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Larry GriffinJanuary 6, 2017

Senator Randolph Bracy, newly elected to District 11, is taking initiative in his role on the Senate Criminal Justice Committee with a new bill that would give tax credits to businesses which hire felons. The bill, SB 276, amends the Florida statute on state work opportunity tax credits to include a new section, which offers […]

Larry GriffinJanuary 5, 2017

Representative Jason Brodeur‘s new bill, HB 151, would let judges use service animals for those giving testimony in their courtrooms in cases of abuse, abandonment or neglect and for those who have intellectual disabilities. The existing statutes rule that courts can choose to provide certain service animals, therapy animals or facility animals to victims of […]

Larry GriffinJanuary 5, 2017

Senator Linda Stewart and Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith announced Thursday that they had filed a bill in both the Senate and the House that would ban the sale of military-grade assault weapons in Florida. The bill, SB 254, would prevent the sale or transfer of assault weapons as well as owning them in general. Speaking at […]

Larry GriffinJanuary 5, 2017

The soon-to-open Orlando City Soccer stadium will have a section of seats painted in bright, proud rainbow colors to celebrate and memorialize the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting. There will be 49 seats painted that way in total – one for each person lost in the shooting. They’ll all be emblazoned with the hashtag […]

Larry GriffinJanuary 4, 2017

Amber Mariano is a UCF student, but she’s also a newly-elected member of the House of Representatives from New Port Richey. That may be why her first two bills filed, HB 153 and HB 155, have to do with reducing the financial burden on college students. HB 153 deals with excess credit surcharges, increasing the […]

Larry GriffinJanuary 3, 2017

Senator Jeff Brandes has filed a new bill, SB 228, that would create a Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) program in the Florida Department of Health. The POLSTs are documents provided to specify directions on patients with terminal conditions. Brandes’ bill establishes a laundry list of small rules and regulations to cement the way […]

Larry GriffinJanuary 2, 2017

Senator Linda Stewart spent her Monday getting the ball rolling on a bill that would require a 48-hour notice to be given to the public in the case of any spill that contaminates the state’s waters. As Monday was a holiday for many government workers, Stewart’s bill was just in draft and she had not filed […]

Larry GriffinDecember 30, 2016

Senator Marco Rubio supports the sanctions President Barack Obama is imposing on Russia in the wake of their possible hacking of the U.S. election earlier this year. In fact, he thinks they should’ve happened sooner. The sanctions are in response to U.S. government allegations that Russian hackers meddled in the election and tried to tip it […]

Larry GriffinDecember 29, 2016

Outgoing Democratic U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson‘s new ‘Nuclear Sanity Act,’ HB 6535, would prevent incoming President Donald Trump from having uninhibited access to the nuclear launch codes by forcing him to seek approval from the Secretaries of Defense and State before launching nuclear war. The only exception would be if the U.S. was under attack […]

Larry GriffinDecember 19, 2016

A new bill filed by House District 30 Rep. Bob Cortes, HB 107, would make it more difficult for cemeteries to move graves without telling the deceased’s loved ones. Cortes said the bill’s purpose is to keep families in the know about any occasion where a cemetery might move the grave of a loved one in a […]

Larry Griffin

Randolph Bracy’s SB 276 would give tax credits to businesses for hiring felons

New Jason Brodeur bill expands uses of dogs in courtrooms to help witnesses

Linda Stewart and Carlos Guillermo Smith introduce bill to ban assault weapons in Florida

Orlando City Soccer stadium unveils 49 rainbow-colored seats as tribute to Pulse victims

Amber Mariano, UCF student and Florida House member, files bills to reduce financial burden on students

New Jeff Brandes bill creates program for Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment in Department of Health

New Linda Stewart bill would require 48 hour notice of any spill or contamination in water

Marco Rubio supports U.S. sanctions on Russia and condemns Vladimir Putin’s crimes

Alan Grayson ‘Nuclear Sanity Act’ would force Donald Trump to seek approval before launching nukes

Bob Cortes files bill to require cemeteries to notify next-of-kin before moving graves