FEBRUARY 8TH , 2018 WEEK FIVE UPDATE Fraternal Order Of Police SENATOR AARON REP. CORD BYRD SENATOR DENISE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE BEAN MEETING WITH GRIMSLEY WEEK 5 DISTRICT 2 GARNERS DISTRICT 2 ON PTSD CONTINUED SUPPORT SUPPORT FOR PTSD OF FOP LEGISLATIVE Priorities/Status The Florida State Fraternal Order Of Police faced the slow down of session as the legislature prepared for budget conference. Based upon the timelines of the Florida House Of Representatives it was critical that our PTSD/Workers Comp legislation was placed on agenda in House Government Operations Appropriations Committee. This committee is chaired by Representative Blaise Ingoglia. District Director Steve Klapka reached out to Rep. Ingoglia (State Republican Party Chair) to apply pressure from the local constituency, while FOP District 2 rallied their local delegation to get our bills brought to the forefront and placed on committee agenda. The Senate Bill (376) needs to be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee, we expect the bill to be on the agenda but the full committee is not meeting next week. All the hard work has paid off and we met the deadline on Sub- Committee hearing in the House of Representatives and the bill has been placed on the agenda to heard in the House Government Operations Appropriations Committee agenda for Tuesday at 9:30 am in room 17 of the House Office Building. The Fraternal Order Of Police prioritized all legislation dealing with the local 175/185 local pensions and the Florida Retirement System. There are several pieces of legislation that are currently filed in the legislature, and with the exception of the actuarial bill that sets the Pictured; employer contribution rate all are either blocked, stalled or dead at this time. The legislation the that has a positive impact (cola) is moving in the senate but FOP Lodge 5-30 are recognized during session by the house has only workshopped the bill. The FRS pension legislation will Senator Aaron Bean have to be closely guarded and scrutinized as we go into the budget process, as any adverse legislation will be handled in the implementing bill for !1 FEBRUARY 8TH , 2018 WEEK FIVE UPDATE governmental operation appropriations. The actuarial legislation directed at the local pension bills still remains blocked and unheard by the committee chairmen. FOP District 2 arrive All the “Use Of Force” legislation is currently stalled in the to stand with fellow committee process and we will need to start focusing on keeping LEOs to push for PTSD any negative impact amendments from being attached to other legislation. legislation. The “Gun” legislation has three categories : Bad, Innocuous, and Good. The only legislation moving are the innocuous gun legislation and the others are blocked by the Senate Judiciary Committee or the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. Our LEOSA/Corrections legislation has not been heard in either chamber and we have passed the House deadline on subcommittee hearings. Currently the two chambers are working together but that is only a surface illusion. We are currently at the half way point in session and the two chambers have only passed 4 pieces of legislation to the Governor’s Desk. The bulk of bills are finalized and passed during the last 2 weeks of session, but as we approach the budget conference the legislature will slow down. The two chambers are at odds over the priorities of the two leaders. The sanctuary cities legislation that is the priority of Speaker Corcoran does not have the votes to pass and there is an expectation that the charter schools legislation (7055) that is also a Speaker priority, does not have the votes needed for passage. This will have the two chambers at odds, and we can only hope that they can find a middle ground and agree on allocations for the budget, so that conferencing can begin. This legislative session has a lot undercurrents of animosity and the legislators, their staff, and public are all on edge. This week the blog press Senator Aaron Bean attacked Senator George Gainer on social media and the dedicated fop honoring FOP 5-30: twitter followers immediately came to his defense, eliciting an apology Senator Audrey Gibson and the removal of the original tweets. The original journalist did the continuing her support for right thing, but there are other bloggers who continue to be on the her local leos: FOP 5-30 attack. These negative tweets are an attempt to bait to create twitter brings in reinforcements to wars, so the polite, professional, and direct tweets that our FOP members push for the HB 227/ SB have made are to be commended. 376. !2 FEBRUARY 8TH , 2018 WEEK FIVE UPDATE Next Week Monday Feb 12, 2018 Tuesday Feb 13, 2018 9:30AM Event Location H Government Operations & Technology 9:30AM-11:30A 17 H Appropriations Subcommittee M HB 0227 Workers' Compensation Benefits for First Willhite Responders ! Workers' Compensation Benefits for First Responders: Deletes certain limitations relating to workers' compensation benefits for first responders; provides first responders are entitled to workers' compensation benefits for mental or nervous injuries regardless of whether such injuries are accompanied by physical injuries. Effective Date: July 1, 2018 10:00AM Event Location 10:00AM-12:00 S Community Affairs 301 S PM SB 0900 Firefighters Flores ! Firefighters; Granting certain benefits to a firefighter upon receiving a diagnosis of cancer if certain conditions are met; requiring an employer to make certain disability payments to a firefighter in the event of a total and permanent disability; providing for death benefits to a firefighter’s beneficiary if a firefighter died as a result of cancer or cancer treatments; specifying that any costs associated with benefits granted by the act are to be borne by the employer, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2018 12:30PM Event Location 12:30PM-2:30P H Justice Appropriations Subcommittee 306 H M HB 0957 Crime Stoppers Organizations Gruters ! Crime Stoppers Organizations: Prohibits person who engages in privileged communication, law enforcement crime stoppers coordinator or his or her staff, or member of crime stoppers organization's board of directors from being required to disclose privileged communications or produce protected information; provides exception; permits criminal defendant to petition court to inspect protected information. Effective Date: October 1, 2018 HB 1301 Sexual Offenders and Predators Fitzenhagen ! Sexual Offenders and Predators: Reduces aggregate & consecutive number of days used to determine residency for purposes of sexual predator or sexual offender registration; provides for mandatory minimum sentence of community control with electronic monitoring for certain offenses. Effective Date: July 1, 2018 2:00PM Event Location S Ethics and Elections 412 K 2:00PM-4:00PM SB 1180 County and Municipal Public Officers and Steube Employees ! !3 FEBRUARY 8TH , 2018 WEEK FIVE UPDATE County and Municipal Public Officers and Employees; Requiring a candidate for an elective municipal office to file a full and public disclosure of financial interests upon qualifying for office; requiring elected county or municipal public officers who are candidates for elective office to make certain campaign finance reports available for posting on their county or municipal websites; requiring elected municipal officers to file a full and public disclosure of financial interests, rather than a statement of financial interests, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2018 S Judiciary 110 S 2:00PM-4:00PM SB 0112 Involuntary Examinations Under the Baker Act Campbell ! Involuntary Examinations Under the Baker Act; Authorizing physician assistants and advanced registered nurse practitioners to execute a certificate under certain conditions stating that they have examined a person and find the person appears to meet the criteria for involuntary examination, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2018 SB 0300 Florida Commission on Human Relations Rouson ! Florida Commission on Human Relations; Revising the length of time by which receipt of the complaint must be acknowledged and copies thereof provided to named parties; revising the length of time by which a complainant may file a complaint with the Public Employees Relations Commission following termination of the Florida Commission on Human Relations’ investigation; requiring the commission to provide notice to an aggrieved person under certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2018 SB 0706 Crime Stoppers Organizations Steube ! Crime Stoppers Organizations; Prohibiting a person who engages in privileged communication, a law enforcement crime stoppers coordinator or his or her staff, or a member of a crime stoppers organization’s board of directors from being required to disclose privileged communications or produce protected information; authorizing a person charged with a criminal offense to petition the court to inspect the protected information under certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: 10/1/2018 SB 1142 Expunction of Criminal History Records Steube ! Expunction of Criminal History Records; Revising the eligibility requirements for expunction of criminal history records to include instances in which a verdict of not guilty was rendered, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2018 3:00PM Event Location H Government Accountability Committee 17 H 3:00PM-6:00PM HB 0117 Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Stone ! Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety: Revises & provides requirements for driver of motor vehicle overtaking