Below are some highlighted bills that failed RELOCATING THE CAPITOL Representative Bill Hager’s (R-Boca Raton) bill to study the feasibility of moving the State Capitol to a more central location in Florida fell flat as it did not get a committee hearing all session. VACATION RENTALS Several bills related to vacation rentals were introduced but none passed Read more about Legislative Issues[…]
Bills Signed by Governor Scott SCHOOL SAFETY Governor Scott wasted no time signing into law the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act. Among other things, the Act raises the minimum age to purchase all firearms to 21; bans the sale or possession of bump stocks; creates a three-day waiting period for the purchase Read more about Legislative Issues[…]
Below are some highlighted bills that failed FRACKING Neither chamber passed a measure to ban fracking within Florida. The Senate bill passed two committees but stalled in Appropriations Committee, while the House held no hearing on the proposal. GUNS IN CHURCHES Church gun carry bills would have allowed concealed weapons permit holders to carry Read more about Legislative Issues[…]
CORAL REEFS Representative Kristin Jacobs (D-Coconut Creek) and Senator Lauren Book (D-Plantation) are sponsoring a bill to establish the Southeast Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area. The conservation area includes the sovereign submerged lands and state waters offshore of Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties from the St. Lucie Inlet in the north to the Read more about Legislative Issues[…]
JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION Bills to strip the Florida Bar of its role in recommending members to the judicial nominating commission has been filed by Representative Frank White (R-Pensacola) and Senator Aaron Bean (R-Jacksonville). The decisions to fill vacancies would be made by the Senate and House leaders’ appointees. RESTORATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS Representatives Clovis Watson (D-Gainesville) and Read more about Legislative Issues[…]