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>> Chair: MEMBERS, WE WILL CALL THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO ORDER. TAMRA, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> CHAIR MAYFIELD. >> Senator Mayfield: HERE. >> VICE CHAIR DICEGLIE. >> Senator DiCeglie: HERE. >> SENATOR ARRINGTON. >> Senator Arrington: HERE. >> SENATOR BRACY DAVIS. >> Senator Bracy Davis: HERE. >> SENATOR BRODEUR. >> Senator Brodeur: HERE. >> SENATOR GRALL. >> Senator Grall: HERE. >> SENATOR MCCLAIN. >> Senator McClain: HERE. >> SENATOR POLSKY. >> Senator Polsky: HERE. >> SENATOR RODRIGUEZ. >> Senator Rodriguez: HERE. >> A QUORUM IS PRESENT. >> Chair: THANK YOU. MEMBERS, SENATE BILL 1650 BY SENATOR GAETZ UNDER TAB SEVEN IS TEMPORARILY POSTPONED TODAY. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK BEFORE THE COMMITTEE SHOULD COMPLETE AN APPEARANCE FORM AND HANDED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SERGEANTS OFFICE. IF YOU WAIVE YOUR SPEAKING TIME YOUR POSITION WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE MEETING RECORDS. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY SENATOR POLSKY. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> Chair: MEMBERS, TAB TWO TAKING UP SENATE BILL 308 FLORIDA MUSEUM OF BLACK HISTORY BY SENATOR LEEK WHO IS RECOGNIZED TO EXPLAIN THE BILL. >> Senator Leek: THANK YOU. MEMBERS THIS MAY LOOK FAMILIAR. WE PASSED THIS BILL UNANIMOUSLY OFF OF THE SENATE FLOOR LAST YEAR. LEGISLATION WAS PASSED DURING THE 2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHICH CREATED A BLACK HISTORY TASK FORCE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNER AND SPEAKER PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE CREATION OF A FLORIDA MUSEUM OF BLACK HISTORY. SENATE BILL 308 IMPLEMENTS THE WORK OF THE TASK FORCE AND DESIGNATES ST. JOHNS COUNTY AS THE SITE FOR THE MUSEUM AND ESTABLISHES THE FLORIDA MUSEUM OF BLACK HISTORY BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND WORK JOINTLY WITH THE FOUNDATION OF THE JEWS OF BLACK HISTORY INCORPORATED A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CREATED TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF THE MUSEUM DIRECTOR THE SAME COUNTIES THEY ST. JOHNS COUNTY BOARD OF ADMINISTRATORS FOR STAFFING FOR PROJECT DESIGN AND ENGINEERING COMPLETION. THIS IS SUPPORTED BY UNIVERSITY, ALL FOUR HBCU AND ALL GO TO SAINT AUGUSTINE TO PARTICIPATE IN SAINT AUGUSTINE HISTORY WEEK AND THIS TO BE READ THERE FOR THEM TO ENJOY. THAT IS THE BILL. >> Chair: QUESTIONS? MEMBERS, SEEING NONE WITH NO APPEARANCE FORMS DO WE HAVE DEBATE? THERE IS NONE. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED CLOSE. >> Senator Leek: WAIVE CLOSE. >> Chair: CALL THE ROLL ON SENATE BILL 308. >> SENATOR ARRINGTON. >> YES. >> SENATOR BRACY DAVIS. >> YES. SENATOR BRODEUR. SENATOR GRALL. SENATOR MCCLAIN. SENATOR POLSKY. SENATOR RODRIGUEZ. SENATOR DICEGLIE. CHAIR MAYFIELD. >> Chair: YES BY YOUR VOTE SENATE BILL 308 REPORTS FAVORABLY. MEMBERS, LET'S GO TO TAB THREE WHICH IS SENATE BILL 692 ON CYBER SECURITY STANDARDS AND LIABILITY BY SENATOR LEEK WHO IS RECOGNIZED TO EXPLAIN THE BILL. >> Senator Leek: SENATE BILL 692 IS A PROACTIVE ATTEMPT TO INCENTIVIZE BUSINESSES TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO PREVENT CYBER ATTACKS AND DATA BREACHES. FOR BUSINESSES THAT ALIGN WITH UPDATED CYBER SECURITY FRAMEWORK AND FALL INCIDENT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS WE WILL HAVE A PRESUMPTION AGAINST LIABILITY LAWSUIT THAT ALLEGES THIS. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WILL HAVE A SIMILAR PRESUMPTION COMPLYING WITH THE RECENTLY ENACTED CYBER STANDARDS IF THEY DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAVE COMPLIANT WHICH IS A SHIFT IN THE BURDEN OF PROOF THEY CAN DEMONSTRATE THEY HAVE COMPLIED AND WILL BE ENTITLED TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT SAVING THEMSELVES, CONSUMERS, AND THE PUBLIC THOUSANDS IF NOT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PROLONGED LITIGATION. PLAINTIFFS CAN REBUT THE PRESUMPTION BY SHOWING THE BUSINESS FAILED TO TAKE REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS TO ADOPT A CYBER FRAME THAT IS THE BILL. >> Chair: QUESTIONS ON THE BILL? THERE IS AN AMENDMENT. WE WILL TAKE IT UP. THERE IS ONE. THAT IS AMENDMENT BAR CODE 434400 BY SENATOR LEEK WHO IS RECOGNIZED TO EXPLAIN. >> Senator Leek: IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AMENDMENT DOES BILL ESSENTIALLY SETS A STANDARD STATEWIDE TO THE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE TO LIVE UP TO. THE AMENDMENT PROHIBITS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM IMPOSING A SEPARATE CYBER SECURITY STANDARD PROCESS ON A VENDOR THAT EXCEEDS THE GENERAL EXCEPT THE BEST PRACTICES FOR CYBER SECURITY INCLUDING THE BEST FRAMEWORK AND THIS WILL COME UP IN QUESTIONS I THINK BUT THIS IS A NATIONAL SUBSIDIARY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT SETS AND DEVELOPS STANDARDS TO BE USED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE AMENDMENT ALSO CLARIFIES THE DEFINITION OF VENDOR TO CLARIFY IT'S THOSE WHO CONTRACT WITH A LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR TECHNOLOGY COMMODITIES AND SERVICES AND APPLIES TO CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO OR MENDED ON OR AFTER JULY 1st, 2026. THAT IS THE AMENDMENT. >> Chair: QUESTIONS ON THE AMENDMENT? SEEING NONE WE HAVE ONE APPEARANCE. WE HAVE TWO APPEARANCE FORMS ON THE AMENDMENT. PETER WITH THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES AND OKAY WAIVING IN SUPPORT. OKAY. THEN WE HAVE SAM WAGGONER WITH THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES WAIVING IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. MEMBERS, IS THERE DEBATE ON THIS AMENDMENT? SEEING NONE SENATOR LEEK YOU MAY CLOSE ON THE AMENDMENT. >> Senator Leek: WAIVE CLOSE. >> Chair: THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED? THIS AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. WE ARE BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED. QUESTIONS ON THE BILL AS AMENDED? SENATOR ARRINGTON. >> Senator Arrington: GOOD AFTERNOON SORRY SENATOR LEEK. I SAW THIS BILL I BELIEVE IN THE HOUSE OR SIMILAR A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND I KNOW YOU HAVE AN AMENDMENT SOME TRYING TO CLARIFY AND UNDERSTAND THIS. WITH THIS AMENDMENT IT WOULD REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW CYBER SECURITY STANDARDS BUT STILL GIVE THEM AND GRANT THEM IMMUNITY FROM CYBER INCIDENTS? >> Chair: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, SENATOR LEEK. >> Senator Leek: I DO NOT THINK THAT IS THE CASE. WHAT THIS AMENDMENT DOES IS SAYS WE WILL ESTABLISH A STANDARD AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CANNOT ENFORCE A DIFFERENT STANDARD ON THEIR VENDORS. UNDER THE BILL THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WILL GET A STANDARD THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO LIVE UP TO AND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS THE PROTECTIONS OF THE BILL ARE GOOD AS IT RELATES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BUT STANDARDS TO GET THE PROTECTION WILL BE SET BY THE STATE PEGGED TO THE NATIONAL STANDARD SAYING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS YOU CANNOT SET A DIFFERENT STANDARD. >> Chair: YES. >> Senator Arrington: THEN WE WOULD NOT ALLOW GOVERNMENTS TO PUT HIGHER SECURITY STANDARDS ON THEIR VENDORS AS WELL? >> Chair: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Senator Leek: CORRECT WE ARE ESTABLISHING A STANDARD SAYING THIS IS THE STANDARD NOT ONLY FOR YOU LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BUT FOR THE PEOPLE HE CONTRACT WITH AS WELL BECAUSE OF THE PROTECTIONS PROVIDED YOU WILL HAVE THAT SAME STANDARD. >> Chair: ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? SENATOR POLSKY. >> Senator Polsky: THANK YOU. I THINK IN YOUR INTRODUCTION TO THE BILL YOU SAID THAT THERE IS A PRESUMPTION OF IMMUNITY UNDER THIS BILL BUT I'VE THOUGHT THAT THE PRESUMPTION WAS FOR PRIVATE ENTITIES BUT THERE IS COMPLETE IMMUNITY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS INCORRECT? >> Senator Leek: COMPLETE IMMUNITY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WHO LIVE UP TO THE STANDARDS AND CAN PROVE IT. WORKFORCE IS MORE OF PRESUMPTION THAN IMMUNITY. >> Chair: FOLLOW UP? >> Senator Polsky: NO THANK YOU. >> Chair: FURTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE WE HAVE SEVERAL APPEARANCE FORMS. LAURA YEOMAN SPEAKING. FLORIDA JUSTICE ASSOCIATION SPEAKING AGAINST. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. FIRST I WANT TO THANK SENATOR LEEK FOR WORKING ON THIS BILL AND FOR CHANGING THIS YEAR'S BILL SO THE LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR PRIVATE COMPANIES IS A PRESUMPTION RATHER THAN OUTRIGHT IMMUNITY. IT IS AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THE BILL IN PAST YEARS. IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT PRESERVES THE PATHWAY FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND RECOGNIZES THAT VICTIMS OF DATA BREACHES SHOULD NOT BE CATEGORICALLY BARRED FROM COURT. THAT SAID WE HAVE THREE REMAINING CONCERNS. LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY, PRACTICAL EFFECT OF PRESUMPTIONS FOR PRIVATE ENTITIES, AND THE RETROACTIVITY PROVISION. UNDER THIS BILL THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT BE LIABLE FOR CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT IF IT ADOPTED ONE OR MORE POLICIES AND SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIED WITH CERTAIN INDUSTRY STANDARDS CYBER SECURITY PROTOCOLS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS IS NOT A PRESUMPTION OR CONDITIONAL DEFENSE BUT COMPLETE IMMUNITY. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT WILL GET THIS IMMUNITY SIMPLY FOR ADOPTING A POLICY WITHOUT ANY REGARD FOR ACTUAL OPERATIONAL COMPLIANCE. WITH THAT POLICY OR THE ABILITY FOR A COURT TO REVIEW WHETHER THE NEGLIGENT OR WILLFUL VIOLATION OF THE POLICY IS WHAT LED TO THE DATA BREACH. IT IS CONCERNING ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE DATA LOCAL GOVERNMENT COLLECTS AND STORES IS SOME OF THE MOST SENSITIVE DATA THAT FLORIDIANS HAVE SUCH AS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, DRIVER'S LICENSE, VOTER RECORDS, AND THE LIKE. RESIDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TO ACCESS ESSENTIAL SERVICES. AND GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS ARE BREACHED. THE HARM CAN FOLLOW INDIVIDUALS FOR YEARS OF CIVIL ACCOUNTABILITY IS THE PRIMARY TOOL THAT INCENTIVIZES CONTINUING MONITORING AND RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF THIS DATA. TURNING TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHILE THE BILL AND DOES OPERATE AS A PRESUMPTION RATHER THAN IMMUNITY THE PRESUMPTION STRUCTURE STILL HAS SIGNIFICANT REAL WORLD CONSEQUENCES AND APPLIES IN CLASS ACTIONS WHEN THE BREACHES HAVE IMPACTED THOUSANDS AND SOMETIMES MILLIONS OF PERSONAL DATA AND ALSO PREVENT PREVENTS JURIES FROM HEARING THAT A DEFENDANT FAILED TO QUALIFY FOR THOSE PRESUMPTIONS. TOGETHER THESE PROVISIONS COULD TILT THE EVIDENTIARY PLAYING FIELD AND RISK TURNING THE PRESUMPTION INTO A DE FACTO SHIELD BASED PURELY ON POLICY ADOPTION RATHER THAN ACTUAL SECURITY PERFORMANCE. FINALLY THE BILL ADOPTS REPEATED CLASS ACTION FILED ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE BILL RETROACTIVITY CHANGES THE RULES OF MIDSTREAM FOR CASES ALREADY FILED AND WOULD FURTHER WEAKEN THE INCENTIVES FOR DATA SECURITY BY SIGNALING THAT ENTITIES CAN AVOID ACCOUNTABILITY NOT ONLY FOR FUTURE CONDUCT BUT ALSO FOR PAST FAILURES. IN CLOSING, WE DO APPRECIATE THE SPONSOR'S EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE BILL BY REPLACING IMMUNITY WITH PRESUMPTION FOR PRIVATE COMPANIES AND WE RESPECTFULLY WOULD REQUEST THAT REMOVAL OR SIGNIFICANT NARROWING OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IMMUNITY BE PROVIDED IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR PRESUMPTION BE TIED TO ACTUAL OPERATIONAL COMPLIANCE AND CAUSATION NOT JUST POLICY ADOPTION. AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD LOOK AT THE RETROACTIVITY PROVISION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> Chair: THANK YOU. NEXT ADAM BASSFORD WITH THE ASSOCIATION INDUSTRY OF FLORIDA SPEAKING FOR. >> THANK YOU, ADAM BASSFORD AIF. FLORIDA BUSINESSES ARE FACING A RAPIDLY ESCALATING CYBER THREAT ENVIRONMENT. WE SEE ALL THE TIME, EVEN RECENTLY, WITH HOSPITALS AND OTHER OF FLORIDA'S BEST BUSINESSES IN THE STATE EVEN THOSE COMPANIES THAT TAKE THE MOST RESPONSIBILITY IN PROTECTING SYSTEMS THEY CAN STILL BE VICTIMS OF THESE SOPHISTICATED CYBER ATTACKS. WE FEEL LIKE THIS BILL STRIKES A FANTASTIC BALANCE AND IT DOES NOT EXCUSE IN NEGLIGENCE INSTEAD IT CREATES A CLEAR INCENTIVE FOR BUSINESSES TO PROACTIVELY ADOPT AND RECOGNIZE CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORKS AND IMPLEMENT THE HIGHEST SECURITY STANDARDS AND COMPLY WITH EXISTING LAW. BY PROVIDING THIS LIABILITY PROTECTION ONLY AFTER THE STANDARDS ARE MET WE BELIEVE THIS BILL PROVIDES DATA SECURITY, HELPS CURB OPPORTUNISTIC CLASS ACTION THAT DRIVES UP COSTS ACROSS THE STATE. WE ASK FOR YOUR FAVORABLE SUPPORT FOR THIS GOOD PIECE OF LEGISLATION. >> Chair: NEXT WE HAVE TURNER ZELE WITH THE JAMES MADISON INSTITUTE. >> THANK YOU ALL CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, I'M WITH THE JAMES MADISON INSTITUTE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY POLICY THERE. I WANT TO ECHO WHAT ADAM JUST SPOKE TO BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT I WANT TO NOTE THAT THESE IMPORTANT PROTECTIONS FURTHER INCENTIVIZE GOOD ACTORS TO REPORT CYBER ATTACKS FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE CYBER SECURITY THREATS OCCURRING IN THE STATE PROVIDING LIABILITY PROTECTIONS FOR GOOD FAITH ACTORS AND PROVIDE STATE AUTHORITIES ON LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH A FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF CYBER THREATS AND WE FULLY BELIEVE ENACTING THESE PROVISIONS WILL MAKE IT HARDER FOR BAD ACTORS TO TARGET FLORIDIANS AND MAKE SURE GOOD FAITH ACTORS ARE NOT PENALIZED FOR FALLING VICTIM TO THESE THINGS. >> Chair: GREAT THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE PETER WITH THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES WAIVING IN SUPPORT. WE HAVE A LORRAINE HOLLEY WITH THE FLORIDA RETAIL FEDERATION WAIVING IN SUPPORT. WE HAVE WILLIAM LARGE FLORIDA JUSTICE REFORM INSTITUTE WAIVING AIN SUPPORT. WE HAVE GEORGE WITH THE U.S. CHAMBER INSTITUTE FOR LEGAL REFORM WAIVING IN SUPPORT. AND DELLA RHEA WILL FLORIDA INSURANCE COUNCIL WAIVING IN SUPPORT. AND MICHAEL CARLSON WITH THE PERSONAL INSURANCE FEDERATION WAIVING IN SUPPORT AND CAROL JOHNSON WITH THE FLORIDA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WAIVING IN SUPPORT. MEMBERS, THOSE ARE ALL OF THE APPEARANCE FORMS. WE ARE NOW IN DEBATE. DOES ANYONE WISH TO DEBATE? SENATOR ARRINGTON? >> Senator Arrington: THANK YOU. SENATOR LEEK I'M SORRY WE DID NOT GET TO HAVE A LONGER CONVERSATION TODAY ABOUT THE LEGISLATION. I VOTED NO IN THE HOUSE PREVIOUSLY A FEW YEARS AGO I KNOW THIS IS A BETTER PRODUCT AND I'M HOPEFUL IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A BETTER PRODUCT. I'M DOWN ON IT TODAY FOR SOME CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BUT YOU HAVE A HEAVY LIFT FOR THIS. BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CHANGES ALONG THE WAY FOR THE NEXT STOP. >> Chair: ANY MORE DEBATE? SENATOR LEEK YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO CLOSE. >> Senator Leek: I WILL TAKE A MINUTE BECAUSE I LIVE WITH US EVERY DAY IN MY DAY JOB BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT BOTS WHETHER FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC AND ALGORITHMS CREATED ALL AROUND THE WORLD ARE CONSTANTLY PROBING YOUR COMPUTER FIND ENTRY. THEY CONSTANTLY REBUILD THEMSELVES SO THEY CAN FIND WAYS IN WHETHER IT'S THROUGH A PHISHING E MAIL OR DIRECT ATTACK ON THE SYSTEM AND AS SOMEONE IN BUSINESS SMALL OR LARGE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO WARD OFF EVERY ONE OF THEM BUT WHAT YOU SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO DO AND WHAT THIS BILL DOES EXPECT YOU TO DO AND REQUIRES YOU TO DO IS COME IN LINE WITH BEST PRACTICES. NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES WHETHER YOU ARE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, A HOSPITAL WHO BY THE WAY GET SUED THE MOST, IF YOU ARE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR HOSPITAL OR A BUSINESS YOU HAVE NOW BEEN INCENTIVIZE TO COME IN LINE WITH WHAT THE BEST STANDARDS ARE AND THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT THIS BILL DOES. I WANT TO TALK A BIT ABOUT THE IMMUNITY VERSUS PRESUMPTION. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DOES NOT JUST HAVE TO ENACT THESE THINGS BECOME UP WITH THE DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN AND HAS HAVE MULTI FACTOR AUTHENTICATION. THERE'S MORE THAN JUST SAYING YOU COMPLIED WITH THE SYSTEM. YOU HAVE TO PROVE THAT YOU COMPLIED WITH THE SYSTEM. SECONDLY RETROACTIVITY I THINK IT IS A MISTAKE. I ACTUALLY THINK IT IS IN ACCURATE TO CALL THIS RETROACTIVITY PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE COURTS RULING THAT THIS IS NOT RETROACTIVITY. THAT BECAUSE IT IS LIMITED TO A PUNITIVE CLASS ACTION IT DOES NOT TRIGGER RETROACTIVITY. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AS TO THE PRIVATE ENTITIES I WANT TO SAY ALSO IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR THEM TO JUST PUT IN THE STANDARDS THEY HAVE TO ALSO COMPLY WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW AND NOTIFICATION OF BREACHES AND PRIVACY LAWS. BUT YOU DON'T GET THE PROTECTION UNLESS YOU ARE INSTITUTING THE BEST PRACTICES AS THEY CHANGE ALONG THE WAY. THIS IS REAL PROTECTION FOR BOTH CONSUMERS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND BUSINESSES. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >> Chair: THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING THIS DETAILED INFORMATION IN YOUR CLOSING. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 692. >> Chair: SENATOR ARRINGTON. >> NO. >> BRACY DAVIS. >> NO. >> SENATOR BRODEUR. SENATOR GRALL. SENATOR MCCLAIN. SENATOR POLSKY. SENATOR RODRIGUEZ. SENATOR DICEGLIE. CHAIR MAYFIELD. >> Chair: YES. BY YOUR VOTE, THIS REPORTS FAVORABLY. OKAY, MEMBERS, NOW WE WILL TAKE UP TAB NUMBER FIVE. SENATOR HARRELL IS HERE AND SHE IS ON TAB NUMBER FIVE. OKAY TAB FIVE SENATE BILL 57 TO ON ETHICS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. SENATOR HARRELL YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO EXPLAIN THE BILL. >> Senator Harrell: THANK YOU FOR HEARING THIS WONDERFUL BILL. AS YOU KNOW MEMBERS WE HAVE MANY FAMILIES WHO ARE FOSTER FAMILIES AND HAVE CHILDREN THAT THEY LOVE THAT ARE THERE FOSTER CHILDREN AND IT IS CONSIDERED A FAMILY UNIT. WHAT THIS BILL DOES IS SIMPLY MODERNIZE FLORIDA ETHICS STATUTES TO UPDATE THE DEFINITION OF RELATIVE TO INCLUDE AND REFLECT TO THE CONTEMPORARY FAMILY STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE NOW. THE BILL ENSURES THAT ETHICAL SAFEGUARDS APPLIED CONSISTENTLY TO FOSTER FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS. CURRENTLY THEY ARE NOT PERMITTED IN STATUTE BUT THIS EXPANDS THE DEFINITION OF RELATIVE TO EXPLICITLY INCLUDE LEGALLY RECOGNIZED FOSTER PARENTS OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE. CURRENT OR FORMER LEGALLY RECOGNIZED FOSTER CHILDREN OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE OR OFFICER AND ALSO APPLIES TO OUR STATUTE CONCERNING SCHOOL BOARD AS WELL AS OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THAT IS THE BILL. >> Chair: ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BILL BEFORE GO TO THE AMENDMENT? SEEING NONE THERE IS AN AMENDMENT SO WE WILL TAKE UP AMENDMENT BAR CODE 913752 BY SENATOR HARRELL. >> Senator Harrell: THIS IS MORE OF A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT RECOMMENDED BY STAFF BECAUSE THE TERM RELATIVE TO PEERS OTHER SECTIONS OF THIS CHAPTER AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CONSISTENT. >> Chair: QUESTIONS ON THIS AMENDMENT? SEEING NONE AS WELL AS NO APPEARANCE FORMS ON THE AMENDMENT AND NO DEBATE SENATOR HARRELL YOU MAY CLOSE. >> Senator Harrell: WAIVE CLOSE. >> Chair: THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED? THIS AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. WE ARE BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED. QUESTIONS ON THE BILLS AMENDED? SEEING NONE WE HAVE ONE APPEARANCE FORM FROM KERRY STEELMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FLORIDA COMMISSION ON ETHICS WAIVING IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY DEBATE? MEMBERS? SEEING NONE SENATOR HARRELL YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO CLOSE ON YOUR BILL AS AMENDED. >> Senator Harrell: I THINK THIS IS BRINGING US INTO THE 21st CENTURY WHEN WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT FOSTER FAMILIES ARE TRULY RELATIVES AND I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. >> Chair: CALL THE ROLL ON COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 572. >> SENATOR ARRINGTON. >> SENATOR BRACY DAVIS. >> SENATOR BRODEUR. >> SENATOR GRALL. >> SENATOR MCCLAIN. >> SENATOR POLSKY. >> SENATOR RODRIGUEZ. >> SENATOR DICEGLIE. >> CHAIR MAYFIELD. >> Chair: YES, BY YOUR VOTE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 572 REPORTS FAVORABLY. OKAY MEMBERS WE ARE GOING TO TAKE UP SENATOR BRODEUR'S BILL. WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT YOUR BILL? >> Senator Brodeur: I WOULD LOVE TO. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. >> Chair: THIS IS UNDER TAB NINE. LET'S FLIP TO TAB NUMBER NINE. IT IS SENATE BILL 1442 LONG RANGE PROGRAM PLAN. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Senator Brodeur: WE IN THE BUSINESS CALL THIS RETREAD. YOU MAY RECOGNIZE THIS AS LAST YEAR'S SB 7024 VOTED 37 ZERO IN THE SENATE. IT GOT HUNG UP IN MESSAGES AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS BUT FOR A REFRESHER WE ARE CONSTITUTIONALLY OBLIGATED TO COME UP WITH THE LONG RANGE TELL THE AGENCY IS WHAT IT IS WE WANT TO SEE FROM THEM. IT'S PART OF THE CONSTITUTION AND WE HAVE TO DO IT. WE DON'T HAVE IT AS A USEFUL DOCUMENT SO THIS BILL UPDATES THE STANDARDS SO WE CAN USE THIS TO GUIDE THE AGENCIES. YOU WILL NOTICE STARTED ON PAGE TEN IT OUTLINES SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE METRICS TO BE INDICATED SUCH AS ADMINISTERED OF COST AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE AGENCY COST AND WE LOOK AT THIS ALL THE TIME WHEN WE LOOK AT PROFITS TO SEE HOW EFFICIENTLY USING MONEY, PERCENTAGE OF CORRECTION ACTIONS TAKEN OVER THE NEXT SIX ACTIONS AUDIT FINDINGS AND PERCENTAGE LICENSURE AND TIME FRAMES AND THEN ON PAGE 11 WE ASKED THE AGENCIES PICK FIVE METRICS THAT ARE USEFUL WE KNOW THE CORRECTIONS PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE THE EXACT SAME METRICS AS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND SO WE ASK EACH AGENCY TO COME UP WITH THEIR OWN FIVE METRICS AND RUN THEM BY HIS FIRST. THIS PLAN WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF DATA SO WE CAN GET SOME TRENDLINES AS WELL TO HELP US DIRECT TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR THE MOST EFFICIENT SPENDING WITHIN THOSE AGENCIES AND THAT IS THE BILL. >> Chair: ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE DO WE HAVE APPEARANCE FORMS? WE HAVE NONE. ANY DEBATE? SENATOR BRODEUR YOU MAY CLOSE. >> Senator Brodeur: WAIVE CLOSE. >> Chair: CALL THE ROLL ON SENATE BILL 1442. >> SENATOR ARRINGTON. >> SENATOR BRACY DAVIS. >> SENATOR BRODEUR. >> SENATOR GRALL. >> SENATOR MCCLAIN. >> SENATOR POLSKY. >> SENATOR RODRIGUEZ. >> SENATOR DICEGLIE. >> CHAIR MAYFIELD. >> Chair: YES BY YOUR VOTE SENATE BILL 1442 REPORTS FAVORABLY. NOW WE WILL TAKE UP SENATE BILL 1106 UNDER TAB NUMBER SIX BY SENATOR MASSULLO YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO PRESENT YOUR BILL. >> Senator Massullo: SENATE BILL 1106 IS RECOGNIZING JUDEAN SAMARIA AND WE DO HAVE A STRIKE ALL. >> Chair: DO YOU KNOW WHAT I SEE THAT NOW. SO WE FOLLOW THE STRIKE ALL AMENDMENT, GOING STRAIGHT TO THE STRIKE ALL AMENDMENT AND TAKING UP DELETE ALL AMENDMENT BARCODE 506 BY SENATOR MASSULLO. >> Senator Massullo: THIS STRIKE ALL ON THE BILL 1106 RECOGNIZING JUDEAN SAMARIA INTENDS TO STOP USING THE TERM WEST BANK AND INSTEAD REFERRED TO THE LAND LIBERATED BY ISRAEL DURING THE 1967 WAR AS JUDEA TO THE SOUTH OF JERUSALEM AND SAMARIA TO THE NORTH OF JERUSALEM. IT WOULD REQUIRE ALL FLORIDA STATE AGENCIES TO COMMONLY STOP USING THAT TERM WEST BANK AND REPLACE IT WITH JUDEAN SAMARIA AND PROHIBITS STATE AGENCIES FROM SPENDING FUNDS TO PRODUCE MATERIAL USING THE TERM WEST BANK. THE STRIKE ALL AND THE LANGUAGE IN EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL WERE PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOLS IN ANY LIBRARY MEDIA TURNS AS WELL ADOPT AFTER JULY 1st, 2026, AND THAT IS THE BILL AND THE STRIKE ALL. >> Chair: QUESTIONS ON THE DELETE ALL AMENDMENT? SENATOR BRACY DAVIS. >> Senator Bracy Davis: TALK ABOUT THE COMPELLING STATE INTEREST FOR THIS BILL. >> Senator Massullo: YES I CAN. THE COMPELLING STATE INTEREST IS THE TRUTH. HISTORICAL FACT AND THE FACT THAT PARTICULARLY WITH OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM WE WANT THE STUDENTS TO KNOW THE TRUTH AND FACTS. SO WHEN THEY GO OUT INTO THE WORLD THEY HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO MAKE CRITICAL THINKING DECISIONS SO WE WON'T SEE ANTI-SEMITISM AS MUCH IN THIS WORLD. WE WILL HAVE PEOPLE PROTESTING ABOUT FREEING BETWEEN THE RIVER AND THE SEE WITHOUT PROPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE GEOGRAPHY, THE HISTORY, AND THE ACTUAL OWNERSHIP OF THOSE TERRITORIES. >> Chair: FOLLOW UP? >> Senator Bracy Davis: YES. HAVE YOU HAD AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE WEIGHED IN AND ASKED DO YOU TO PRESENT THIS BILL? I'M CURIOUS. I HAVE HAD NO CONSTITUENT REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT THIS ISSUE SO I AM WONDERING IS THIS AN OVERWHELMING ISSUE FROM YOUR CONSTITUENCY ASKING THAT YOU PRESENT THIS? >> Senator Massullo: THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST U.S. POPULATIONS ACTUALLY IN THE WORLD. THERE IS ALMOST 900,000 JEWISH PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITHIN OUR STATE. I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ALL OF THEM BUT I HAVE HEARD FROM SOME AND THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION. >> Chair: FOLLOW UP? OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY SEEING NONE APPEARANCE ON THE DELETE ALL? MEMBERS IS THERE DEBATE ON THIS DELETE ALL? SEEING NONE SENATOR YOU MAY CLOSE ON THE DELETE ALL AMENDMENT. >> WAIVE CLOSE. >> Chair: THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED? THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. WE ARE BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED. QUESTIONS ON THE BILL AS AMENDED? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NO QUESTIONS WE HAVE ONE APPEARANCE A CARD AND IT IS FROM ADAM ABETA SPEAKING AGAINST AND I DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS WITH. ADAM? THERE YOU ARE. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE TODAY. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MDH ACTION FLORIDA TO URGE ALL TO VOTE NO ON SB 1106. THIS BILL WOULD BAN THE USE OF AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TERM WEST BANK AND MANDATE STATE AGENCIES AND SCHOOLS USED TODAY IN THE SAMIRA INSTEAD BY DOING SO FLORIDA WILL BE INSERTING ITSELF INTO ONE OF THE MOST SENSITIVE GEOGRAPHICAL CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD SOMETHING FAR OUTSIDE THE ROLE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE. THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES ARE SERIOUS. THOUSANDS OF FLORIDIANS AND AMERICANS HAVE WEST BANK LISTED AS THE PLACE OF BIRTH ON THEIR U.S. PASSPORT. SB 1106 WOULD EFFECTIVELY TELL THEM THE STATE OF FLORIDA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IDENTITY PRINTED ON THEIR OWN FEDERAL DOCUMENTS. IT PUTS THE STATE IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH FEDERAL NAMING STANDARDS AND UNDERMINES THE LIVED IDENTITY OF REAL PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS BILL MANDATES POLITICAL LANGUAGE AND ELEVATES ONE NARRATIVE WHILE RAISING ANOTHER RESTRICTING HOW EDUCATORS RESEARCHERS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS CAN SPEAK ABOUT A REGION RECOGNIZED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. THAT IS NOT NEUTRALITY BUT GOVERNMENT IMPOSED SPEECH THREATENING ACADEMIC SPEECH AND FREE EXPRESSION. THESE THERE ARE PRACTICAL BURDENS AS WELL, AGENCIES, SCHOOLS, AND UNIVERSITIES WILL BE FORCED TO REWRITE MATERIAL AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE AND FLORIDA INSTITUTIONS LOSE CREDIBILITY FOR SIMPLY USING TERMINOLOGY THAT CONTRADICTS FEDERAL AND GLOBAL NORMS AND HERE AT HOME OF THE HUMAN IMPACT IS REAL FLORIDA'S HOME TO THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN AMERICANS WITH TIES TO THE WEST BANK. FOR THEM THIS IS NOT ABSTRACT BUT IT IS THEIR IDENTITY, THEIR HISTORY, THEIR FAMILY AT A TIME OF RISING ANTI MUSLIM AND PALESTINIAN RHETORIC THIS BILL RISKS MOVING AND MAKING MANY FLORIDIANS FEEL TARGETED AND UNWELCOME. SB 1106 DOES NOTHING TO IMPROVE SAFETY, EDUCATION NOR THE ECONOMY BUT INSTEAD PUTS POLITICAL DISPUTE INTO OUR STATE LAW AND CREATED NEW DIVISIONS AT HOME FOR THE SAKE OF FAIRNESS ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND RESPECT FOR ALL COMMUNITIES I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON SB 1106 THANK YOU. >> Chair: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AMEENA SYMNEC IS SPEAKING AGAINST. WAIVING. YOU WILL WAIVE IN OPPOSITION. OKAY MEMBERS THAT IS ALL THE APPEARANCE FORMS. DEBATE? SEEING NONE SENATOR MASSULLO YOU MAY CLOSE ON THE BILL AS AMENDED. >> Senator Massullo: THIS DEALS WITH NO FEDERAL DOCUMENTS WAS TO RECOGNIZE THEM. AND I WILL CITE AS AN ASIDE THERE ARE BILLS FLOATING IN THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND CONGRESS TO DO EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE AT THE STATE LEVEL ON A FEDERAL LEVEL AND THIS BILL DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH DISCRIMINATION OF PALESTINE OR ANY OTHER PARTICULAR PEOPLE. IT RECOGNIZES THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN THE LAND THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY HAVE LIBERATED AND IT IS ACCURACY AND HISTORY THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENFORCE TO THE PEOPLE OF OUR STATE AND THE STUDENTS THAT WE INSTRUCT AND WITH THAT I ASK FOR YOUR FAVORABLE SUPPORT. >> Chair: THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 1106. >> SENATOR ARRINGTON. >> YES. >> SENATOR BRACY DAVIS. >> SENATOR BRODEUR. >> SENATOR GRALL. >> SENATOR MCCLAIN. >> SENATOR POLSKY. >> SENATOR RODRIGUEZ. >> SENATOR DICEGLIE. >> CHAIR MAYFIELD. >> Chair: YES. BY YOUR VOTE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE PRESENT SENATE BILL 1106 IS REPORTED FAVORABLY. MEMBERS WE WILL NOW GO TO TAB NUMBER ONE. SENATOR TRUENOW. YOU WILL PRESENT SENATE BILL 7020 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER BY AGRICULTURE AND YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO EXPLAIN YOUR BILL. >> Senator Truenow: SENATE BILL 7020 IN A 2021 THE LEGISLATURE CREATED A PUBLIC RECORD EXEMPTION TO PROTECT CERTAIN PRODUCTION RECORDS RELATED TO AQUACULTURE SHELLFISH FACILITIES AND SUBMERGED LAND LEASES HELD BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES. THIS EXEMPTION IS SET TO EXPIRE THIS YEAR UNLESS REENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE. THIS PROTECTS AQUACULTURE PRODUCERS AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL PARTNERS AND STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS WHILE ALSO PROTECTING THE MARKETPLACE IT IS RECOMMENDED TO REENACT THE EXEMPTION AND THAT IS WHAT SENATE BILL 7020 DOES AND THAT IS THE BILL. >> Chair: MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS BILL? SEEING NONE WE HAVE ONE APPEARANCE FORM. IT'S ALEX HALEY WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES WAIVING IN SUPPORT. MEMBERS, ANY DEBATE? SEEING NONE YOU MAY CLOSE SENATOR. >> Senator Truenow: WAIVE CLOSE. >> Chair: PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON SENATE BILL 7020. >> SENATOR ARRINGTON. >> YES. >> SENATOR BRACY DAVIS. >> SENATOR BRODEUR. >> SENATOR GRALL. >> SENATOR MCCLAIN. >> SENATOR POLSKY. >> SENATOR RODRIGUEZ. >> SENATOR DICEGLIE. >> CHAIR MAYFIELD. >> Chair: YES BY YOUR VOTE SENATE BILL 7020 REPORTS FAVORABLY. MEMBERS, WE WILL NOW GO TO TAB NUMBER FOUR SENATOR WRIGHT. THAT IS SENATE BILL 474 MILITARY AFFAIRS. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO EXPLAIN THE BILL. >> Senator Wright: THANK YOU. SENATE BILL 474 REVISES PROVISIONS OF FLORIDA LAWS RELATING TO MILITARY SERVICE LEAVE IT FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. SPECIFICALLY THE BILL EXPANDS ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN MILITARY SERVICE PROTECTIONS TO INCLUDE PUBLIC OFFICIALS WHO ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD. THIS EXPANDS ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN BELIEVE PROTECTIONS TO INCLUDE PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE FLORIDA STATE IT NARROWS THE INSTANCES FOR WHICH FOR SERVICE MEMBERS WHO ARE ALSO PUBLIC OFFICIALS OR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ARE ENTITLED TO 30 DAYS PAID FROM THE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT FOR FEDERAL MILITARY SERVICE TO APPLY ONLY WHEN THE SERVICE MEMBER HAS FEDERAL MILITARY SERVICE OF 90 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OR MORE ON A SINGLE ORDER. THEY CANNOT BE A SERIES OF SHORT ORDERS ACCUMULATED INTO 90 DAYS AND CLARIFIES WHICH POSITION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS AND FLORIDA STATE GUARD ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SENIOR MANAGEMENT SERVICE CLASS RETIREMENT MEMBERSHIP AND IT DELETES REFERENCES TO THE FORWARD MARCH AND ABOUT FACE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED. IT EXPANDS THE FOR REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THAT IS THE BILL MADAM CHAIR. >> Chair: QUESTIONS ON THE BILL? SEEING NONE WE HAVE THREE AMENDMENTS AND WE WILL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. FIRST WE WILL TAKE UP THE FIRST AMENDMENT BAR 797214 BY SENATOR WRIGHT. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Senator Wright: AMENDMENT BAR CODE 797 TO 14 CLARIFIES THAT DISTRICT SCHOOL AND FLORIDA COLLEGE SYSTEM EMPLOYEES ARE INCLUDED UNDER THE MUNICIPALITIES AND CLINICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE AND THAT IS THE AMENDMENT. >> Chair: QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE AS WELL AS THERE ARE NO APPEARANCE FORMS. IS THERE DEBATE ON THIS AMENDMENT? SEEING NONE YOU MAY CLOSE. >> Chair: THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED? THIS AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. NOW WE WILL TAKE UP THE SECOND AMENDMENT, WHICH IS BARCODE 36828 BY SENATOR WRIGHT, AND YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO EXPLAIN THE AMENDMENT. >> Senator Wright: AMEMDENT BARCODE 368028 CLARIFIES THAT IN REGARD TO SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN ASSISTANT PROGRAMS BENEFICIARIES ARE DESIGNATED BY THE SERVICE MEMBERS SERVICE COMPONENT RECORDS. AND THAT IS THE AMENDMENT. >> Chair: QUESTIONS? THERE ARE NONE. THERE ARE NO APPEARANCE FORMS AND THERE IS NO DEBATE. YOU MAY CLOSE. >> Senator Wright: WAIVE CLOSE. >> Chair: THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT. THOSE OPPOSED? THIS AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. WE WILL TAKE UP THE THIRD AMENDMENT WHICH IS BARCODE 485754 BY SENATOR WRIGHT. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Senator Wright: AMENDMENT BAR CODE 48754 ENSURES THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DIRECT SUPPORT ORGANIZATION THAT ADMINISTERS THE SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM COMPLETES AN ANNUAL AUDIT OF THE PROGRAM TO BE PUBLISHED ON THEIR WEBSITE. THE AMENDMENT ALSO TASKS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH OUR VIEW OF ITS BY LAWS THAT GOVERN THE SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THIS REVIEW SHALL BE PROVIDED IN A REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS WHICH WILL BE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE ADJUNCT GENERAL OF FLORIDA AND THAT IS THE AMENDMENT MANNING CHAIR. >> Chair: QUESTIONS ON THE AMENDMENT? SEEING NONE. WE HAVE NO APPEARANCE FORMS. THERE IS NO DEBATE. SENATOR WRIGHT YOU MAY CLOSE. >> Senator Wright: WAIVE CLOSE. >> Chair: THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED? THIS AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. NOW MEMBERS, WE ARE BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED. OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE BILL AS AMENDED? SEEING NONE ARE THEIR APPEARANCE FORMS? THERE ARE NONE. DEBATE? >> Senator Wright: WAIVE CLOSE. >> Chair: SENATOR WRIGHT WAIVES CLOSE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 474. >> SENATOR ARRINGTON. >> YES. >> SENATOR BRACY DAVIS. >> SENATOR BRODEUR. >> SENATOR GRALL. >> SENATOR MCCLAIN. >> SENATOR POLSKY. >> SENATOR RODRIGUEZ. >> SENATOR DICEGLIE. >> CHAIR MAYFIELD. >> Senator Mayfield: YES BY YOUR VOTE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 474 REPORTS FAVORABLY. THANK YOU. NOW WEE WILL TAKE UP SENATOR GRALL 350 TAB NUMBER EIGHT. THAT'S PUBLIC RECORDS ON CRIME VICTIMS. SENATOR GRALL YOU HAVE MANY AMENDMENTS HERE. FIRST LET'S TAKE OF THE DELETE ALL THEN WE HAVE TWO AMENDMENTS TO THE DELETE ALL AMENDMENT SO FIRST EXPLAIN THE DELETE ALL AMENDMENT WHICH IS BARCODE 465530 THEN WE CAN GO DIRECTLY INTO THE AMENDMENTS TO THE DELETE ALL. >> Senator Grall: THE STRIKE ALL CLARIFIES PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS OF LAWFUL REPRESENTATIVE FAMILY MEMBER AND NEXT OF KIN BY SEPARATING PROTECTIONS FROM THEIR IDENTITY FROM THE EGGS VICTIMS EXEMPTION AND ALSO AUTHORIZES DISCLOSURE OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO WAS VICTIMIZED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF OFFICIAL DUTIES 60 DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT AND ALL OTHER IDENTIFYING DETAILS OF THE OFFICER REMAIN PROTECTED UNDER THE BILL'S AND THE AMENDMENT FURTHER SPECIFIES THAT THE EXEMPTION IS LIMITED TO PUBLIC RECORDS THAT IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS AS VICTIMS OR THE LAWFUL REPRESENTATIVE FAMILY MEMBER OR NEXT OF KIN OF A VICTIM RATHER THAN APPLYING BROADLY TO UNRELATED RECORDS. >> Chair: SENATOR GRALL YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO EXPLAIN. YOU DID THAT. NOW FIRST AMENDMENT IS DELETE ALL IS BARCODE 830978. >> Senator Grall: THANK YOU. THIS AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT ADDRESSES THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED FOR THE NAME OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO BECOMES A VICTIM IN THE COURSE OR SCOPE OF HIS OR HER WORK AND AMENDMENT AUTOMATICALLY MAKES OFFICER'S NAME CONFIDENTIAL AND EXEMPT FOR THE FIRST 72 HOURS AFTER THE INCIDENT THE INFORMATION IS THEN AUTOMATICALLY MADE EXEMPT ONLY FOR THE NEXT 60 DAYS DURING WHICH A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY MAY RELEASE OFFICER'S NAME BUT IS NOT REQUIRED AT THE END OF THE 60 DAY TIMEFRAME THE OFFICER'S NAME MAY BE RELEASED AS A PUBLIC RECORD AND MAKES CLEAR IF AN OFFICER IS A VICTIM OF A SEXUAL OFFENSE WILL ON THE JOB THE CURRENT PUBLIC RECORDS EXEMPTION WOULD APPLY AND NOT BE LIMITED BY THE 72 HOURS 60 DAY TIMEFRAME. >> Chair: QUESTIONS ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE DELETE ALL AMENDMENT? SEEING NONE ARE THERE APPEARANCE FORMS? IS THERE DEBATE ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE DELETE ALL? THERE IS NONE. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO CLOSE. WAIVE CLOSE. THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED? THIS AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. NOW WE CAN TAKE UP SECOND AMENDMENT TO DELETE ALL BARCODE 80162 SENATOR GRALL YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO EXPLAIN THE AMENDMENT. >> Senator Grall: THANK YOU. THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT UPDATES THE PUBLIC NECESSITY STATEMENT TO REFLECT THE CHANGES MADE IN THE SUBJECT OF AMENDMENT BARCODE 830978. >> Chair: QUESTIONS ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE DELETE ALL AMENDMENT? SEEING NONE APPEARANCE FORMS? DEBATE ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE DELETE ALL AMENDMENT? THERE IS NO DEBATE. YOU MAY CLOSE ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE DELETE ALL AMENDMENT. >> Chair: WAIVE CLOSE. THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE DELETE ALL AMENDMENT? OKAY THOSE OPPOSED? THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. NOW WE ARE BACK ON THE MAIN AMENDMENT OF THE DELETE ALL AMENDMENT AS AMENDED. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? WE ARE BACK ON THE DELETE ALL AMENDMENT. THE AMENDMENTS TO THE DELETE ALL AMENDMENT. ARE YOU GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS NOW OR LATER? >> LATER. >> Chair: OKAY SO WE ARE BACK ON. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO APPEARANCE FORMS? NO DEBATE. NO SENATOR GRALL YOU MAY CLOSE ON THE DELETE ALL AMENDMENT. >> Senator Grall: WAIVE CLOSE. >> Chair: ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. NOW WE ARE BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED SENATOR BRACY DAVIS. >> Senator Bracy Davis: IF WE APPLY THE SITUATION TO MINNEAPOLIS WE STILL WOULD NOT KNOW WHO OFFICER WAS WHO KILLED RENEE GOOD. HOW DOES HOLDING THIS IDENTITY SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST? >> Chair: SENATOR GRALL. >> Senator Grall: THE CONFIDENTIALITY IN THE FIRST 72 HOURS IS FOR THE AGENCY TO ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT THERE NEEDS TO BE ANY PROTECTION PUT IN PLACE FOR THAT OFFICER AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY DISCUSSIONS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN FROM ME AND MANY DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS AROUND THIS ISSUE WHERE SOME FEEL AND SOME OFFICERS FEEL THERE SHOULD BE AN EXEMPTION THAT MAY BE IS IN PERPETUITY IF THEY WERE THE VICTIM OF THE CRIME. THIS ONLY APPLIES IF AN OFFICER IS A VICTIM DURING THE COURSE AND SCOPE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT. IF THE OFFICER IS NOT A VICTIM OF ANY CRIME THERE IS NO WITHHOLDING OF ANY INFORMATION. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I KNOW ENOUGH OF THE DETAILS OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO KNOW IF THAT OFFICER WAS A VICTIM IN THAT SPECIFIC SCENARIO. IF THE OFFICER WAS NOT A VICTIM THERE WOULD NEVER BE WITHHOLDING OF INFORMATION OF THE OFFICER’S NAME. >> Chair: FOLLOW UP? ANY OTHER? SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS ARE THERE APPEARANCE FORMS? WE HAVE ONE. WILLIAM SMITH WITH THE FLORIDA PBA SPEAKING FOR. >> MADAM CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, WE HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH SENATOR GRALL. WE WANTED THE GROUPS THAT SHE MENTIONED AND THIS REALLY BEGAN LAST YEAR WITH HER AMENDMENT ON THE SENATE FLOOR AND WE GOT TO THIS POINT. WE THINK WE ARE AT A GOOD POINT AND UNLESS THE OFFICER IS A VICTIM THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME PROTECTIONS AS A VICTIM THAT IS A CIVILIAN. BUT SHE WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH HER AND SHE HAS GONE ON HER WAY AND WE APPRECIATE HER WORK. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> Chair: THANK YOU. MEMBERS, WE ARE IN DEBATE. DOES ANYONE WISH TO DEBATE? SENATOR GRALL I WANT TO THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE WORKED HARD ON THIS AND WE HAVE HAD TO TP IT AND THEN YOU COME BACK AND YOU WORK WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AND I THINK THAT THERE IS A BALANCE IN THEIR PROTECTING THE OFFICER IF THEY ARE A VICTIM FOR THE 72 HOURS INTO THE INVESTIGATION. I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB PUTTING THIS TOGETHER THROUGH ALL THESE AMENDMENTS. WITH THAT PLAYS COAL. >> Senator Grall: PLEASE I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THIS TO WORK WITH YOUR STAFF AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE STAFF AND ALLOWING US TO UNDERSTAND THE REAL ISSUES. AND WE NEED TRANSPARENCY WHENEVER POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE AND EVERYONE'S PUSH AND PULL ON THIS I JUST APPRECIATE THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THIS RESOLVED THIS YEAR AND MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS PROTECTING THE NAMES OF VICTIMS FROM BEING EXPOSED TO THE PUBLIC AND VICTIMS GET THE PROTECTION THAT THEY NEED AND ALSO REMEMBER IF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IS EVER A VICTIM IN THEIR PRIVATE LIFE THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO THEM AT ALL. I APPRECIATE THE WORD BALANCE. THE BALANCE OF BEING IN PUBLIC TRUST NEEDED WHEN SOMEONE IS WORKING IN THAT CAPACITY SO I ASK FOR YOUR FAVORABLE SUPPORT. WE ARE NOT THE FINAL COMMITTEE YET SO I'M SURE THERE WILL BE FEEDBACK AND OPINIONS AND I WELCOME ALL OF THAT AS WE TRY TO GET THIS JUST RIGHT. >> Chair: CALL THE ROLL ON COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 350. >> SENATOR ARRINGTON. >> YES. >> SENATOR BRACY DAVIS. >> YES. >> SENATOR BRODEUR. >> SENATOR GRALL. >> SENATOR MCCLAIN. >> SENATOR POLSKY. >> SENATOR RODRIGUEZ. >> SENATOR DICEGLIE. >> CHAIR MAYFIELD. >> Chair: YES. COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 350 IS REPORTED FAVORABLY. OKAY MEMBERS I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO VICE CHAIR DICEGLIE SO I CAN PRESENT MY NEXT BILL. >> Senator DiCeglie: WE SAVED THE BEST ONE FOR LAST. WERE TAKING UP TO HAVE NUMBER TEN SPP B 7032 BY GOVERNMENTAL OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS RELATES TO FLEET MANAGEMENT. SENATOR MAYFIELD YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO EXPLAIN YOUR PROPOSED BILL. >> Senator Mayfield: MEMBERS IF YOU REMEMBER CORRECTLY WE DID HAVE SEVERAL AGENCIES COME IN AND SPEAK ABOUT THEIR FLEET MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS BILL. S PBA 7032 REMOVES REQUIREMENTS THAT AN AGENCY GO THROUGH DMS AND ALL ASPECTS OF VEHICLE MANAGEMENT INCLUDING PURCHASE, MAINTENANCE, AND DISPOSAL OF MOTOR VEHICLE WATERCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT. INSTEAD THE BILL ALLOWS A STATE AGENCY TO MANAGE IT'S FLEET VEHICLE SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION AND STATE PURCHASING LAW. A STATE AGENCY MAY STILL CONTRACT WITH THE DMS TO PERFORM THESE FUNCTIONS IF THE AGENCY DOES NOT WISH TO TAKE ON THAT ROLL. FLEET MANAGEMENT WILL BE HANDLED AT THE AGENCY LEVEL BUT GIVE DATA TO THE DMS SO IT CAN PRODUCE REPORTS FOR THE LEGISLATURE. MEMBERS THAT IS THE BILL. >> Chair: THANK YOU. QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, DO WE HAVE APPEARANCE FORMS? WE HAVE NONE. SENATORS, DO WE HAVE DEBATE? SEEING NONE, SENATOR MCCLAIN MOVES THAT SP BE 7030 TO BE SUBMITTED AS A COMMITTEE BILL. SEEING NO OBJECTION, SHOW THE MOTION IS ADOPTED AND CALL THE ROLL ON SB 7032. >> Chair: SENATOR ARRINGTON. >> YES. >> SENATOR BRACY DAVIS. >> SENATOR BRODEUR. >> SENATOR GRALL. >> SENATOR MCCLAIN. >> SENATOR POLSKY. >> SENATOR RODRIGUEZ. >> SENATOR DICEGLIE. >> CHAIR MAYFIELD. >> Chair: YES. >> Vice Chair: SPB 3032 REPORTS FAVORABLY AS A COMMITTEE BILL. I WILL GIVE SENATOR MAYFIELD THE GAVEL BACK. >> Chair: DOES ANY SENATOR WISH TO RECORDED VOTING ON A BILL BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TODAY? SENATOR POLSKY. >> Senator Polsky: MARK ME AFFIRMATIVE IN TAB FIVE AND NINE. >> Chair: SENATOR GRALL. >> Senator Grall: AFFIRMATIVE TAB TWO, FIVE, NINE, AND NEGATIVE TAB THREE. >> Chair: SENATOR BRACY DAVIS. >> Senator Bracy Davis: THANK YOU. MARK ME AFFIRMATIVE FOR TAB SIX, ONE, AND FOUR. >> Chair: GREAT. ANY OBJECTIONS? SHOW THIS MOTION IS ADOPTED. IS THERE BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE? SEEING NONE, SENATOR BRACY DAVIS MOVES WE ADJOURN. IS THERE OBJECTION? I SEE NO OBJECTION. THE MOTION IS ADOPTED AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.