Florida 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 6523 — Relief/Jane Doe/School Board of Miami-Dade County

Last action — Chapter No. 2019-188

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    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 04, 2019. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 6523 2019 A bill to be entitled An act for the relief of Jane Doe by the School Board of Miami-Dade County;
F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S ENROLLED CS/HB 6523 2019 Legislature 2 An act for the relief of Jane Doe by the School Board of Miami-Dade County;
hb6523-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 6523 2019 WHEREAS, Jane Doe's former position at Miami Centennial Middle School, for which she was qualified, remained unfilled for the 2014-2015 school year, and the School Board of Miami- Dade County knew that Jane Doe was not certified or licensed to teach students with emotional and behavioral disorders or to teach the subjects of history, economics, or government, and WHEREAS, the School Board of Miami-Dade County is required to provide teachers who teach students with emotional and behavioral disorders with self-defense training and to ensure that they receive instruction in security and crisis management, but Jane Doe did not receive any such training or instruction, or any other training, before assuming her new position at South Dade Senior High School, and WHEREAS, South Dade Senior High School had at least 3,500 enrolled students, one of the largest student populations in the nation, during the time of Jane Doe's reassignment and during the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years the school had one of the highest rates in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools of student safety incidents reported to the Department of Education, and WHEREAS, during the 2012-2013 school year, at least 145 fights were reported at South Dade Senior High School, and it was among the top 10 schools in South Florida for reported assaults, batteries, fighting, vandalism, theft, burglaries, and tobacco use, and Page 2 of 6 CODING:
hb6523-02-er F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S ENROLLED CS/HB 6523 2019 Legislature WHEREAS, Jane Doe's former position at Miami Centennial Middle School, for which she was qualified, remained unfilled for the 2014-2015 school year, and the School Board of Miami- Dade County knew that Jane Doe was not certified or licensed to teach students with emotional and behavioral disorders or to teach the subjects of history, economics, or government, and WHEREAS, the School Board of Miami-Dade County is required to provide teachers who teach students with emotional and behavioral disorders with self-defense training and to ensure that they receive instruction in security and crisis management, but Jane Doe did not receive any such training or instruction, or any other training, before assuming her new position at South Dade Senior High School, and WHEREAS, South Dade Senior High School had at least 3,500 enrolled students, one of the largest student populations in the nation, during the time of Jane Doe's reassignment and during the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years the school had one of the highest rates in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools of student safety incidents reported to the Department of Education, and WHEREAS, during the 2012-2013 school year, at least 145 fights were reported at South Dade Senior High School, and it was among the top 10 schools in South Florida for reported assaults, batteries, fighting, vandalism, theft, burglaries, and tobacco use, and Page 2 of 6 CODING:
hb6523-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 6523 2019 WHEREAS, during the 2013-2014 school year, 119 fights were reported at South Dade Senior High School, and it was among the worst in the district for violent and drug-related incidents, and WHEREAS, in June 2013, before enrolling as a student in South Dade Senior High School, Victor Nash was arrested by the Miami-Dade Police Department and charged with making written threats to kill or do bodily harm, a violation of s.
hb6523-02-er F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S ENROLLED CS/HB 6523 2019 Legislature WHEREAS, during the 2013-2014 school year, 119 fights were reported at South Dade Senior High School, and it was among the worst in the district for violent and drug-related incidents, and WHEREAS, in June 2013, before enrolling as a student in South Dade Senior High School, Victor Nash was arrested by the Miami-Dade Police Department and charged with making written threats to kill or do bodily harm, a violation of s.
hb6523-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 6523 2019 dangerous propensities, or that a court had recently deemed him mentally incompetent, and WHEREAS, on September 19, 2014, Jane Doe was instructed by a superior to stay on campus after regular school hours to call students' parents regarding their individual education plans, and WHEREAS, Mr.
hb6523-02-er F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S ENROLLED CS/HB 6523 2019 Legislature dangerous propensities, or that a court had recently deemed him mentally incompetent, and WHEREAS, on September 19, 2014, Jane Doe was instructed by a superior to stay on campus after regular school hours to call students' parents regarding their individual education plans, and WHEREAS, Mr.
hb6523-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 6523 2019 WHEREAS, the attempted murder and the sexual battery of Jane Doe by Mr.
hb6523-02-er F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S ENROLLED CS/HB 6523 2019 Legislature WHEREAS, the attempted murder and the sexual battery of Jane Doe by Mr.
hb6523-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 6523 2019 Section 1.
hb6523-02-er F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S ENROLLED CS/HB 6523 2019 Legislature Section 1.
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Action History

  1. Chapter No. 2019-188

  2. Approved by Governor

  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor

  4. Ordered enrolled

  5. CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 2

  6. Read 3rd time

  7. Placed on 3rd reading

  8. Read 2nd time

  9. Substituted for CS/SB 38

  10. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  11. Withdrawn from Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules

  12. Received

  13. Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules

  14. In Messages

  15. CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 1

  16. Read 3rd time

  17. Read 2nd time

  18. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19

  19. Placed on Calendar

  20. Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0

  21. On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 04/03/19, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall

  22. Now in Judiciary Committee

  23. CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time

  24. Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)

  25. CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0

  26. On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/25/19, 3:00 pm, Sumner Hall

  27. Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee

  28. Introduced

  29. Filed

Sponsors

  • Rodriguez · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Rodriguez

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (163)

163 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 34 Yea · 2 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 8001
Unaffiliated 23203
Democrat 2000
No Party Affiliation 1000
Total 34204
% of votes cast 85%5%0%10%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Book — Not Voting
Bracy — Yea
Broxson — Yea
Cruz — Yea
Diaz — Yea
Farmer — Yea
Gainer — Nay
Hutson — Yea
Powell — Yea
Stewart — Yea
Taddeo — Yea
Thurston — Yea
Torres — Yea
Flores — Yea
Rader — Yea
Baxley — Yea
Gibson — Yea
Benacquisto — Yea
Simmons — Yea
Simpson — Yea
Stargel — Yea
Brandes — Yea
Braynon — Yea
Montford — Yea
Perry — Nay
Galvano — Yea
Bean — Not Voting
Lee — Not Voting
Berman, Lori Democrat Yea
Rouson, Darryl Ervin Democrat Yea
Pizzo, Jason W. B. No Party Affiliation Yea
Albritton, Ben Republican Yea
Bradley, Jennifer Republican Not Voting
Gruters, Joe Republican Yea
Harrell, Gayle Republican Yea
Hooper, Ed Republican Yea
Mayfield, Debbie Republican Yea
Passidomo, Kathleen Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Ana Maria Republican Yea
Wright, Tom A. Republican Yea

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Passage, Third Reading

Passed 113 Yea · 1 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 11000
Republican 24001
Unaffiliated 78102
Total 113103
% of votes cast 97%1%0%3%
How each member voted (117)
Member Party Vote
Ausley — Yea
Brown — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Cummings — Yea
Diamond — Yea
Donalds — Yea
Drake — Yea
DuBose — Yea
Duran — Yea
Eagle — Yea
Fine — Yea
Fischer — Yea
Geller — Yea
Good — Yea
Hill — Yea
Ingoglia — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Jacquet — Yea
Jenne — Yea
Killebrew — Yea
Magar — Yea
Mariano — Yea
McGhee — Yea
Mercado — Yea
Newton — Yea
Oliva — Yea
Payne — Yea
Pigman — Nay
Ponder — Yea
Pritchett — Yea
Renner — Yea
Rommel — Yea
Roth — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Silvers — Yea
Sprowls — Yea
Stevenson — Yea
Stone — Yea
Toledo — Yea
Tomkow — Yea
Willhite — Yea
Williamson — Yea
Aloupis — Yea
Altman — Yea
Grant, J. — Yea
Raschein — Yea
Grant, M. — Yea
Roach — Yea
Grieco — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Bell — Yea
Hage — Yea
Rodrigues, R. — Yea
Beltran — Yea
Hart — Yea
Hattersley — Yea
Sabatini — Yea
Bush — Yea
Caruso — Yea
Casello — Yea
Clemons — Yea
Cortes — Yea
Latvala — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Valdes — Yea
Fernandez — Yea
Omphroy — Yea
Watson, B. — Yea
Fernandez-Barquin — Yea
Watson, C. — Yea
Fetterhoff — Yea
Webb — Yea
Williams — Yea
Fitzenhagen — Yea
Goff-Marcil — Yea
Polo — Yea
Zika — Yea
Alexander — Not Voting
Slosberg — Not Voting
La Rosa — Yea
Thompson, Geraldine F. "Geri" — Yea
Antone, Bruce Hadley Democrat Yea
Daniels, Kimberly Democrat Yea
Davis, Tracie Democrat Yea
Driskell, Fentrice Democrat Yea
Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. Democrat Yea
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Yea
Gregory, Emily Democrat Yea
Jones, Shevrin D. "Shev" Democrat Yea
Joseph, Dotie Democrat Yea
Polsky, Tina Scott Democrat Yea
Smith, Carlos Guillermo Democrat Yea
Andrade, Robert Alexander "Alex" Republican Yea
Brannan III, Robert Charles "Chuck" Republican Yea
Buchanan, James Republican Yea
Burton, Colleen Republican Yea
DiCeglie, Nick Republican Yea
Duggan, Wyman Republican Yea
Grall, Erin Republican Yea
Johnson, Chad Republican Yea
LaMarca, Chip Republican Yea
Leek, Thomas J. "Tom" Republican Yea
Massullo, Ralph E., Jr. Republican Yea
McClain, Stan Republican Yea
McClure, Lawrence Republican Yea
Overdorf, Tobin Rogers "Toby" Republican Yea
Perez, Daniel Republican Yea
Plakon, Rachel Saunders Republican Yea
Plasencia, Susan Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Ana Maria Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Ana Maria Republican Yea
Sirois, Tyler I. Republican Yea
Smith, David Republican Yea
Stark, Paula A. Republican Yea
Trumbull, Jay Republican Not Voting
Vacant Republican Yea
Yarborough, Clay Republican Yea

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Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11000
Republican 1002
Democrat 3000
Total 15002
% of votes cast 88%0%0%12%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Diamond — Yea
Geller — Yea
Hill — Yea
Killebrew — Yea
Mercado — Yea
Rommel — Yea
Alexander — Yea
Beltran — Yea
Fernandez-Barquin — Yea
Fitzenhagen — Yea
Grant, J. — Yea
Driskell, Fentrice Democrat Yea
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Yea
Gregory, Emily Democrat Yea
Brannan III, Robert Charles "Chuck" Republican Not Voting
LaMarca, Chip Republican Not Voting
Sirois, Tyler I. Republican Yea

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Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 2000
Unaffiliated 10001
Republican 2000
Total 14001
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Diamond — Yea
Mercado — Yea
Payne — Yea
Rommel — Yea
Stone — Yea
Toledo — Yea
Bell — Yea
Beltran — Yea
Hattersley — Yea
Omphroy — Not Voting
Thompson, Geraldine F. "Geri" — Yea
Antone, Bruce Hadley Democrat Yea
Gregory, Emily Democrat Yea
DiCeglie, Nick Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Ana Maria Republican Yea

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