Jacob OglesFebruary 7, 2023
4min0
Jonathan Martin said the cases impact multiple jurisdictions, so the Attorney General's Office should manage them.
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Jacob OglesFebruary 7, 2023
Renzo DowneyDecember 12, 2022
9min0
The Legislature is triaging after two destructive hurricanes late this year.
Brendan FarringtonFebruary 29, 2016
3min222
Police would have to charge people with a crime before they can seize their money, cars, homes or other property under bills that are now ready for votes on the House and Senate floors. Sen. Jeff Brandes‘ bill was approved unanimously Monday by the Senate Fiscal Policy Committee, the last of three stops before it […]
Phil AmmannFebruary 29, 2016
2min215
The Senate Fiscal Policy Committee passed SB 704, filed by Elkton Republican Sen. Travis Hutson, which seeks to make several changes to Florida’s building codes. The original Senate bill was replaced with a strike-all amendment incorporating several provisions of the House version passed by the House Regulatory Committee last week. LobbyTools reports that the bill […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 10, 2016
3min454
Florida’s supervisors of elections might be getting a pay raise. The Senate Fiscal Policy committee on Wednesday OK’d a proposal changing the calculation used to determine how much a county’s election boss is paid. The measure (SB 514), sponsored by Sen. Garrett Richter, increases the base salary and the group rate used to determine a […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 4, 2016
2min498
All Aboard Florida riders are one step closer to being able to sip a beer while they’re waiting for a train. The Senate fiscal policy committee on Thursday voted 9-0 to approve a measure (SB 698) that, among other things, allows the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco to issue licenses to railroad transit stations […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 4, 2016
3min145
A push to expand Florida’s Right to Try Act to include cannabis is moving through the Florida Senate. The Senate fiscal policy committee on Thursday approved a bill (SB 460), sponsored by Sen. Rob Bradley, that would include medical marijuana that is sold and manufactured by an approved dispensary in the state’s Right to Try […]
James CallApril 21, 2015
5min192
Word had been spreading through the Capitol this week that the attempt to broaden Florida’s medicinal marijuana law had hit a roadblock. Monday when the Senate Fiscal Policy Committee considered a Right to Try Act, allowing terminally ill patients to use experimental drugs and procedures, no attempt was made to include marijuana in the proposal. […]
William MarchApril 20, 2015
7min194
Some Florida lawmakers want to impose state-level regulations on the free-wheeling online world, and are drawing opposition from some of the nation’s biggest Internet companies including Google, Yahoo, Facebook and eBay. The conflict is over two proposed laws. One would affect who controls a person’s email and social media accounts and the secrets they may […]