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Debra Tendrich D

State Representative
Florida House of Representatives District 81
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2026

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On Record (13)

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Requiring the reclassification of offenses evidencing prejudice based on the political ideology of the victim, etc.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Requires reclassification of offenses evidencing prejudice based on political ideology of victim; provides penalties.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Authorizes sibling who is separated from his or her other siblings to file specified motion; provides standing; requires court to hold hearing, take evidence, & hear arguments if motion for sibling visitation or contact is contested; prohibits court from denying such motion unless certain circumstances exist; requires immediate provision of certain services; authorizes certain parties to appeal court order in …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Requires establishment of certain early voting sites; exempts such sites from certain parking requirements; requires establishment of certain polling places; requires campus Office of Public Policy to publicize certain voting opportunities in a specified manner.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Requires Governor to proclaim specified day annually as "Holocaust Remembrance Day"; authorizes "Holocaust Remembrance Day" to be observed in this state's public schools & be observed by public exercise as Governor may designate; authorizes specified instruction.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Revises definitions relating to West Palm Beach Firefighters Pension Fund; board members' credits for service; revenue; member contributions; custodian of funds; investments; service benefits; supplemental pension distribution; optional forms of benefits; share accounts; deferred retirement option plan (DROP); backwards deferred retirement option plan (BackDROP); disability pensions, medical examinations, return to work; beneficiary benefits; review procedures; Internal Revenue Code limits; minimum …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Revises professional & clerical services; revises West Palm Beach Police Pension Fund membership; age & service requirements for retirement; retirement pension calculation; optional forms of retirement income; chapter 185 share accounts; supplemental pension distributions; deferred retirement option plan (DROP); death benefits; investments; review procedures; lump sum payments of small retirement incomes; Internal Revenue Code limits; minimum distribution of benefits; rollovers …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Authorizes, contingent upon appropriation, state Medicaid plan to fund demonstration pilot program for specified purposes in specified counties; provides pilot program requirements; requires state Medicaid plan to provide specified report to Legislature in certain timeframe; provides for expiration of pilot program.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Requires law enforcement agency to implement procedure for interviewing person who attempts to be taken into custody by such agency for violation of criminal law when no warrant for such person's arrest has been issued; specifies that such procedure shall include certain actions; authorizes temporary detention in certain circumstances; authorizes warrantless arrest in certain circumstances; requires law enforcement officer to …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Requires agency to adopt rules establishing certain practice parameters & protocols for provision of early periodic screening, diagnostic, & treatment services for certain persons; requires DOH to provide parent or legal guardian information on sleep, screen time, & nutrition & make such information available for download; requires agency, by specified date, to adopt measures relating to early periodic screening, diagnostic, …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Revises requirements for school districts relating to determination of eligibility, implementation, & accountability for student IEPs; provides that parent has right to access, upon request, service logs within specified timeframe; requires IEP team to inform parents of such right; requires each school district to provide individualized orientation to parent of student newly identified to be eligible for exceptional student education …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Requires each district school board, Florida College System institution, & state university to designate Title VI coordinator; provides requirements for such coordinators; & establishes process for complaints relating to violations of Title VI of Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral
Reclassifying penalties for committing a domestic violence offense if a person has a prior conviction for domestic violence; providing that sentencing and incentive gain-time eligibility determinations are made without regard to a penalty enhancement; establishing an electronic monitoring pilot program in a specified county; requiring the sheriff, in consultation with certain persons, to design and implement the pilot program; providing …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share

Crossposts (33)

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Deleting a provision that precludes certain persons from recovering damages for medical negligence resulting in death, etc.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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Deleting a prohibition on the inclusion of personal identifying information in the uterine fibroid research database, etc.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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Revising the purpose of the Veterans Dental Care Grant Program, etc.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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Requires former employer to provide death benefits to certain beneficiaries for specified time period; provides finding & declaration of important state interest.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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An Act relating to virtual currency kiosks; relating to transactions involving virtual currency; and relating to unfair trade or deceptive acts or practices.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Establishes Homes for Veterans Property Management Incentive Pilot Program in certain counties, subject to legislative appropriation; requires Florida Housing Finance Corporation, in consultation with other entities & persons, to oversee specified aspects of pilot program; provides responsibilities of corporation for …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Designates Florida Speech & Debate Week annually in February; subject to legislative appropriation, establishing Florida Debate Initiative, Inc., (FDI) as statewide speech & debate organization that performs certain functions in support of Florida Civics & Debate Initiative (FCDI) in DOE; …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Encourages certain facilities & institutions, in collaboration with Continuum of Care lead agency, to develop & implement certain procedures for when persons are discharged from certain facilities or institutions; requires DCF to conduct pilot program in specified counties; requires DCF …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Prohibits person from possessing open cannabis container while operating or passenger in or on motor vehicle or while seated in or on motor vehicle that is parked or stopped within road; specifies circumstances in which open cannabis container is considered …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Provides for ratification of certain rules for cleanup target levels for PFAS compounds; authorizes DEP to update statewide cleanup target levels as necessary; requires such updates to be ratified by Legislature; requires department to adopt interim screening values until United …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Creates exemption from specified taxes for sales of certain new motor vehicles made to specified veterans; requires DOR to provide certificate of exemption for specified purpose; authorizes DOR to adopt emergency rules.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Provides that person commits felony of third degree if such person commits violation of injunction or foreign protection order against victim after having been convicted of any assault, battery, or violation of injunction or foreign protection order against same victim; …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Defines "auxiliary container" and "single-use"; removes obsolete provisions; preempting regulation of auxiliary containers to state; provides exceptions; requires DEP to develop uniform ordinance for use and disposition of single-use, nonrecyclable auxiliary containers; provides requirements for development of such ordinance; requires …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Requires AHCA to establish network adequacy standards for prepaid dental plans; provides requirements for such standards; requires Medicaid managed care plan provider network databases to identify whether providers are accepting new patients; requires prepaid dental plans to to provide specified …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Requires DOEA to contract for development & implementation of Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Initiative; provides requirements for initiative; provides requirements for type of entity with which department contracts; requires Alzheimer's Disease Advisory Committee to make certain recommendations to department & Legislature …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Requires Division of State Lands to publish certain information on its website before Acquisition & Restoration Council or Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund meets to review proposed sale of conservation lands; requires that certain parcels proposed for …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Requires public schools to create School Staff Assistance for Emergencies (SAFE) Team & school elopement plan; provides requirements for SAFE Teams, elopement plans, & schools.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Revises legislative intent; defines "public place"; revises definition of terms "smoking" & "vape" or "vaping"; prohibits smoking in public places in this state, with exceptions; provides applicability; revises requirements for customs smoking rooms to prohibit smoking & vaping of marijuana …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Revises calculation of base student allocation for VPK; requires Division of Early Learning to annually publish & provide to early learning coalitions specified information;& authorizes Legislature to provide additional funding for program.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Requires Division of Telecommunications within DMS to consult with certain entities to conduct feasibility study regarding specified alert system; provides requirements for such alert system; requires division to report to Legislature results of feasibility study by specified date; revises legislative …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Provides exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying & location information of current & former municipal clerks & their staff, spouses, & children; provides for future legislative review & repeal; provides for retroactive application; provides statement of public necessity.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Prohibits discrimination based on protected hairstyle in K-20 public education system & specified private schools.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Revises admissions process for veterans treatment court programs; authorizes court, in consultation with multidisciplinary team, to determine eligibility for veterans treatment court programs; requires court to consider recommendation of state attorney when making eligibility determination; authorizes sentencing courts to divert …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Revises membership of PSC; requires PSC to include specified information in settlement agreement orders, ensure certain allowable returns on equity, establish certain schedules for rate change requests, & provide annual report to Governor & Legislature.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Defines "foreign law, legal code, or system"; provides that certain rulings, decisions, or contractual provisions are void & unenforceable if such rulings, decisions, or contractual provisions allow application of Shari'a or certain foreign laws, legal codes, or systems; prohibits transfer …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Creates Antisemitism Task Force within Office of Civil Rights of DLA for specified purpose; requires department to provide administrative & staff support to task force; provides for appointment & terms of members; provides for per diem & travel expenses; provides …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Requires every female who is arrested & not released within 72 hours after arrest be administered pregnancy test upon request; requires that each municipal or county detention facility notify each arrested female of right to request pregnancy test; authorizes sentencing …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Provides for enactment of agreement; provides method by which state may become member state; requires statewide popular election for President & Vice President of United States; establishes procedure for appointing presidential electors in member states; provides that agreement becomes effective …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Providing an exception to the requirement that the Department of Children and Families immediately forward certain allegations to a law enforcement agency; requiring such allegations to be immediately forwarded to a law enforcement agency upon completion of the department's investigation; …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Revises prohibition on use or threatened use of force to resist arrest or detention; provides for enhanced punishment for manslaughter when committed against specified officers; revises provisions concerning assault or battery upon specified officers & other personnel; revises provision concerning …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Provides public records & meetings exemptions relating to Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact & its committees; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemptions; provides statements of public necessity.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Creates Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; provides for recognition of access to social work services, including through telehealth, in member states; provides for development of data system, reporting procedures, & exchange of specified information between member states; specifies licensees practicing …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Designates American flamingo as official state bird and the Florida scrub-jay as the official state songbird; provides that such designation supersedes designation of mockingbird as official Florida state bird.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share