Bills signed by Governor DeSantis, as of May 17, 2023 PRESCRIPTION DRUGS The goal of this new law is to lower the costs of prescription drugs by regulating pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) and drug manufacturers. They both will also have to notify the state if there is an annual increase totaling 15% or more in wholesale Read more about Legislative Update[…]
As of this writing, Governor Ron DeSantis has signed into law 85 bills passed by the Legislature this session. Another 60 have been received, but have not been acted upon. Bills Signed by Governor DeSantis Here are some highlights of the bills signed to date: ABORTION The Governor has signed a bill into law that bans most Read more about Legislative Update[…]
SAVE OUR HOMES A joint resolution to revise the limitation on increases of homestead property tax assessments is making its way through the legislative process. The current Save Our Homes amendment limits annual increases in the taxable values of homesteaded property to 3 percent. Voters would decide in 2024 whether to lower that cap to 2 Read more about Legislative Issues[…]
This session, a total of 1,736 bills have been filed. The bill filing deadline for both chambers was noon, Tuesday, March 7th. Budget requests for House local projects number 2,333 totaling more than $770 million while in the Senate, over 1,450 requests have been filed with a potential total cost of $2.76 billion. K-12 EDUCATION Bills Read more about Legislative Items of Interest[…]
The Florida Legislature completed three weeks of committee meetings in January in preparation for the 2023 Session. House members, who are allowed by the rules to file seven bills, had to submit two of their measures to bill drafting by January 24th. Representatives and Senators submitted bill placeholders that same week on January 26th and 27th Read more about Legislative[…]