JANUARY 27TH, 2018 WEEK THREE UPDATE

Fraternal Order Of Police SEN. SIMPSON AND GOV. RICK SCOTT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE REP. FITZENHAGEN MEETING WITH NAMI SENATOR GARCIA WEEK 3 PRESS CONFERENCE LEADERS ON MENTAL FOP 31 PRESIDENT ON PTSD ILLNESS MIKE TUCKER LEGISLATIVE

PTSD & 1st Responder Suicide The Florida State Fraternal Order Of Police and it’s Legislative Committee Members have been pushing to get movement in the House of Representatives on PTSD/Workerscomp legislation. This week we joined forces with NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness and they had over 200 volunteers at the Capital bringing attention to 1st Responder suicide rates and the number of them working with PTSD. This organization is a not for profit that is dedicated to supporting mental health issues and this week they held press conferences, a rally, and met with legislators. They have been unstinting in their support of our legislation and will be present next week to testify in committee. We are proud to announce that all of meetings, emails, and press conferences have worked and we have made headway in the House of Representatives. House Bill 227 by Representative Willhite will be heard in it’s first house committee January 30th, 2018 at 8:30 am in 17 House Office Building. Senate Bill 376 1st Responders Worker Compensation for PTSD has two remaining committees in the Senate before it will be ready for consideration on the senate floor. Senate Appropriations is the next stop and that committee is chaired by Senator Rob Bradley and the next committee is the Senate Rules committee and it is chaired by Senator Lizbeth Benaquisto. We have met with both Senators and are encouraged by their response to the legislation. Joining CFO Jimmy Patronis , Agriculture Commissioner and Pictured; Gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam is supporting the PTSD/Workers Comp legislation. Commissioner Putnam’s people have met with FOP Leadership and his FOP Lodge 31 President Mike staff will be meeting with us next week to find ways to help move out issues forward. Tucker, NRA President Marion Hammer and Senator Greg Steube discuss LEOSA/HR 218 legislation.

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We have always had more cooperation and support in the Florida Senate and this year is no difference.The two key pieces of legislation in the The National Alliance House Of Representatives is HB 629 and HB 227. House Bill 227 has the largest number of co-sponsors from both sides of the political aisle. on Mental Illness work They are Willhite, Plasencia, Alexander, Burgess, Cotes, Daniels, Davis, to Support PTSD Bill Duran, Miller, Moraitis, Plakon, Shaw, Slosberg, Smith, Toledo, Williams, Grant (J). The bill has been referenced to House Oversight, Transparency and Administration Committee, House Government Operations and Technology Subcommittee, and House Government Accountability Committee. The first chair of reference is Representative Jennifer Sullivan, the next sub-committee chair is Representative Ingoglia, and the final committee is Representative Matt Caldwell. This Week The Appropriation Subcommittees in both chambers released their proposed budgets this week, and chaos erupted has the House released an austere bare bones budget and the Senate saw an influx of people coming in the try and get place holders in the Senate budget so that their issues will be alive for conference. Now that the proposed budgets have been released we await the names of the legislative conferees.

These are the bills that we worked on this week in the legislature.

SB 982 by Senator Bobby Powell was heard in the Senate Criminal Justice Committee and passed 7-0 voteThe bill creates the Care for Retired Law Enforcement Dogs Program (program) within the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). The program will provide up to $1,500 annually to any former handler or adopter of a retired law enforcement dog for reimbursement of veterinary care for the dog if the agency from which the dog retired provides verification of the dog’s service. The former handler or adopter must submit a valid invoice from a veterinarian for care provided in Florida and proof of payment for Representative Kathleen reimbursement to occur. When the annual funding for the program is Peters, Mike Miller, and depleted, reimbursements must be discontinued for the remainder of the Guillermo-Smith stand year. The program is created within the FDLE to provide a stable funding with NAMI to be source for veterinary care for retired law enforcement dogs.“Retired law champions for PTSD and enforcement dog” is defined by the bill as a dog who has been in the Mental Illness. Executive service of or employed by a law enforcement agency in this state for the Director Alisa Lapolt briefs purpose of aiding in the detection of criminal activity, enforcement of the press on PTSD and laws, or apprehension of offenders. The retired law enforcement dog must have received certification in obedience and apprehension work Suicide Prevention. from a certifying organization, such as the National Police Canine Association, Inc.The bill defines “law enforcement agency” as a state or

!2 JANUARY 27TH, 2018 WEEK THREE UPDATE local public agency that has primary responsibility for the prevention and detection of crime or the enforcement of the penal, traffic, highway, regulatory, game, immigration, postal, customs, or controlled substance laws.The bill adopts the term “veterinarian” from s. 474.202, F.S. Section 474.202(11), F.S., defines “veterinarian” as a health care practitioner who is licensed to engage in the practice of veterinary medicine in Florida. The bill defines “veterinary care” as the practice of veterinary medicine and, defines “veterinary medicine” to include, with respect to animals, surgery, acupuncture, obstetrics, dentistry, physical therapy, radiology, theriogenology, and other branches or specialties of veterinary medicine. The bill specifies that the term also includes: *Annual wellness examinations;Vaccines;Internal and external parasite prevention treatments;Testing and treatment of illnesses and diseases;Medications;Emergency care and surgeries; and Care provided in specialties of veterinary medicine such as veterinary oncology, euthanasia,and cremation services. The FDLE is directed to contract with a corporation not-for-profit, organized under ch. 617, F.S., to administer and manage the program.The corporation will be selected through a competitive grant award process. The corporation must: *Be dedicated to the protection or care of retired law enforcement dogs. *Hold tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue code as a s. 501(c)(3) organization.7 *Have held tax-exempt status for at least five years. *Agree to be subject to review and audit at the discretion of the Auditor General to ensure accurate accounting and disbursement of state funds. *Demonstrate the ability to effectively and efficiently disseminate information and assist former handlers and adopters of retired law enforcement dogs in complying with the bill. The bill provides that notwithstanding ch. 287, F.S., the FDLE must select the corporation not- for-profit through a competitive grant award process.8 The corporation is the disbursing authority for the funds appropriated by the Legislature to the FDLE for the program. The FDLE must pay the corporation, and the corporation may use, up to ten percent of appropriated funds for administrative expenses, including salaries and benefits.

SB 1392 Prearrest Diversion Programs by Senator Brandes passed the Senate Criminal Justice Committee 5-1. The bill requires the establishment of two prearrest diversion programs in each judicial circuit in the state, one for adults and one for juveniles. The bill requires the programs to be created with the collaboration of the public defender, the state attorney, the clerk of the court for each county in the circuit, and representatives of participating law enforcement agencies in the circuit. The bill requires the DJJ to develop and provide guidelines for best practice models for civil citation or similar diversion programs to the judicial circuits to use as a resource in developing and refining the circuit-wide programs. The bill provides that each judicial circuit’s prearrest diversion program must specify: *The misdemeanor offenses that qualify an adult or juvenile for participation in the program; *The eligibility criteria for the program; *The program’s implementation and operation; *The program’s requirements, including, but not limited to: o -The completion of community service hours; o -Payment of restitution, if applicable; and o -Intervention services indicated by a needs assessment of the adult or juvenile; and *A program fee, if any, to be paid by an adult or juvenile participating in the program.32 The bill requires the state attorney of each circuit to operate both prearrest diversion programs. A sheriff, police department, county, municipality, or public or private educational institution may continue to operate an independent prearrest diversion program if it is in operation as of October 1, 2018, and is determined by the state attorney of that circuit to be substantially similar to the prearrest diversion program developed by the circuit. If the independent program is not substantially similar to the program developed by the circuit, the operator of the independent program may revise the program and the state attorney may conduct an additional review of the independent program.

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The bill provides that a judicial circuit may look to model the circuit’s programs after an existing sheriff, police department, county, municipality or public or private educational institution’s prearrest diversion program. The bill provides that if an adult or juvenile does not successfully complete the prearrest diversion program, the arresting law enforcement officer must determine if there is good cause to arrest the adult or juvenile for the original misdemeanor offense and refer the case to the state attorney to determine if prosecution is appropriate or rather, allow the adult or juvenile to continue in the prearrest diversion program. A committee substitute was adopted and now the bill handles an adult participant’s personal identifying information differently than that of a juvenile participant. Upon intake of an adult participating in the program, the state attorney or the person operating the independent program must electronically provide the adult’s personal identifying information to the clerk of the court for the county in which the adult is participating in the program. This personal identifying information is not considered a court record and the confidentiality of the information must be maintained. The bill requires the clerk of the court to maintain this information in the Comprehensive Case Information System, which provides a single point of access for all such statewide information. Whereas, when a juvenile participates in a prearrest diversion program, the DJJ receives a copy of the civil citation or similar diversion program notice and enters the appropriate information into the juvenile offender information system. The notice of a juvenile’s civil citation or similar diversion program is also sent to the juvenile’s parent or guardian and the victim. At the conclusion of a juvenile’s participation in a civil citation or similar diversion program, the state attorney operating the program must report the outcome to the DJJ. Expunction of Juvenile Criminal History Record The bill amends s. 943.0582, F.S., to require the FDLE to adopt rules to provide for the expunction of a nonjudicial record of the arrest of a juvenile who has successfully completed a diversion program for a misdemeanor offense. The bill specifies that an expunction under this section is limited to misdemeanor offenses.The bill defines “diversion program” as a program under s. 985.12, F.S. (civil citation), s. 985.125, F.S. (prearrest or postarrest diversion programs), s. 985.155, F.S. (neighborhood restorative justice), or s. 985.16, F.S. (community arbitration), or a program to which a referral is made by a state attorney under s. 985.15(1)(g), F.S. The bill requires the FDLE to expunge the nonjudicial arrest record of a juvenile if the juvenile has never previously received an expunction under s. 943.0582, F.S. The bill also requires the diversion program to submit a certification for expunction to the FDLE as a prerequisite to expunging the juvenile’s nonjudicial arrest record under this section. The bill removes the requirements for the juvenile to submit an application and official written statement from the state attorney to the FDLE prior to obtaining an expunction of his or her nonjudicial arrest record. The bill also removes the authorization for the FDLE to charge a $75 processing fee for seeking an expunction under this section. The bill maintains that “expunction” has the same meaning and effect as in s. 943.0585, F.S., providing that a person who has his or her nonjudicial arrest record expunged may lawfully deny or fail to acknowledge the arrest and the charge covered by the expunged record. However, the bill limits the purposes in which an expunged nonjudicial arrest record will be made available to criminal justice agencies to the following: *Determining eligibility for diversion programs; * criminal investigation; or * Making a prosecutorial decision under s. 985.15, F.S. Thus, the bill provides that the nonjudicial arrest record of a person whose record is expunged under this section will no longer be made available when the subject of the record is a candidate for employment with a criminal justice agency.

Adults and juveniles who wish to participate in a prearrest diversion program may have to pay a fee, depending on the guidelines established by each individual judicial circuit. The bill provides that if there is a fee imposed, a reasonable portion of the fee must be given to the clerk of the court of the applicable county. The participant may also have to pay restitution as part of the prearrest diversion program, depending on what is indicated by the assessment of the adult or juvenile.

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Creation of a prearrest diversion program for adults could result in cost savings (reduced booking/arrest- processing costs), depending on the number of eligible offenses, other eligibility criteria chosen, the pool of eligible adults, the number of participating law enforcement agencies, the use of the prearrest diversion program, and any impact the program may have in reducing arrests. Requires the DJJ to develop and provide guidelines for best practice models for civil citation or similar diversion programs to the judicial circuits as a resource; Clarifies that the state attorney will be required to operate the prearrest diversion programs for the circuit; Clarifies that an independent prearrest diversion program may continue to operate in addition to the circuit-wide program; Specifies that the clerk of the court will store an adult’s personal identifying information in the Comprehensive Case Information System; and Requires each law enforcement agency to submit certain information to the DJJ relating to a juvenile who is eligible to participate in a civil citation or similar diversion program, but was instead referred to the DJJ, provided a notice to appear, or arrested.

SB 90 Texting while Driving 1st Offense passed the Approps Sub on Transportation in an 8-2 vote : The bill authorizes enforcement of the texting while driving ban as a “primary” offense. Under the bill, a law enforcement officer may detain an operator of a motor vehicle for suspected violation of the texting while driving ban without having first detained the operator for suspected violation of another motor vehicle-related law. The bill requires that a law enforcement officer who has stopped a person for texting while driving inform the person of his or her right to decline a search of his or her wireless communications device. Further, the bill requires the law enforcement officer to record the person’s race and ethnicity if the officer issues a citation for violation of the ban. Sheriffs, municipal law enforcement agencies, state law enforcement agencies, and state university law enforcement agencies are required to maintain the recorded race and ethnicity information and report it to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The department must report at least statewide totals of such information by local, state, and state university law enforcement agencies annually starting February 1, 2019. The report must be submitted to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The bill requires that all penalties collected for a violation of the ban on texting while driving be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund of the Department of Health.

SB 876 Alarm Confirmations passed the Community Affairs Committee 6-0: The bill revises s. 489.529, F.S., to require, in most circumstances, two attempts to confirm alarm signals generated by residential or commercial intrusion and burglary alarms systems that have central monitoring, before law enforcement may be contacted for response to the premises generating the alarm. The bill requires the first attempt to confirm an active alarm signal be made by the central monitoring station, via communication by telephone call, text message, or other electronic means, with a person associated with the premises generating the alarm signal. If the first attempt to confirm the alarm signal is unsuccessful, then the central monitoring station must attempt to confirm the alarm signal a second time via communication by telephone call, text message, or other electronic means, with the premises owner, an occupant, or an authorized designee. Under current law, contact with law enforcement for a response to an alarm may not be made unless a “central monitoring verification call” is made to a telephone number associated with the premises, and if that call is not answered, then other, undefined “call-verification methods” for the premises must be employed. The authorization in current law for immediate contact with law enforcement for a response to an active alarm is retained, when the intrusion/burglary alarm generating the alarm: * Has a properly operating visual or auditory sensor that allows monitoring personnel to verify

!5 JANUARY 27TH, 2018 WEEK THREE UPDATE the alarm signal; or * Is installed on a premises that is used for the storage of firearms or ammunition by a person who holds a valid federal firearms license.

HB 333 Temporary Employment our Appointment of Officers passed the Criminal Justice Subcommittee 8-0. The bill adds an exemption to the basic recruit training program for an applicant who has served in the special operations forces of the U.S. military for at least five years, provided there is no more than a 4-year break from the applicant’s special operations forces experience at the time of application. The bill defines special operations forces to include servicemembers of the Army 75th Ranger Regiment; the Navy SEALs and Special Warfare-Craft Crewman; the Air Force Combat Control, Pararescue, and Tactical Air Control Party specialists; the Marine Corps Critical Skills Operators; and any other component of the Special Operations Command approved by the Commission. The Commission may require an exempt applicant to complete additional training as it deems appropriate, based on the applicant’s prior training and experience. A veteran of the special operations forces with the requisite 5-years of experience could become a law enforcement officer without completing the full 770 hours of basic recruit training. An exempt applicant would still have to meet other minimum qualifications, such as passing a physical examination and having good moral character, and complete any additional training required by the Commission. Additionally, as with applicants currently exempt due to prior law enforcement experience in another jurisdiction, an exempt applicant must demonstrate proficiency in high-liability areas and pass the officer certification examination within 1 year of receiving the exemption. The committee adopted one amendment and reported the bill favorably as a committee substitute. The amendment: *Required that there be no more than a 4-year break from an applicant’s special operations forces experience in order to qualify for an exemption from the basic recruit training requirement. *Allowed the Commission to require an exempt applicant to undergo additional training as it deems necessary, based on the applicant’s prior training and experience. *Included the exemption for applicants with special operations forces experience in s. 943.13, F.S. to address a drafting issue with the bill as originally filed. Legislator Spotlight The following legislators took time from their busy schedules to work with the FOP during this busy first week of session.

Senate : Gainer , Garcia, Young, Torres, Gibson, Steube

House : Willhite, Silvers, Stone, Latvala, Drake, Williamson, Smith Next Week Monday Jan 29, 2018

3:00PM Event Location

3:00PM-6:00P H Criminal Justice Subcommittee 404 H M

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HB 0039 Weapons and Firearms Eagle !

HB 0957 Crime Stoppers Organizations Gruters !

J EDR: Criminal Justice Impact Conference 117 K 3:00PM-N/A

SB 0178 Crimes Evidencing Prejudice Garcia !

SB 0588 Crimes Evidencing Prejudice Rader !

SB 0886 Defrauding or Attempting to Defraud Baxley ! Drug Tests

HB 0659 Criminal Justice Alexander !

SB 1502 Human Trafficking Book !

4:00PM Event Location

4:00PM-6:00P S Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 401 S M

SB 1214 Child Exploitation Book !

4:00PM-6:00P S Criminal Justice 37 S M

SB 0270 Involuntary Examination and Steube ! Involuntary Admission of Minors

SB 0310 Threats to Kill or do Bodily Injury Steube !

SB 0776 Theft Grimsley !

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SB 0860 Criminal History Records Bracy !

SB 0862 Public Records/Sealing of Criminal Bracy ! History Records

SB 1440 Mental Illness Training for Law Powell ! Enforcement Officers

Tuesday Jan 30, 2018

8:00AM Event Location

8:00AM-11:00 H Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee 404 H AM

HB 0573 Involuntary Examinations Under the Daniels ! Baker Act

8:30AM Event Location

H Oversight, Transparency & Administration 8:30AM-11:00 Subcommittee 17 H AM

HB 0227 Workers' Compensation Benefits for Willhite ! First Responders

HB 0665 Retirement Clemons !

HB 0695 Firefighters Latvala !

10:00AM Event Location

10:00AM-12:0 S Governmental Oversight and Accountability 401 S 0PM

SB 0300 Florida Commission on Human Rouson ! Relations

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SB 0900 Firefighters Flores !

10:00AM-12:0 S Health Policy 412 K 0PM

SB 1594 Nursing Brandes !

2:00PM Event Location

2:00PM-4:00P S Ethics and Elections 412 K M

SB 1628 Sexual Harassment Book !

2:00PM-4:00P S Judiciary 110 S M

SB 0308 Federal Immigration Enforcement Bean !

SB 0514 Transplant of Human Tissue Young !

4:00PM Event Location

4:00PM-5:30P H Justice Appropriations Subcommittee 17 H M

HB 1065 Expunction of Criminal History Eagle ! Records

Wednesday Jan 31, 2018

1:00PM Event Location

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1:00PM-6:00P S Appropriations 412 K M

SB 7014 State-administered Retirement Governmental Oversight and ! Systems Accountability

SB 0484 Sentencing Bradley !

SB 0160 Specialty License Plates/Ducks Bean ! Unlimited and Fallen Law Enfo...

SB 0950 State Employment Mayfield !

3:30PM Event Location

H SESSION 3:30PM-N/A

Special Orders

HB 0651 State Employment Yarborough !

HB 0055 Sale of Firearms White !

HB 6013 Return of Property Byrd !

HB 6003 Participant Local Government White ! Advisory Council

HB 7029 Oversight, Transparency & Administration OGSR/Human Trafficking Expunction ! Subcommittee

HB 7031 Oversight, Transparency & Administration OGSR/Criminal Justice Commission ! Subcommittee

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Priorities The Florida State Fraternal Order Of Police are excited to announce that SB 376 Workers Comp/ PTSD 1st Responders passed it’s second committee of reference Tuesday, January 16th, 2018 at 1:30 in the Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee. This bill removes the requirement for an associating injury to receive PTSD treatment/workers compensation benefits. It lowers the evidentiary standard for of mental nervous injuries of first responders, defined in s. 112.1815, F.S., from clear and convincing evidence to preponderance of evidence. It requires that such an employee must have been acting within the course of employment and the person witnessed, or arrived at the scene of, a murder, suicide, fatal injury, child death, or mass casualty incident.Eliminates the requirement that such an employee must initiate mental health treatment within 15 days after the incident. Requires that the mental nervous injury of such an employee must be demonstrated by a preponderance of evidence, rather than a clear and convincing evidence, by a licensed psychiatrist to meet the criteria for PTSD as described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, published by the American Psychiatric Association. Please email your Senator requesting their support of the bill. (SB 376) Senator Bradley bradley.rob@flsenate.gov Senator Flores flores.anitere@flsenate.gov Senator Baxley baxley.dennis@flsenate.gov Senator Bean bean.aaron@flsenate.gov Senator Benacquisto benacquisto.lizbeth@flsenate.gov Senator Bracy bracy.randolph@flsenate.gov Senator Brandes brandes.jeff@flsenate.gov Senator Gainer gainer.george@flsenate.gov Senator Galvano galvano.bill@flsenate.gov Senator Gibson gibson.audrey@flsenate.gov Senator Grimsley grimsley.denise@flsenate.gov Senator Montford montford.bill@flsenate.gov Senator Passidomo passidomo.kathleen@flsenate.gov Senator Powell powell.bobby@flsenate.gov Senator Simmons simmons.david@flsenate.gov Senator Simpson simpson.wilton@flsenate.gov Senator Stargel stargel.kelli@flsenate.gov Senator Stewart stewart.linda@flsenate.gov

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Please contact the below House of Representative Members of the House Oversight and Transparency Committee. This is the first committee of reference for both house bills on ptsd (HB 227 and HB 629). Representative Sullivan jennifer.sullivan@myfloridahouse.gov Representative Rommel bob.rommel@myfloridahouse.gov Representative Edwards katie.edwards@myfloridahouse.gov Representative Burgess danny.burgess@myfloridahouse.gov Representative Daniels kimberly.daniels@myfloridahouse.gov Representative Davis davis.tracie@myfloridahouse.gov Representative Drake brad.drake@myfloridahouse.gov Representative Henry patrick.henry@myfloridahouse.gov Representative Ingoglia blaise.ingoglia@myfloridahouse.gov Representative McClure lawrence.mcclure@myfloridahouse.gov Representative Pigman cary.pigman@myfloridahouse.gov Representative Stone charlie.stone@myfloridahouse.gov Representative Williamson jayer.williamson@myfloridahouse.gov Representative Yarborough clay.yarborough@myfloridahouse.gov

Senate Bill 722 by Senator Rene Garcia passed the Senate Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity on January 16th, 2018 at 4pm. This legislation is a partial return of the COLA for the FRS. This bill will and is a top priority for the members of the Fraternal Order Of Police. Please email the members of the committee and request their support of this much needed fix to the Florida Retirement System. You should also contact your local Senator and let them know that it a priority issue for law enforcement. The next committee of reference is the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government.

Senator Simmons [email protected]

Senator Bean [email protected]

Senator Broxson [email protected]

Senator Campbell [email protected]

Senator Gainer [email protected]

Senator Garcia [email protected]

Senator Mayfield [email protected]

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Senator Powell [email protected]

Senator Rodriguez [email protected]

Senator Taddeo [email protected]

Senator Torres [email protected]

Senate Bill 1698 Correctional Officers by Senator Bobby Powell has not moved in it’s committees of reference. This legislation simply makes certain that Correctional Officers meet the definition of leo for LEOSA, so that they will qualify for reciprocity of HR 218.The first stop for the bill will be Senate Criminal Justice Committee and Chairman Bracy will need to agenda the bill for a hearing. Please contact the members of the committee asking for their help in having the bill heard.

Senator Randolph Bracy [email protected]

Senator Dennis Baxley [email protected]

Senator Aaron Bean [email protected]

Senator Rob Bradley [email protected]

Senator Jeff Brandes [email protected]

Senator Denise Grimsley [email protected]

Senator Darryl Rouson [email protected]

House Bill 589 by Representative Kim Daniels has not been heard in it’s committees of reference. This legislation simply makes certain that Correctional Officers meet the definition of leo for LEOSA, so that they will qualify for reciprocity of HR 218.The first stop for the bill will be House Criminal Justice Committee and Chairman Spano will need to agenda the bill for a hearing. Please contact the members of the committee asking for their help in having the bill heard.

Representative Ross Spano [email protected]

Representative Julio Gonzalez [email protected]

Representative Sharon Pritchett [email protected]

Representative Ramon Alexander [email protected]

Representative Thad Altman [email protected]

Representative Dane Eagle [email protected]

Representative Bill Hager [email protected]

Representative Gayle Harrell [email protected]

Representative Chris Latvala [email protected]

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Representative Jared Moskowitz jared.moskowitz.myfloridahouse.gov

Representative David Richardson [email protected]

Representative Emily Slosberg [email protected]

Representative Jennifer Sullivan [email protected]

Representative Clay Yarborough [email protected]

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