Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 16, 2024
8min0
Some expressed concerns about enhanced penalties for people who may not even know they are breaking the law.
Tag: Regulated Industries CommitteeHomicide counts between 2020 and 2024 in Miami-Dade (A), and firearm-related homicide counts over the same span for 80 ZIP codes in the (B). ZIP code 33147, which researchers said has had the highest rate of homicides, historically, dropped to the 10th ranking overall in 2024. Image via Scaling Safety.
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 16, 2024
Renzo DowneyNovember 3, 2021
5min1273
Passidomo was guaranteed at least one Senate vote — her mom.
Scott PowersFebruary 16, 2021
9min1855
The effort has failed before. Will this year be any different?
Scott PowersFebruary 16, 2021
7min1822
The bill is garnering bipartisan support as lawmakers look for a lifeline for restaurants.
Jim RosicaJanuary 17, 2018
4min543
A bill to ban all uses of steroids in racing dogs has cleared a key Senate panel. The Regulated Industries Committee, which generally gets first crack at gambling-related bills, OK’d the measure (SB 674) 7-2 on Wednesday. State regulations now allow use only of a “low-dose, non-performance enhancing” form of testosterone in greyhounds, and only as […]
Jim RosicaDecember 6, 2017
4min1298
The Seminole Tribe of Florida‘s top in-house lawyer told lawmakers this week that their fantasy sports bills are a dealbreaker. A $200 million dealbreaker. The Tribe now says fantasy sports bills filed for the 2018 Legislative Session, if passed, would violate the Seminole Compact. That’s the gambling agreement struck by the state and the Seminoles […]
Jim RosicaFebruary 22, 2017
4min486
The sponsor of the Senate’s 2017 gambling bill has filed a 134-page strike-all amendment, a day before the bill is scheduled to be heard by the Appropriations Committee and a House version to be heard by its first panel. Bill Galvano, the Bradenton Republican expected to be Senate President in 2018-20, filed the amendment early Wednesday. On a first […]
Associated PressJanuary 16, 2016
6min213
In the two years since the Florida Legislature passed a law allowing highly restricted use of medical marijuana to help people with seizures, the measure remains in regulatory limbo with more questions than answers. The low-potency marijuana allowed under the Compassionate Cannabis Act of 2014 is not getting to patients and that has key supporters […]
Brendan FarringtonApril 6, 2015
3min170
The Florida Senate will consider extending an agreement with the Seminole Tribe that allows blackjack and other card games at six casinos for a year in an effort to buy time on a complicated issue. Regulated Industries Committee Chairman Rob Bradley said he’ll take up a proposal next week that would allow the games to […]