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S0544 - Swimming Lesson Voucher Program
Health Policy, Travis Hutson, Lori B. Berman
Last updated 5 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Creating the program within the Department of Health for a specified purpose; requiring the department to establish a network of swimming lesson vendors to participate in the program; requiring the department or a contracted nonprofit organization to attempt to secure a vendor in each county; specifying eligibility criteria for the program, etc.
STATUS
Passed
S0396 - Holocaust Remembrance Day
Education Pre-K - 12, Lori B. Berman, Keith Perry
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim a specified day as "Holocaust Remembrance Day"; authorizing "Holocaust Remembrance Day" to be observed in this state's public schools and be observed by public exercise as the Governor may designate, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0350 - Cold Case Murders
Criminal Justice, Rosalind Osgood, Jonathan Martin
Last updated 7 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Citing this act as the "Decker-Backmann Act"; requiring the heads of law enforcement agencies or their designees to review certain cold cases upon receiving a written application from a designated person; providing requirements for such reviews; requiring law enforcement agencies to provide specified training; requiring law enforcement agencies, by a specified date and periodically thereafter, to report certain data to the Global Forensic and Justice Center at Florida International University, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0148 - Antisemitism
Judiciary, Lori B. Berman, Jason W.B. Pizzo
Last updated 12 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Defining the term "antisemitism"; providing contemporary examples of antisemitism, etc.
STATUS
Introduced
S0126 - Support for the State of Israel
Lori B. Berman, Tina Polsky, Linda A. Stewart
Last updated 7 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Expressing the Florida Senate's unwavering support for the State of Israel, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0136 - Minimum Base Salary for Full-time Classroom Teachers
Lori B. Berman
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Citing this act as the "Save Our Teachers Act"; increasing the minimum base salary for full-time classroom teachers and certain prekindergarten teachers, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0338 - Sampling of Beach Waters and Public Bathing Spaces
Health Policy, Lori B. Berman, Ana Maria Rodriguez
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring, rather than authorizing, the Department of Health to adopt and enforce certain rules; directing the department to require closure of beach waters and public bathing places under certain circumstances; requiring that such closures remain in effect for a specified period; preempting the issuance of certain health advisories for public bathing places to the state; specifying a timeframe within which the department must notify the municipality or county, the local office of the Department of Environmental Protection, and the local affiliates of national television networks of areas affected by a health advisory against swimming issued by the department, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0960 - Outpatient Mental Health Services
Lori B. Berman
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing a court to order a respondent into outpatient treatment for a specified amount of time under certain circumstances; providing criteria for involuntary outpatient treatment; authorizing a certain court exercising original jurisdiction to order certain respondents into involuntary outpatient services, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0932 - Coverage for Diagnostic and Supplemental Breast Examinations
Appropriations, Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, Lori B. Berman
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting the state group insurance program from imposing on an enrollee any cost-sharing requirement with respect to coverage for diagnostic breast examinations and supplemental breast examinations, 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
INCUMBENT
Senator from Florida district SD-026
COMMITTEES
Florida Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Lori Berman is a Democrat representing District 90 in the Florida House of Representatives. She was elected to her first term in 2018. Prior to serving in the Florida legislature, Berman served on the Palm Beach County Commission from 2010-2018. She also previously served as an aide to a Florida state senator. Berman earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Boston University. Prior to entering politics, she worked as a TV reporter. Berman is married with two children.read less
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