Senate Bills
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SB 0096 – Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund
Authorizing the Legislative Budget Commission to convene to transfer or appropriate certain funds to the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund; authorizing the Governor to transfer and expend moneys from the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund; authorizing the Governor to request that additional funds be transferred or appropriated to the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund, subject to approval by the Legislative Budget Commission, under specified conditions, etc.
Bill Author
Burgess
Effective Date
February 7, 2022
Current Status
Passed, in line with Chamber support
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Jeff Brandes
- Danny Burgess
- Janet Cruz
- Ed Hooper
- Wilton Simpson
Did Not Vote
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
SB 0282 – Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
Providing that the use of peer specialists is an essential element of a coordinated system of care in recovery from a substance use disorder or mental illness; revising background screening requirements for certain peer specialists; requiring the Department of Children and Families to designate managing entities to conduct or contract for training for peer specialists; requiring peer specialists and certain persons to meet the requirements of a background screening as a condition of employment and continued employment, etc.
Bill Author
Rouson
Effective Date
July 1, 2022
Current Status
Passed, in line with Chamber support
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Jeff Brandes
- Danny Burgess
- Janet Cruz
- Ed Hooper
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
- Wilton Simpson
SB 0312 – Telehealth
Revising the prohibition on prescribing controlled substances through the use of telehealth to include only specified controlled substances, etc.
Bill Author
Diaz
Effective Date
July 1, 2022
Current Status
Passed, in line with Chamber support
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Jeff Brandes
- Danny Burgess
- Janet Cruz
- Ed Hooper
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
- Wilton Simpson
SB 0430 – Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
Requiring the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to each appoint one member to the State Council on Interstate Educational Opportunity for Military Children, rather than appoint one member jointly; extending the scheduled repeal of the compact and related provisions, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Bill Author
Wright
Effective Date
Upon becoming a law
Current Status
Passed, in line with Chamber support
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Jeff Brandes
- Danny Burgess
- Ed Hooper
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
- Wilton Simpson
Did Not Vote
- Janet Cruz
SB 0788 – Florida Hometown Hero Housing Program
Creating the Florida Hometown Hero Housing Program; providing the purpose of the program; specifying requirements for loans under the program; authorizing the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to underwrite and make such loans to specified borrowers; specifying ineligible employees, etc.
Bill Author
Hooper
Effective Date
Upon becoming a law
Current Status
No floor vote taken, but approved in budget
Chamber Position
Support
No Floor Vote
- Jim Boyd
- Jeff Brandes
- Danny Burgess
- Janet Cruz
- Ed Hooper
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
- Wilton Simpson
SB 0962 – Residential Development Projects for Affordable Housing
Authorizing counties and municipalities, respectively, to approve any residential development project on parcels zoned for commercial or industrial use if certain conditions are met, etc.
Bill Author
Bradley
Effective Date
Upon becoming a law
Current Status
Passed, in line with Chamber support
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Jeff Brandes
- Danny Burgess
- Janet Cruz
- Ed Hooper
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
- Wilton Simpson
SB 1262 – Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Authorizing emergency contact information to be released to certain entities; revising the conditions under which a patient’s communication with persons outside of a receiving facility may be restricted; requiring a receiving facility to notify specified emergency contacts of individuals who are being involuntarily held for examination; requiring receiving facilities to document that an option to authorize the release of specified information has been provided, within a specified timeframe, to individuals admitted on a voluntary basis; requiring that reports issued by law enforcement officers when delivering a person to a receiving facility contain certain information related to emergency contacts, etc.
Bill Author
Burgess
Effective Date
July 1, 2022
Current Status
Passed, in line with Chamber support
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Jeff Brandes
- Danny Burgess
- Janet Cruz
- Ed Hooper
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
- Wilton Simpson
SB 7014 – COVID-19-related Claims Against Health Care Providers
Extending the duration of liability protections from COVID-19-related claims against health care providers, etc.
Bill Author
Judiciary
Effective Date
February 24, 2022
Current Status
Passed, in line with Chamber support
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Jeff Brandes
- Danny Burgess
- Ed Hooper
- Wilton Simpson
Voted Against Chamber's Position
- Janet Cruz
Did Not Vote
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
SB 0562 – Military Occupational Licensure
Requiring the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to expedite professional license applications submitted by spouses of active duty members of the Armed Forces of the United States; requiring the department to issue certain licenses within a specified timeframe; requiring the Department of Health and certain boards to issue a professional license to spouses of active duty members of the Armed Forces of the United States if certain requirements are met, etc.
Bill Author
Cruz
Effective Date
July 1, 2022
Current Status
Passed, in line with Chamber support
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Jeff Brandes
- Danny Burgess
- Janet Cruz
- Ed Hooper
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
- Wilton Simpson
SB 0896 – Educator Certification Pathways for Veterans
Authorizing the Department of Education to issue a temporary certificate to specified military servicemembers who meet certain criteria; requiring a teacher mentorship for specified military servicemembers who hold a temporary certificate; specifying the duration and issuance of a temporary certificate for specified military servicemembers, etc.
Bill Author
Burgess
Effective Date
July 1, 2022
Current Status
Passed, in line with Chamber support
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Jeff Brandes
- Danny Burgess
- Janet Cruz
- Ed Hooper
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
- Wilton Simpson
SB 0434 – Florida Tourism Marketing
Delaying the scheduled repeal of provisions governing the Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation and the Division of Tourism Marketing of Enterprise Florida, Inc., respectively, etc.
Bill Author
Hooper
Effective Date
Upon becoming a law
Current Status
Passed, in line with Chamber support
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Jeff Brandes
- Danny Burgess
- Janet Cruz
- Ed Hooper
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
- Wilton Simpson
SB 0514 – Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Educational Requirements
Authorizing the head of an employing agency, beginning on a specified date, to elect to substitute certain work experience for postsecondary educational requirements under certain circumstances; prohibiting the substitution of certain work experience for postsecondary educational requirements, etc.
Bill Author
Burgess
Effective Date
July 1, 2022
Current Status
Passed, in line with Chamber support
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Jeff Brandes
- Danny Burgess
- Janet Cruz
- Ed Hooper
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
- Wilton Simpson
SB 0566 – Mental Health Professional Licensure
Revising licensure requirements for clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors, etc.
Bill Author
Gruters
Effective Date
Upon becoming a law
Current Status
Passed, in line with Chamber support
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Jeff Brandes
- Danny Burgess
- Janet Cruz
- Ed Hooper
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
- Wilton Simpson