User:Krmetheny/Beltran

2020 Session

Beltran, along with the Justice Appropriations subcommittee and Rep. Clay Yarborough, sponsored HB 5301, a bill which established new county court and circuit court judges. This was in response to an order issued by the Florida Supreme Court (SC19-1907). The bill passed unanimously, and consequentially added six county court judges and four new circuit court judges. Rep. Beltran acted as the co-sponsor (along with numerous colleagues) for several bills which were succeeded by later companion bills. Occurrences of such, among others, include HB 23 (Panic Alarms in Public Schools, succeeded by SB 70 ), HB 265(Abortion Consent Laws for Minors, succeeded by republican-backed SB 404), and HB 7037 (Constitutional Amendments filed with the Judiciary Committee/Rep. James Grant , succeeded by SB 1794). Rep. Beltran also sponsored/co-sponsored certain unsuccessful bills, including the safety of students walking to school with Rep. Jackie Toledo (HB 1043), the safety of transit workers while working   (HB 951), and the limitation of attorney contingency risk multiplier fees in property insurance litigation, a bill which prompted thousands of petitions from homeowners (though the bill stalled in the senate).