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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
H1545 - Child Exploitation Offenses
Criminal Justice Subcommittee, Jessica Baker, Kevin M. Steele
Last updated 6 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Creating the offense of harmful communication to a minor; ranking the offense on the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code; etc.
STATUS
Passed
H0473 - Cybersecurity Incident Liability
Commerce Committee, Judiciary, Mike Giallombardo
Last updated 3 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Provides county, municipality, other political subdivision of state, covered entity, or third-party agent that complies with certain requirements is not liable in connection with cybersecurity incident; requires covered entities & third-party agents to adopt revised frameworks, standards, laws, or regulations within specified time period; provides private cause of action is not established; provides certain failures are not evidence of negligence & do not constitute negligence per se; specifies defendant in certain actions has certain burden of proof.
STATUS
Vetoed
H0017 - Expiration of the Mandatory Waiting Period for Firearm Purchases
Criminal Justice Subcommittee, Joel Rudman, Robert Charles Brannan
Last updated 7 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Removes provision authorizing mandatory waiting period to expire upon completion of records check.
STATUS
Failed
H0479 - Alternative Mobility Funding Systems and Impact Fees
Commerce Committee, Will Robinson, Johanna Lopez
Last updated 3 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes local governments to adopt alternative mobility plan & fee system; provides requirements for application of adopted alternative system; prohibits alternative system from imposing responsibility for funding existing transportation deficiency upon new development; prohibits local governments that do not issue building permits from charging for transportation impacts associated with development; requires local governments that issue building permits to collect for extrajurisdictional impacts; prohibits local governments from assessing multiple charges for same transportation impact; revises requirements for calculation of impact fees by local governments & special districts.
STATUS
Passed
H1379 - Human Trafficking
Judiciary, Carolina Amesty, Jessica Baker
Last updated 7 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Prohibits employment of persons younger than 21 years of age in adult entertainment establishments; requires adult entertainment establishments to check identification of entertainers; specifies forms of identification that may be used.
STATUS
Failed
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
H0783 - Medicaid Managed Care Plan Performance Metrics
Select Committee on Health Innovation, Kimberly Berfield, Vicki Lopez
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Requires AHCA to produce certain Medicaid managed care performance data submitted by Medicaid managed care plans; requires agency to contract with third party vendor to publish such data on dashboard quarterly; requires agency to submit annual report to certain entities.
STATUS
Failed
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
H1451 - Identification Documents
Kiyan Michael, Berny Jacques, Jeff Holcomb
Last updated 6 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Prohibits counties & municipalities, respectively, from accepting certain ID cards or documents that are knowingly issued to individuals who are not lawfully present in United States as form of identification; provides exception.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Florida district HD-055
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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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