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TALLAHASSEE — Think state lawmakers won't listen to your ideas? Don't tell that to 11-year-old Jack Davis.
The sixth-grader from Miami, watched Tuesday as Gov. Charlie Crist signed into law a bill the boy proposed to help restaurants donate leftover food to homeless shelters. Jack came up with the idea after learning that restaurant owners throw out food at the end of the day to avoid liability. Jack wanted to eliminate the liability, and he managed to find sponsors: Rep. Ari Porth, D-Coral Springs, and Sen. Nan Rich, D-Sunrise.
How did he do that?
"It was through a bunch of connections," Jack said, starting with Miami trial attorney Stephen Marino, a family friend and board member of the Florida Justice Association. Jack's father, Jeffrey Davis said he's "indescribably" proud of his son.
Sen. Arthenia Joyner, D-Tampa, amended the bill so it would be named the Jack Davis Florida Restaurant Lending a Helping Hand Act. "This will be good for kids to know their ideas can become laws," she said.
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