BELOW ARE J2J'S ELEVEN(11)
POLICY PROPOSALS FOR
2024 FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE SESSION
"IN 2024 J2J CONTINUES WITH A CONTROVERSIAL AND AGGRESSIVE BILL PACKAGE"
AS ALWAYS JUSTICE-2-JESUS EACH FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE SESSION COMPLIMENTS IT'S CIVIC ACTIVITIES WITH A WIDE ARRAY OF PROSPECTIVE POLICY PROPOSALS FOR HOUSE AND SENATE MEMBERS TO CONSIDER FOR SPONSORSHIP OR AMENDMENTS IN EXISTING BILLS WHICH ARE FILLED.
THIS 2024 FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE SESSION BELOW ARE ELEVEN BILL PROPOSALS J2J SHALL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH, GOD WILLING AND GIVEN COVID19 STABILITY, FOR THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA COVERING EDUCATION, ETHICS & LIABILITY IN GOVERNMENT, CIVIL & CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND JUDICIAL REFORM:
An act relating to public officers and employees
This bill relating to education: requires school curriculum to include civics, evolution, intelligent design and the world religions, history of sexual behaviors and safe sex; requiring home economics, liberal arts, civics, career & vocation as the primary curriculum for students by grade 12; and a time for prayer or meditation for each student all administered in a secular format and fashion as allowed and expressed by the U.S. supreme court, Florida supreme court and 1st DCA, and that a process be mediated for resolving conflicts between students in a peaceful and reasonable manner under the present character development program.
This bill relating to public officers and employees: describes specifically senate and house representatives salaries and their powers or duties as required by law to be delineated in law according to the Florida constitution. Lastly, members in violation of the duties or powers as described shall be subject to prosecution by the commission on ethics; extends the purview of the commission on ethics as to the investigation and prosecution for purposes of disciplining all forms of misconduct and negligence by state and local civil servants and employees, irrespective of any conflict of interest or monetary gain, expands and institutes criminal penalties in the state for misconduct by officers and their employees who use their authority personally, officially or for others to injure persons in court and administrative proceedings or in the midst of their duties by violating or depriving one of personal or property rights and/or use of rules of procedure in this state.
This bill relating to state claims authorizes the legislature to take up acts for relief beyond 4 year limitations or if the party can show manifest injustice or equitable estoppel. On equitable claims it prohibits and penalizes any communication by respondents with a bill sponsor until after the first committee hearing; it authorizes leadership or the governor to sever any relief for future purposes. Prohibits an sovereign immunity entity from avoiding payment by assigning claim; requires referral of all relief acts to in house counsel or doah for review & recommendation; prohibits lobbyists from receiving contingency fees; provides for alternate submission and process to the Legislative Budget Commission; provides for the Department of Law Enforcement to expunge the criminal history records upon enacted wrongful incarceration claim.
This bill on public meetings prescribes specifically the rights of persons and groups to be informed and participate in certain state and local governmental meetings by public comment and for questions subject to the sunshine law process of those entities involved. Clarifies all court opinion conflicts and laws on public meetings and makes the process uniform throughout the state. Lastly brings it in compliance with U.S. 1st amendment constitutional rights.
An act relating to state judicial system/with trust fund
An act relating to county jails
An joint resolution to revise/ amend Florida constitution articles II and V
This bill relating to county jails deals with an existing and continuing problem throughout our state with county jail inspections being fabricated or falsified and duties being neglected by inspectors and officers which must stop. So it seeks to prohibit and penalizes those inspectors and officers who do not abide by the duties they have under state law as to jail model standard requirements.
This joint resolution to revise or amend our Florida constitution article II and V: deals with a request now pending for the last three years by the commission on ethics in some fashion which should be placed on the ballot before the citizens of our state. The Legislature would be authorized to exercise power over all branches of state government, subject to the Florida commission on ethics which is given authority to investigate, prosecute and penalize all state and local governmental officers, including judges, and their employees for all acts of misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance, and any other existing laws of violations or deprivations committed while performing their powers or duties in office or during employment.
This bill relating to the judicial system: deals with clarifying for the courts as to when their common law policies in this state have been abrogated by the Florida legislature, recognizes and institutes their duties and responsibilities and requires an oppaga and auditor general study and review of the courts every two years. Establishes, creates and authorizes in all 20 florida circuit courts the special divisions of unified family court, drug/mental health court and teen court to be implemented, authorizes interlocutory appeals of civil orders on motions to dismiss, for final dismissal and summary judgment in all circuit courts, and establishes a citizens committee in the judicial qualifications commission to take part in the investigative and disciplinary process and requiring an oppaga and auditor general study and review of the commission every two years.(linked to below trust fund bill)
This bill relating to a judiciary trust fund creates and establishes a permanent trust fund for the courts, guaranteeing them one percent of the general revenue fund each fiscal year of this state ensuring our third branch of government have a guaranteed source and reserves of funding so to properly function and implement programs, divisions and salaries with benefits in good and bad times, as presently our courts are, and have for some time, been under funded and under performing in their duties this will clearly solve the problem. Of course, the legislature will have close oversight over this particular trust fund due to it’s intent and effect it will have on the overall state budgeting process.(linked to above judicial bill)
An joint resolution to revise/amend Florida constitution article V
An act relating to criminal justice
An act relating to litigation
An act relating to several (repealers)
This bill relating to litigation: clarifies the doctrines of joint and several liability as to how they should apply in negligence and other tort civil cases, as well as, the application of defenses of litigation privilege and immunities in common law or statutory civil cases; how there may be assignments of or interests in civil cases with rights, whether in part or whole; expresses the process and substantive right for attorney fees or other monetary, equitable or criminal sanctions in civil and criminal cases whether to a lawyer or nonlawyer; mandates that courts exercising writ or appellate jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases must in all final orders or opinions cite the authorities they rely; gives a substantive right to interlocutory appeal to all orders granting or denying motions to dismiss, for dismissal or for summary judgment where no further labor in the case is expressed by rule or the court order; expresses and clarifies the substantive right to lay representation, the process and what designations under existing law authorize the practice of law by lay persons and penalties for noncompliance; criminally penalizes any Florida licensed or out state authorized attorney for misconduct committed while maintaining a case or in any way violates the oath of the bar; clarifies the process of and court jurisdiction over comparative fault claims; expresses various grounds for reversal or modification of civil and criminal cases; requiring no transcript or statement of proceedings on civil case appeals; clarifies what, when and how all courts are to take mandatory or discretionary judicial notice on matters, requires trial courts to instruct juries on law nullification verdicts.
This joint resolution to revise or amend our Florida constitution article V: establishes a citizen’s tribunal as the last review of appellate court opinions, and to investigate judicial officers conducts for possible criminal prosecutions as a part of civic engagement; that district court of appeals may have jurisdiction including the entire state of any subject matter as prescribed by law; disposition of cases and extraordinary writs by appellate capacity courts on matters will be supported by at least one binding authority cited in the final order; rules cases shall be subject to one public meeting affording comments; general law may increase the number of supreme justices and said justices may sit in divisions; creation of a permanent trust fund providing for one percent yearly of GR to the courts the judicial qualifications commission is recomposed and reorganized; concurrent jurisdiction regulating the admission and discipline of persons to the practice of law is given to the legislature; persons other than bar members may run for all offices of judgeships if in compliance with the criteria in general law.
This bill relating to criminal justice: confirms caselaw standard that statutory matters as pertain to criminal procedural law must be incidental or substantive in nature in order not to violate separation of powers; clarifies by statute what original jurisdiction as pertains to criminal matters is held by the circuit, and then county courts and what sanctions or penalties may be imposed on persons subject to contempt proceedings; describes in all matters how and when a warrant for an arrest must or may be given; expresses how and when upon arrest of a person the officer must provide a verified copy of the arrest warrant to the person arrested or/and person of interest; confirms that a person convicted or acquitted of an offense including a dismissal with prejudice and indirect criminal contempt shall not be tried again for the same offense and how the court, judge or prosecutor shall be subject to penalty of a third degree felony if not compliant to said circumstance; requires that two or more sentences be served consecutively for violent offenses and concurrently for non-violent offenses, and allows the court to make any sentences coterminous with other jurisdictions;
requires the clerk of court three days after rendition provide one copy of the judgment, sentence, or order to defendant for purposes of appeal, whether represented by counsel or not, and extends time for appeal by another thirty days if the initial process has been frustrated or delayed; allows the appellate court to reverse a judgment on the basis of fundamental error or a manifest injustice and disallows any affirmance, absent any brief or argument by a criminal appellant; requires the appellate court upon reversing for new trial and an application to disqualify judge in the record that the case be reassigned; confirms the inquiry concerning DNA evidence during plea proceedings by making reference to the present criminal rule; increases three penalties to first degree misdemeanor in connection with executing a search or inspection warrant, and creates one new inspection warrant penalty of a second degree misdemeanor; enables capitol police in their duty of the investigation and pursuit of criminal activity or official misconduct by a member or employee of the Legislature, the Governor or a member of the Cabinet and their employees to interfere with their rights or duties in the capitol complex; enumerates what rights of a convicted felon are suspended, and that suspension does not apply to persons who adjudication is withheld as to any felony;
a technical correction changing s. 944.41 to s. 944.44, ss.944.41-.43 no longer exist in law as they were repealed; deletes subsection (1)(b) of s. 948.01. the paragraph as unconstitutional; mandates that the court may rescind or modify terms and conditions of a probationer only upon request of a party or finding a violation of probation; removes the authority of the any parole or probation supervisor to serve notices to appear on a probationer, requires the chief judge of each circuit to implement a notification letter of a technical violation process with the DOC, that technical violations shall be dismissed unless there have been two warnings on the matter by the parole or probation officer and if so ROR shall be given to the probationer or offender, deleting subsection (2)(b) of s. 948.06 as being a unconstitutional or illegal; allows by court order for the wavier or deferral of supervision costs or fees if the person is indigent, repeals subsection (6) of s. 948.09 as unconstitutional, limits the DOC authority to design a payment plan for costs; describes the process of how county detention facilities are to assist a convicted felons in having there civil rights restored prior to release.
"As Jesus commands, for Justice we stand" Matthew 23:23; Luke 11:42, 18:1-8