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H0183 - State University Student Fee Waivers
Gallop P. Franklin, Dotie Joseph, Allison E. Tant
Last updated 7 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Requires state universities to waive specified fees for graduate students who meet specified full-time equivalent appointment requirement.
STATUS
Failed
H1531 - Climate Resilience and Drinking Water Standards
Dotie Joseph, Kristen Arrington, Robin Bartleman
Last updated 7 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Requires DEP to establish Blue Communities Program & Blue Communities Fund; establishes advisory board within DEP; provides for membership; establishes Ocean State Climate Adaptation & Resilience Grant Fund within DEP; specifies sources & uses of funding & project eligibility requirements; provides duties of DEP & Florida Oceans & Coastal Council; provides reporting requirements; requires DEP & council to jointly adopt rules; establishes Marine Resources Conservation Account within Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund to be administered by FWCC; requires DEP, or local county health department designated by DEP, to monitor level of forever chemicals in certain water systems; provides monitoring standards.
STATUS
Failed
H0523 - Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program
Jennifer Canady, Dean Black, Kristen Arrington
Last updated 6 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Establishes Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program within DOE; provides purpose of program, eligibility criteria, & Commissioner of Education, DOE, & school district duties & responsibilities.
STATUS
Passed
H1527 - Immigration and State-issued Identification
Dotie Joseph, Anna V. Eskamani, Susan L. Valdes
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Revises provisions relating to driver licenses; removes provisions relating to: patient immigration status data collected by hospitals, licenses to practice law for unauthorized immigrants, employers using E-Verify, human smuggling, & sanctuary policies; requires state & political subdivisions to accept certain identification documents; revises provisions related to: person's immigration status and obtaining a professional or occupational license, law enforcement agreements with ICE, cooperation with federal immigration authorities by correctional facilities, visa applications, & children's immigration status affecting access to public schools.
STATUS
Failed
H0315 - Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Program
Patricia Hawkins-Williams, Joseph A. Casello, LaVon Bracy Davis
Last updated 11 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes tutoring to be provided after school day; & authorizes school districts that participate in specified tutoring program to provide stipend to instructional personnel & high school students serving as tutors for after-school tutoring.
STATUS
Introduced
H0151 - Florida Retirement System
Appropriations, Demi Busatta Cabrera, Jessica Baker
Last updated 5 months ago
41 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing certain retirees to be reemployed after terminating employment; prohibiting such retirees from receiving both a salary from the employer and retirement benefits for a specified period after his or her retirement; removing provisions authorizing the reemployment of certain law enforcement officers as school resource officers; revising employer contribution rates to the Florida Retirement System, etc.
STATUS
Passed
H0511 - Graduate Program Admissions
Education & Employment Committee, Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee, Jeff Holcomb
Last updated 10 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requires institution of higher education to waive certain examination requirements for servicemember who applies for admission to graduate program that requires such examination.
STATUS
Introduced
H0417 - Educational Services in Department of Juvenile Justice Programs
Johanna Lopez, Susan Plasencia, Anna V. Eskamani
Last updated 7 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Requires school districts to annually provide certain students in juvenile justice program with at least one opportunity to take high school equivalency examination at no cost to student.
STATUS
Failed
H0301 - Animal Cremation
Joseph A. Casello, Kristen Arrington, Anna V. Eskamani
Last updated 7 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Requires provider of companion animal cremation services to provide written description of services & include certification with cremated remains; requires referring persons or entities to provide copies of such written descriptions; provides for collection & deposit of civil penalties; provides circumstances under which person commits unfair or deceptive act or engages in unfair method of competition; provides for private right of action; authorizes DACS to take certain actions.
STATUS
Failed
H0159 - HIV Infection Prevention Drugs
Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee, Health & Human Services Committee, Gallop P. Franklin
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes licensed pharmacists to screen for HIV exposure & order & dispense HIV infection prevention drugs in accordance with written supervisory protocol; requires Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Florida district HD-064
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BIRTH
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Susan L. Valdes is a former educator and school board member. She taught in Tampa area public schools for over 30 years. Valdes was first elected to the Hillsborough County School Board in 2010. She served as board chair from 2014-2016. Her priorities on the board have included equity in education, closing achievement gaps, and preparing students for college and 21st century jobs.read less
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