Below are a few bills that did not pass this year: TOBACCO Dubbed the “Tobacco 21 Act,” the legislation would have preempted the establishment of the minimum age for the sale of tobacco products and nicotine products to the state and raised the age of purchasing such products to 21. FRACKING Measures to ban the Read more about Bills that died[…]
Bills of Interest AMENDMENT 4 Debate continues on whether Amendment 4, which grants voting rights to certain ex-felons, is self-implementing The Senate Criminal Justice Committee and Representative J.W. Grant (R-Tampa) filed bills that establish certain rules and regulations before voting rights would be restored. The main issue is whether full financial restitution should be made Read more about Legislative Issues[…]
Here is a sampling of some legislation that has been filed for this Session. LAWMAKER SPENDING REQUESTS Under House rules, members are required to submit funding requests in the form of an appropriations bill. To date, more than $3.6 billion in requests have been made. EDUCATION Education issues, as usual, are receiving lots of attention. Read more about Legislative Issues[…]
Bills that failed to pass this legislative session include: EDUCATION Several education bills died during session and did not make it into the conforming bill. These included: promoting computer coding courses in high school; ending mandatory third-grade retention based on state reading test results; changing class size penalties in order to allow all schools to Read more about Bills that Failed[…]
BILLS THAT FAILED THE 2016 LEGISLATIVE SESSION To date, Governor Rick Scott has signed over 100 bills. We have outlined a few items of interest that failed this year. GUN RIGHTS Although the House passed two measures which would have expanded gun rights, neither bill received traction in the Senate. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Miguel Diaz de la Portilla Read more about Legislative Issues[…]