Incoming Senate President Ben Albritton (R-Bartow) and House Speaker Danny Perez (R-Miami) announced an Organizational Session for November 19, 2024. They also set the 2025 Legislative Session interim meeting schedule. It is as follows: December 2-6, 2024 (House only) December 9-13, 2024 (Senate only) January 13-17, 2025 January 21-24, 2025 February 3-7, 2025 February 10-14, 2025 February Read more about Legislative Session Dates[…]
Senate President Kathleen Passidomo sent a letter to senators on August 16th outlining her reasons to not call a special session on condominium safety and affordability. Since the Champlain Towers collapse in Surfside in June 2021, the Legislature passed bills in 2022, 2023 and 2024 to address condo safety deficiencies and improve transparency. Her memo suggests that Read more about Legislative Update[…]
Floridians can take advantage of several tax holidays this summer thanks to bills passed by the Legislature and signed by the governor. Mark your calendars to stock up on savings. HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS June 1st – 14th and August 24th – September 7th FLORIDA FREEDOM MONTH July 1st – 31st: Fishing, camping, boating and outdoor supplies Read more about Sales Tax Holidays[…]
Free Kill Law This proposal would remove the current provision that prohibits adult children and parents of adult children from recovering certain damages in medical negligence suits. Cassie’s Law These would make every sheriff’s office in the state a safe location for parents to swap custody of their kids. Current law allows many swap locations which are not Read more about Bills of Interest[…]
Firearms The bills prohibit the possession or use of a firearm in ‘sensitive locations,’ which is defined as numerous public facilities including but not limited to buildings or facilities owned, leased or operated by government entities, including public transportation. Wetlands Buffer Areas The bills would require a local government to use eminent domain to acquire any Read more about Bills of Interest[…]