Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 820
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/01/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Yarborough) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 55 - 102
    4  and insert:
    5  the liaison for faith and community.
    6         (b) The primary purpose of the office is to better serve
    7  the most vulnerable persons of this state through more robust
    8  and connected faith and community networks in coordination with
    9  state resources.
   10         (c) The office shall:
   11         1. Advocate for faith-based and community-based
   12  organizations seeking access to, direction from, or support from
   13  state agencies. For the purpose of this section, "state
   14  agencies" means those agencies designated in s. 20.055.
   15         2. Establish and operate the Florida Faith and Community
   16  Phone, a dedicated phone line for faith-based and community
   17  based leaders in this state to connect with the Executive Office
   18  of the Governor.
   19         3. Establish meaningful lines of communication to connect
   20  with and provide resources to faith-based and community-based
   21  organizations in this state. The office shall deliver relevant
   22  and useful information from the Executive Office of the Governor
   23  and state agencies to the faith and community networks in this
   24  state.
   25         4. Develop and provide resources for enhanced connection
   26  between civil service systems, state agencies, and faith-based
   27  and community-based organizations in this state, using
   28  technology to connect faith-based ministries and nonprofits with
   29  local faith-based and community-based organizations to address
   30  identified needs of a community.
   31         5. In coordination with the heads of the state agencies,
   32  identify bureaucratic or regulatory burdens within state
   33  government that unnecessarily restrict, impede, or otherwise
   34  burden faith-based and community-based organizations from their
   35  involvement with, collaboration with, or service to the most
   36  vulnerable persons in this state.
   37         6. Provide administrative support to the Florida Faith
   38  based and Community-based Advisory Council under s. 14.31.
   39         (4) LIAISON FOR FAITH AND COMMUNITY.—
   40         (a) The position of the liaison for faith and community is
   41  established within the Executive Office of the Governor, and the
   42  liaison shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the
   43  Governor.
   44         (b) The duties of the liaison for faith and community
   45  include, but are not limited to:
   46         1. Serving as a senior advisor of faith-based and
   47  community-based issues to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and
   48  senior leadership within the Executive Office of the Governor.
   49         2. Leading the Office of Faith and Community and executing
   50  the objectives outlined in this section.
   51         3. Engaging, advising, and coordinating with the heads of
   52  the state agencies in the provision of faith-based and