Florida Legislative Session recap – Highlights from Tallahassee
Bottom Line: I’m doing a daily recap of the some of the notable developments from Florida’s session. So, let’s get to it. On Wednesday there was...
- The bill that’d placed a proposed constitutional amendment on next year’s ballot raising the threshold to passage to 66.7% passed the Senate Ethics & Elections Committee
- A Senate bill that’d mandate more transparency about what is and isn’t covered by home insurance policies
- A House proposal of a “sanctuary cities” bill that would specifically hold local law enforcement accountable, not just local governments, for not adhering to federal authority over immigration matters passed on a party line vote
- The House passed a 2.75% spending increase per student for 2019-2020 school year – the State Senate passed a 4.71% increase per student