under certain circumstances; providing requirements for certain notice of change in insurance renewal policy terms; providing that certain actions or certain failure of financial institutions to cooperate in specified investigations constitute violations of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act; etc.
STATUS
Passed
H0637 - Treatment by a Medical Specialist
Insurance And Banking Subcommittee, Commerce Committee, Bradford Troy Yeager
Last updated 10 months ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes firefighter, law enforcement officer, correctional officer, & correctional probation officer to receive medical treatment by medical specialist for certain conditions; requires continuing care & treatment by medical specialist to be reasonable, necessary & related to firefighter's or officer's condition & authorized by workers compensation carrier, self-insured employer, or third-party administrator; specifies reimbursement percentage for such treatment.
STATUS
Introduced
H1059 - Fees/Virtual Currency Kiosks
Kevin M. Steele
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Provides nonrefundable fees for registration, registration renewal, & late registration renewal applications as virtual currency kiosk businesses; provides that registration fees are not prorated.
STATUS
Introduced
H1171 - Schemes to Defraud
Criminal Justice Subcommittee, Judiciary, Kevin M. Steele
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Provides for reclassification of certain offenses when committed against persons 65 years of age or older, against minors, or against persons with disabilities; provides for civil actions for damages by persons whose image or likeness was used in scheme to defraud with their consent.
STATUS
Passed
H1585 - Tax Exemption for Communications and Internet Access Services Providers
Kevin M. Steele
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Provides sales tax exemption for purchase or lease of certain equipment by communications & Internet access services providers.
STATUS
Failed
H1583 - Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services
Kevin M. Steele
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creates Substance Use Disorder Housing Advisory Council; requires USF College of Public Health to assist council in conducting study to evaluate national best practice standards for specified purposes; provides for funding of study; requires council to conduct review of statewide zoning codes for specified purposes; authorizes addiction treatment services to be provided through for-profit providers; provides that certification of recovery residences that meet specified standards protects certain persons; requires certain recovery residences to keep specified records confidential; prohibits local law, ordinance, or regulation from regulating duration or frequency of resident stay at certain recovery residences.
STATUS
Failed
H0623 - Builder Warranties
Commerce Committee, Insurance And Banking Subcommittee, Kevin M. Steele
Last updated 5 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a builder to provide certain warranties for a newly constructed home for a specified period; providing that certain defects are not covered by such warranties; providing construction; requiring the builder to remedy, at the builder's expense, certain defects and restore work damaged; providing that a builder may purchase a warranty from a certain home warranty association to cover specified warranties; requiring the builder to comply with the warranty requirement for a newly constructed home for a specified period even if it is sold or transferred, etc.
STATUS
Passed
H0977 - Virtual Currency Kiosk Businesses
Kevin M. Steele, Dan Daley
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requires OFR to supervise virtual currency kiosk businesses; provides legislative intent; prohibits virtual currency kiosk business from operating without registering; requires certain entities to be licensed as money services businesses; provides that registration is not transferable or assignable; specifies requirements for certain disclosures & attestations; requires registrant to transact business under its legal name; requires registrant to hold new customers' assets in initial transactions in segregated wallets for specified period before initiating transactions; authorizes customers to request refunds during such holding periods; authorizes such customers' assets to be sold at market value & returned to customers; requires certain customers to be queried for specified information; provides criminal penalties.
STATUS
Failed
H1635 - Local Government Impact Fees and Exactions
Kevin M. Steele
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requires local governments that impose nonmonetary exactions to provide specified amount of compensation; places requirements on use of impact fees by local governments when collecting impact fees; requires local governments to establish impact fee zones or impact fee districts for certain purposes; limits dollar amount of impact fees that local governments may adopt, collect, or administer based on land use; prohibits local governments from adopting, collecting, or administering both impact fees & mobility fees for certain types of developments.
STATUS
Failed
H0197 - Health Care Practitioners and Massage Therapy
Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee, Vicki Lopez
Last updated 5 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Requires DOH to report specified data; authorizes DOH to suspend license of certain health care practitioners & massage establishments in certain circumstances; revises advertising requirements for massage therapists & massage establishments; prohibits establishments from sheltering or harboring, or being used as sleeping quarters for any person; requires DOH investigators to request government identification from all employees while in massage establishment; specifies additional documents person operating massage establishment must present, upon request, to DOH investigators & law enforcement officers; requires DOH to notify federal immigration office if specified persons fail to provide government identification; revises definition of "unlicensed massage establishment".
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Florida district HD-055
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BIRTH
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Kevin M. Steele is the District Attorney of Montgomery County. He was elected to this position in November 2015. Prior to becoming District Attorney, Steele served as First Assistant District Attorney under former District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman. In that role, Steele tried some of the county's most high-profile cases and created innovative ways to prosecute drug dealers. He also started a Animal Cruelty Prosecution Unit.read less
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