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Plantation, FL 33324
(954) 424-6674
Senate VOIP: 43200
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404 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100
(850) 487-5032
Senate VOIP: 5032
2020-2022
Senator Lauren Book
Party: Democrat
Committee Assignments
- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Chair
- Regulated Industries, Vice Chair
- Appropriations
- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
- Health Policy
- Rules
- Select Committee on Pandemic Preparedness and Response
- Joint Legislative Budget Commission
District 32
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- Poster Size (pdf)
Consists of part of Broward county
Bills Introduced
Introduced in 2021
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S 96
Child Welfare
Last Action: 4/1/2021 In Messages -
S 192
Students with Disabilities in Public Schools
Last Action: 4/20/2021 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -
S 234
Registration of Sexual Predators and Sexual Offenders
Last Action: 4/15/2021 Amendment 122135 replaced by engrossed amendment -
S 236
Pretrial Detention
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 54 -
S 238
Medicaid Eligibility
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 55 -
S 240
Donor Human Milk Bank Services
Last Action: 3/24/2021 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 03/24/21, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed -
S 242
Student Health Services
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 55 -
S 244
Targets of the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee between 1956 and 1965
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 55 -
S 588
Conservation Area Designations/Kristin Jacobs Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area
Last Action: 4/7/2021 Laid on Table, refer to HB 217 -SJ 374 -
S 716
Consent for Pelvic Examinations
Last Action: 4/21/2021 In Messages -
S 718
Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses
Last Action: 4/2/2021 Now in Judiciary -
S 806
Tax Exemption for Diapers and Incontinence Products
Last Action: 3/26/2021 Now in Appropriations -
S 812
Human Trafficking
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 95 -
S 828
Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Last Action: 3/2/2021 CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 173 -
S 946
Statute of Limitations for Sexual Offenses
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 104 -
S 948
Child Welfare
Last Action: 3/17/2021 Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -
S 950
Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety
Last Action: 4/21/2021 In Messages -
S 1022
Immunization Standards for Child Care Facilities
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 109 -
S 1096
Screening of Summer Camp Personnel
Last Action: 3/11/2021 CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 243 -
S 1100
Child Welfare
Last Action: 3/24/2021 Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -
S 1116
Removing Memorializations of the Confederate States of America
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 118 -
S 1170
Sales of Ammunition
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 121 -
S 1172
Public Records/Buyer or Transferee/Ammunition
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 121 -
S 1232
Death Benefits
Last Action: 3/29/2021 Now in Community Affairs -
S 1242
Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly
Last Action: 4/21/2021 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -
S 1244
Florida Kidcare Program Eligibility
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 126 -
S 1248
Racing Motor Vehicles
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 126 -
S 1266
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Memorial Day
Last Action: 3/25/2021 Adopted -SJ 288 -
S 1328
Vulnerable Victims and Witnesses
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 133 -
S 1368
Parental Leave for State Employees
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 135 -
S 1508
Public Records
Last Action: 3/30/2021 Now in Appropriations -
S 1514
Bullying in Public K-12 Educational Institutions
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 146 -
S 1516
Recovery Residences
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 146 -
S 1518
Special Risk Class of the Florida Retirement System
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 146 -
S 1530
Victims of Sexual Offenses
Last Action: 4/21/2021 CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 -
S 1532
Child Support
Last Action: 4/20/2021 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/22/21 -
S 1534
Sexual Battery
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 147 -
S 1806
Public Records/Court Records
Last Action: 3/10/2021 Introduced -SJ 203 -
S 1856
Firearms
Last Action: 3/10/2021 Introduced -SJ 206 -
S 1888
Commission on Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Last Action: 3/10/2021 Introduced -SJ 209 -
S 1920
Child Welfare
Last Action: 4/19/2021 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/19/21, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed -
S 1934
Health Care Practitioner Discipline
Last Action: 4/21/2021 In Messages -
S 1936
Exemptions from School-entry Health Requirements
Last Action: 3/10/2021 Introduced -SJ 216
Co-Introduced in 2021
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S 80
Child Welfare
Last Action: 3/18/2021 In Messages -
S 130
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
Last Action: 4/21/2021 In Messages -
S 196
Lactation Space
Last Action: 3/29/2021 Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice -
S 200
Student Retention
Last Action: 4/22/2021 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -
S 358
Water Safety and Swimming Certification for K-12 Students
Last Action: 4/21/2021 In Messages -
S 370
Assault Weapons and Large-capacity Magazines
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 62 -
S 388
Injured Police Canines
Last Action: 4/14/2021 In Messages -
S 416
POW-MIA Vietnam Veterans Bracelet Memorial
Last Action: 4/15/2021 Message sent to senate -
S 452
Law Enforcement Officer Body and Vehicle Dash Cameras
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 67 -
S 594
Preemption of Recyclable and Polystyrene Materials
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 78 -
S 626
Juvenile Justice
Last Action: 4/7/2021 In Messages -
S 650
Tethering of Domestic Dogs and Cats
Last Action: 3/10/2021 CS by Agriculture read 1st time -SJ 231 -
S 674
Tax Exemption for Affordable Housing
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 84 -
S 836
Crime and ViolenceTask Force
Last Action: 3/29/2021 Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice -
S 942
Law Enforcement Agency Standards
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 104 -
S 1044
Victims of Crimes of Sexual Violence or Sexual Exploitation
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 111 -
S 1084
Volunteer Ambulance Services
Last Action: 4/21/2021 Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 16 NAYS 3 -
S 1348
Recyclable Materials
Last Action: 3/2/2021 Introduced -SJ 134 -
S 1784
Lewd Adult Battery
Last Action: 3/10/2021 Introduced -SJ 202 -
S 1786
Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan
Last Action: 4/22/2021 Read 2nd time
Media
Press Releases
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Senator Lauren Book and Representative Christine Hunschofsky File Bills to Implement Recommendations of the Twentieth Statewide Grand Jury
March 1, 2021 -
Senator Lauren Book Files Licensure Suspension Bill Following Cases of Predatory South Florida Physicians
March 1, 2021 -
Senator Lauren Book Files Bill Ensuring Paid Leave in Cases of Stillbirth
February 17, 2021 -
Senator Lauren Book Files Resolution to Honor February 14 as “Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Memorial Day”
February 12, 2021
Publications
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The Book Report: Week of February 17, 2020 [pdf] 2/24/2020
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The Book Report: Week of February 3, 2020 [pdf] 2/11/2020
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The Book Report: Week of January 27, 2020 [pdf] 2/3/2020
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The Book Report: Start of Session Newsletter [pdf] 1/27/2020
Personal & Career
Legislative Service
Other Public Service
- Statewide Council on Human Trafficking Direct-Support Organization Board of Directors, Appointee
- Florida Children and Youth Cabinet, Appointee
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Commission, Appointee
- Child Advocate
- Florida Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, Board Member and Past Vice President
- Broward County Crime Stoppers, Past Board Member
Honors and Awards
- Audubon Florida Special Places Award, 2018
- Glamour Woman of the Year "Hero Among Us," 2018
- Broward County Women's Hall of Fame, 2018
- Four-time Emmy winning producer and storyteller, "Out of Darkness, Into Light," "What If I told you...," "Child Sexual Abuse: Prevention through Education," "Lauren's Kingdom: It's OK to Tell"
- L'Oreal Paris, National Woman of Worth, 2013
- PEOPLE Magazine and Major League Baseball, "All Star Among Us," 2011
- National Child Labor Committee, Lewis Hine Award
- Congressional Medal of Merit, Senator Bill Nelson
- Two-time Publishers Weekly best selling author, "It's OK to Tell" memoir, "Lauren's Kingdom" children's book
- Gracie Award winning producer, "Intimate Crimes"
- Internationally Recognized Child Advocate: Newsweek Magazine, FOX News, Cosmopolitan Magazine, the Huffington Post, Glamour Magazine, NPR, USA Today, CNN/HLN, ABC's Katie Couric Show, Our America with Lisa Ling, Al Jazeera
Biographical Information
Occupation: | Founder/CEO Lauren's Kids (501(c)(3)) |
Spouse: | Blair Jacob Byrnes of West Bloomfield, MI |
Children: | Kennedy Grace Byrnes, Hudson Lee Byrnes |
Education: |
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Born: | in Hollywood, Florida |
Religious Affiliation: | Jewish |
Recreation: | Spending time with family, reading, watching documentaries, cooking, enjoying the sun and the sand at South Florida's beautiful beaches |
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