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S0106 - Acceptance of Cash Payments by Businesses
Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, Shevrin D. Jones
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring certain businesses to accept cash payments for certain transactions; authorizing a business to satisfy such requirements by placing a cash-to-card kiosk at the business location for customers to make payments; prohibiting such businesses from charging a fee or placing conditions on acceptance of such cash payments, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S1232 - Florida A&M University Rattlers
Darryl Ervin Rouson, Bobby Powell, Rosalind Osgood
Last updated 7 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Recognizing and honoring the Florida A&M University Rattlers football team for winning the 2023 HBCU National Championship, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0100 - Pregnant Women in Custody
Shevrin D. Jones
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Citing this act as "Ava's Law"; requiring that, upon her request, every female arrested and not released on bond within 72 hours after arrest be administered a pregnancy test within a specified timeframe; requiring each municipal detention facility or county detention facility to notify each arrested female upon booking at the facility of her right to request a pregnancy test; authorizing a sentencing court to stay the beginning of the period of incarceration for up to a certain amount of time for a pregnant woman convicted of any offense; authorizing a judge to impose specified sanctions for another criminal conviction or a violation of the terms and conditions ordered by the judge, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S1402 - Establishment of Paternity
Shevrin D. Jones
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creating a presumption of a legal father; authorizing certain persons to rebut such presumption by filing a petition to determine paternity; requiring the court to hold an evidentiary hearing on the petition; requiring an evidentiary hearing, at which certain experts may testify, if an objection to the test results is filed; authorizing the court to approve, grant, or modify a parenting plan, even if the child is not physically present in the state, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S1554 - Landlord's Obligation to Maintain Premises
Shevrin D. Jones
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring certain landlords to provide functioning facilities for air-conditioning, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0860 - Financial Assistance for Homeowners
Shevrin D. Jones
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creating the Homeowners' Assistance Fund within the Department of Commerce for specified purposes; requiring the secretary of the department to allocate a certain amount of funds for administrating and overseeing the fund and providing technical assistance to eligible entities, and for the inspector general of the department to oversee certain programs; specifying how the secretary must allocate funds to eligible entities; requiring eligible entities to request funds within a certain time period, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0344 - Required Instruction in the History of African Americans
Shevrin D. Jones
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting specified instruction and state academic standards from indicating or implying that an enslaved person benefited from slavery or the enslavement experience in any way, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0342 - School Readiness Program
Shevrin D. Jones
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Revising the definition of the term "economically disadvantaged" for purposes of the school readiness program, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0236 - Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote
Victor M. Torres, Lauren Frances Book, Tina Polsky
Last updated 7 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Providing for enactment of the agreement; providing a method by which a state may become a member state; requiring each member state to conduct a statewide popular election for President and Vice President of the United States; establishing a procedure for appointing presidential electors in member states; providing that the agreement becomes effective under specified circumstances, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0856 - Restoration of Voting Rights Information on Sentencing Scoresheets
Shevrin D. Jones
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Specifying information to be provided on sentencing scoresheets concerning restoration of voting rights; requiring that a scoresheet be provided to a defendant before a sentence is imposed, etc.
STATUS
Failed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Florida district SD-034
COMMITTEES
Florida Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Shevrin D. Jones is a member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing District 101. He assumed office in 2012. Jones earned his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Florida A&M University in 1999. Prior to becoming a state legislator, Jones served on the Broward County School Board from 2008 to 2012. He also works as a math tutor. As a member of the Florida House, Jones sits on several committees including the Education Committee, PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee, and Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee.read less
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