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H1411 - Shore Protection
Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee, Lindsay Cross, Kimberly Berfield
Last updated 9 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Urges Congress to direct U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to amend current easement policy for shore protection projects to allow such critical projects in Florida to proceed without delay.
STATUS
Introduced
H1489 - Insurance
Fentrice Driskell, Kristen Arrington, Robin Bartleman
Last updated 7 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Creates Property Insurance Commission; provides powers & duties of commission; provides for election of Commissioner of Insurance Regulation; prohibits commissioner from engaging in certain activities or employment for specified period after leaving office; requires interest earned on insurance proceeds received by mortgagees & assignees to be paid to insureds; prohibits property insurers from claiming insolvency; authorizes persons who engage in property insurance activities in other states to engage in insurance activities in this state; prohibits property insurers from using certain defenses as claims denials; requires insurance agents to advise insurance applicants of flood risk; requires OPPAGA to conduct study of effectiveness of property insurance mediation program; increases appropriation to My Safe Florida Home Program; provides effective date.
STATUS
Failed
H1467 - Affordable Housing
Fentrice Driskell, Kristen Arrington, Robin Bartleman
Last updated 7 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes municipalities to create community land bank programs to sell eligible real property by private sale for purposes of affordable housing & provides requirements for such programs; authorizes Florida Housing Finance Corporation to allocate tax credit among certain projects; authorizes tax credit to be transferred by recipient; creates Retail-to-residence Tax Credit Program; requires corporation to establish & adopt procedures & to prepare annual plan; requires plan to be approved by Governor; authorizes corporation to exercise certain powers; creates Affordable Housing Construction Loan Program; provides corporation with certain powers & responsibilities relating to program; provides requirements for program.
STATUS
Failed
H1227 - Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day
Bruce Antone, Doug Bankson, Webster Barnaby
Last updated 5 months ago
115 Co-Sponsors
Designates Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day, which occurs on fourth Thursday in March, as legal holiday.
STATUS
Passed
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
H1193 - Financial Accountability in Publicly Funded Education
Kelly Skidmore, Kristen Arrington, Robin Bartleman
Last updated 7 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Revises requirements for private school to participate in certain educational scholarship programs; requires DOE to suspend payment of funds to participating private schools; creates K-12 Education Funding Task Force within DOE; & provides requirements for task force.
STATUS
Failed
H0291 - Weapons and Firearms
Christine Maria Hunschofsky, Kristen Arrington, Robin Bartleman
Last updated 7 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Requires background checks on persons involved in firearm sales or transfers; requires firearm sales or transfers to be conducted through licensed dealer; revises requirements for safe storage of firearms; revises criminal penalties; requires firearms be sold by dealers with trigger locks or gun cases; revises warnings to be posted in gun dealerships; requires certain materials to be given to gun purchasers; prohibits specified acts involving unfinished firearm frames or receivers; prohibits certain activities involving three-dimensional printer or CNC milling machine.
STATUS
Failed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Florida district HD-035
COMMITTEES
Florida House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Tom Keen graduated from the University of Delaware with a bachelor’s degree in political science and history. After college, he joined the Peace Corps and was stationed in Belize for two years. When he returned from the Peace Corps, Tom began working in the Delaware State Senate as a legislative aide. He worked on policy issues like education, healthcare, and the environment. After working in the State Senate for six years, Tom decided to run for a seat in the state legislature himself. Tom lives in Dover, Delaware with his wife Susan and their two daughters. In his free time, he enjoys fishing, reading history books, and coaching his daughters' soccer teams.read less
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