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HB 7127 Department of Transportation

HB 7125 Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles

SB 1132 Department of Transportation

SB 0052 Use of Wireless Communications Devices While Driving

SB 1458 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

HB 0579 Natural Gas Motor Fuel

HB 0013 Use of Wireless Communications Devices While Driving

HB 0319 Community Transportation Projects

SB 1632 Transportation

SB 0972 Transportation Development

Transportation Bills On The Move

HB 0061 Traffic Safety

HOUSE Died in Transportation & Highway Safety Subcommittee

HB 0579 Natural Gas Motor Fuel

HOUSE Enrolled Text (ER) Filed

HB 0427 Specialty License Plates/Sun, Sea, and Smiles

SENATE Died in Transportation

HB 0003 Child Safety Devices in Motor Vehicles

HOUSE Died in Transportation & Highway Safety Subcommittee

SB 0952 Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority

HOUSE Died in Messages

HB 0699 Florida Salutes Veterans License Plate

HOUSE Died on Second Reading

HB 0683 Motor Vehicles

SENATE Died in Transportation

HB 4011 Traffic Infraction Detectors

HOUSE Died in Appropriations Committee

HB 7117 Transportation Facility Designations

HOUSE Died on Second Reading

HB 0319 Community Transportation Projects

Signed by Officers and presented to Governor (Governor must act on this bill by 06/04/13)

Transportation

Governor vetoes $50 million for proposed bike trail along with $27.3 million in water projects

by Bruce Ritchie - 5 days ago - +

When deciding whether to approve or reject a spending item, Scott said his criteria was whether it helps families get jobs, improves the education system or makes government more eficient.

After 'victory' lap around state, Scott to travel to Chile

by Gray Rohrer - 1 week ago - +

Gov. Rick Scott is heading for Chile on Monday, which will be his eighth international trip promoting Florida's business interests. About 100 of the state's business leaders will accompany him. File photo by Bill Cotterell.

The trip to the South American country that was Florida's sixth-largest trading partner last year will be Gov. Rick Scott's eighth overseas journey since taking office.

Teachers, state workers get pay boost in $74.5 budget passed on final day of session

by Gray Rohrer - 3 weeks ago - +

Some House Democrats dropped their budget protest over Medicaid expansion, and Gov. Rick Scott got his top two priorities of a teacher pay raise and manufacturing tax cut.

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Smooth session hits gridlock on Day 57

by Gray Rohrer - 3 weeks ago - +

House Minority Leader Perry Thurston, D-Fort Lauderdale, listens at left as Rep. Jim Waldman, D-Coconut Creek, talks with Capitol reporters Tuesday about the Democratic Party's tactic of slowing down the House session in protest of the GOP leadership

The feel-good nature of the session came to a grinding halt Tuesday as House Democrats used stall tactics to highlight the rejection of a plan to use federal money to provide health care to 1 million Floridians. Other top priorities of House and Senate leaders are dying or are being stalled in the session's final days.

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by Bruce Ritchie - 4 weeks ago - +

The Tallahassee-St. Marks Rail Trail is among seven designated for possible sponsorship under SB 268, which passed the House on Wednesday and is headed to the governor. Photo by Bruce Ritchie 7-3-12

An amendment to a transportation bill allows commercial sponsorship of multi-use trails. Environmental groups don't like it and one outspoken trail user says people don't want clutter and distractions along their trails. Rep. Frank Artiles says in response, "We're not going to make it look like the Las Vegas strip."

House rebuffs Senate move to repeal insurance industry tax break, phases in car fee cut

by Gray Rohrer - 4 weeks ago - +

The duel over a tax break for the insurance industry could portend a struggle between the two chambers over tax carve-outs for favored industries in the future.

Week in Review for April 26

by Florida Current Staff - 4 weeks ago - +

This week we learned that House Speaker Will Weatherford says if state employee pension changes aren't approved this year, they will come back again, and that Gov. Rick Scott is on the lookout for lawmakers' special projects as he advocates for his priorities.

Scott asks Obama to stop air-traffic furloughs

by Bill Cotterell - 4 weeks ago - +

Gov. Rick Scott wrote to President Barack Obama on Sunday saying furloughs of air traffic controllers will have "a devastating impact" on Florida tourism that will ripple throughout the state's economy. File photo by Bill Prescott.

Florida tourism can't afford the delays, the governor writes to the White House.

The Week in Review for April 19

by Florida Current Staff - 5 weeks ago - +

This week we learned where the House and Senate agree and disagree on spending taxpayers' money for the next fiscal year.

Senate leaders advance insurance tax break repeal, vehicle fee reduction swap

by Gray Rohrer - 5 weeks ago - +

Sen. Garrett Richter, R-Naples, a supporter of the insurance industry, was the only vote against SB 1832 on the Senate Appropriations Committee. File photo by John Iarussi.

Insurance industry lobbyists are fighting the elimination of a $220 million tax credit, which has support from Senate leaders who want to use the revenue to offset a reduction in vehicle registration fees.

The Week in Review for April 5

by Florida Current Staff - 2 months ago - +

This week we learned how the Senate and House want to divvy up the state budget, that Internet cafes have almost no friends in the Legislature, and that at least one Senate committee was willing to endorse a domestic partnership bill.

More money for teachers, state workers in House, Senate budget plans

by Gray Rohrer - 2 months ago - +

The Florida House and Senate released $74.4 billion and $74.3 billion spending plans, respectively, on Friday. Gov. Rick Scott's priorities of teacher raises and transportation spending are funded, but his preference to expand Medicaid and his plan to use millions for economic incentives are in trouble.

The Week in Review for March 29

by Florida Current Staff - 2 months ago - +

This week we learned that the House and Senate agree that teachers and state workers deserve higher pay, the House and Senate will likely have a showdown over the future of the state pension policy, and that the "parent-trigger" will be an impassioned issue again this year.