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S0248 - Medical Negligence
Judiciary, Clay Yarborough, Daniel Wright Burgess
Last updated 7 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Revising the limits on noneconomic damages for personal injury or wrongful death arising from medical negligence; deleting a provision that prohibits adult children and parents of adult children from recovering certain damages in medical negligence suits; requiring that medical malpractice insurer rate filings reflect certain changes in costs and expenses; requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation to consider such changes in its review of rate filings, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0504 - Sale of a Deceased Human Body's Biometric Data
Linda A. Stewart
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Providing disciplinary grounds for the sale of a deceased human body's biometric data under certain circumstances; providing disciplinary grounds for a funeral establishment that fails to provide a legally authorized person with specified disclosures regarding the sale of a deceased human body's biometric data or fails to provide a legally authorized person with the option to opt out of such a sale, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0880 - Safe Collection of Medical Sharps
Linda A. Stewart
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Defining the term "medical sharps"; requiring the Department of Health, in partnership with the Department of Environmental Protection, to conduct a study of the safe collection and proper disposal of at-home medical sharps; authorizing the departments to work or contract with municipalities and private entities that apply to participate in the study, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0510 - Excise Tax on Water Extracted for Commercial or Industrial Use
Linda A. Stewart
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Imposing an excise tax upon persons extracting water from waters of the state for commercial or industrial use; requiring that tax proceeds be separately accounted for and used for specified purposes by the Department of Environmental Protection; specifying requirements for extractors in filing monthly returns with the Department of Revenue; authorizing the department to inspect or examine an extractor's books and records, issue subpoenas, require testimony under oath or affirmation of certain persons, and apply for certain judicial orders, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0768 - Duties and Prohibited Acts Associated with Death
Health Policy, Linda A. Stewart
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing that a report regarding specified deaths and circumstances be made to a certain law enforcement agency in addition to the district medical examiner; increasing the criminal penalty for persons who fail or refuse to report a death or who refuse to make available certain information with the intent to conceal the death or alter the evidence and circumstances surrounding the death, etc.
STATUS
Introduced
S0500 - Surplus Requirements for Residential Property Insurers
Linda A. Stewart
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Increasing the minimum surplus requirement for certain new insurers transacting residential property insurance; increasing, during specified intervals, the minimum surplus requirement for certain current residential property insurers, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0874 - Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund
Linda A. Stewart
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Providing an annual appropriation from the Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund to implement a specified grant program beginning in a specified fiscal year; authorizing an agency to apply annually to the Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged for a grant; specifying a maximum amount for grants; providing an exception to the maximum specified grant amount; requiring a local match for all grants provided; requiring that certain funds be used for a specified purpose, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S1250 - Safe Storage of Firearms and Ammunition Within Motor Vehicles and Vessels
Lori B. Berman, Linda A. Stewart
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Defining the terms "motor vehicle," "trunk," and "vessel"; requiring persons who store or leave firearms or ammunition in motor vehicles or vessels under their control to keep the firearms or ammunition locked within specified locations within the motor vehicles or vessels, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S1390 - Safe Storage of Firearms
Linda A. Stewart
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Revising provisions related to the requirements for the safe storage of firearms; increasing the criminal penalties related to such safe storage provisions; providing criminal penalties for the failure to store or leave firearms in the required manner under specified circumstances; providing criminal penalties for the unsafe storing or leaving of a firearm in a conveyance under specified circumstances, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S1522 - Elections
Geraldine F. Thompson, Lori B. Berman, Rosalind Osgood
Last updated 7 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Requiring that the Secretary of State be elected rather than appointed and serve a specified term; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database for a specified purpose; repealing provisions relating to the Office of Election Crimes and Security; authorizing a person who meets certain requirements to register to vote at an early voting site or at his or her polling place and to immediately thereafter cast a ballot; authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to preregister certain individuals to vote; prohibiting local governments, state agencies, and state officials from implementing or enforcing actions that result in, will result in, or are intended to result in specified disparities or impairments, etc.
STATUS
Failed
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Florida district SD-017
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Florida Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Linda was born in Brooklyn, NY and graduated from Brooklyn College. She taught elementary school for over 30 years before retiring and moving to Florida. In 2012, Linda won election to the Florida House of Representatives District 47. She is currently serving her third term. Linda sits on several committees including Education, PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee, and PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee where she advocates for public education.read less
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