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S1580 - Autonomous Vehicles
Victor M. Torres
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring a licensed human operator to be physically present in a fully autonomous vehicle with a certain gross vehicle weight which is operating for certain purposes on a public road; requiring the manufacturer of an autonomous vehicle with a certain gross vehicle weight which is operating under certain conditions to report certain information to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles at specified times, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S1244 - Housing
Victor M. Torres
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Citing this act as "Keep Floridians Housed Act"; creating the Department of Housing and Tenant Rights as a new department of state government; providing requirements for rental agreements; requiring that a landlord provide written notice of a rent increase to a tenant by a specified time; prohibiting landlords from charging tenants a security deposit that is more than 1 month's rent; revising and specifying grounds for termination of a rental agreement; authorizing local governments and special districts to adopt a specified impact fee, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S1388 - Division of Labor Standards
Victor M. Torres
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creating the Division of Labor Standards within the Department of Commerce for specified purposes; designating the Division of Labor Standards as the state Agency for Workforce Innovation for purposes of implementing s. 24, Art. X of the State Constitution; revising the protected rights of an employee; creating the Division of Labor Standards Community Advisory Board within the Division of Labor Standards, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S1522 - Elections
Geraldine F. Thompson, Lori B. Berman, Rosalind Osgood
Last updated 8 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
S0350 - Cold Case Murders
Criminal Justice, Rosalind Osgood, Jonathan Martin
Last updated 8 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
S1758 - Individuals with Disabilities
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Fiscal Policy, Jason T. Brodeur
Last updated 8 months ago
39 Co-Sponsors
Revising provisions related to programs and services provided by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; requiring the agency, within available resources, to offer voluntary participation care navigation services to clients and their caregivers at specified times; requiring the agency to develop and implement an online application process; revising which types of clients are eligible for an individual support plan; clarifying the timeframe within which a family or individual support plan must be developed, etc.
STATUS
Passed
S0694 - Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program
Keith Perry, Darryl Ervin Rouson, Daniel Wright Burgess
Last updated 12 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the program within the Department of Education; providing the purpose of the program; specifying eligibility requirements for the awarding of the Seal of Fine Arts; defining the term "work of art"; requiring the Commissioner of Education and school districts to perform specified duties to administer the program, etc.
STATUS
Introduced
S0024 - Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program
Governmental Oversight and Accountability, Darryl Ervin Rouson, Fiscal Policy
Last updated about 1 year ago
38 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program within the Department of Legal Affairs; requiring the department to accept and process applications for the payment of compensation claims under the program; requiring the department to provide specified notice of the program; requiring the department, subject to the appropriation of funds for that purpose, to pay a specified compensation amount to approved applicants, etc.
STATUS
Introduced
S0288 - Designation of a Certain Diagnosis on Motor Vehicle Registrations
Transportation, Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, Ana Maria Rodriguez
Last updated about 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Citing this act as the "Safeguarding American Families Everywhere (SAFE) Act"; requiring the application form for motor vehicle registration to include certain language allowing an applicant to indicate that he or she has been diagnosed with, or is the parent or legal guardian of a child or ward who has been diagnosed with, specified disabilities or disorders; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to allow specified persons to update a motor vehicle registration to include or remove the specified designation at any time, etc.
STATUS
Introduced
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