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Popular Lobbying and Ethics Bills

SB 0002 Ethics

HB 7013 Florida Election Code

SB 0004 Public Records and Meetings/Commission on Ethics

HB 7131 Ethics

SB 7006 Ethics

HB 0233 Governmental Ethics

SB 1634 Legislative Lobbying Expenditures

SB 0544 Legislative Lobbying Expenditures

HB 0285 Commission on Ethics

EES2 Ethics

Lobbying and Ethics Bills On The Move

SB 0424 Commission on Ethics

SENATE Withdrawn prior to introduction

SB 0272 Ethics

SENATE Died in Ethics and Elections

HB 7131 Ethics

HOUSE Read Second Time; Substituted for SB 0002; Laid on Table, Refer to SB 0002

SB 0926 Commission on Ethics

SENATE Died in Ethics and Elections

EES3 Public Records and Meetings/Commission on Ethics

HOUSE Committee Bill Filed as H 7133

EES2 Ethics

HOUSE Committee Bill Filed as H 7131

SB 0544 Legislative Lobbying Expenditures

SENATE Died in Judiciary

SB 7006 Ethics

SENATE Committee Bill Filed as S 0002

SB 0002 Ethics

Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2013-036

SB 7008 Public Records and Meetings of the Commission on Ethics

SENATE Committee Bill Filed as S 0004

Lobbying and Ethics

Lobbying firms cashed in on the session

by Bill Cotterell - 2 days ago - +

The top Five lobbying firms collected more than $1 million from clients during the first three months of this year. Wednesday was the deadline for firms to file reports with the state. More than 100 lobbying firms say they earned more than $500,000 each in the first quarter representing clients before state government.

Gov. Scott signs 2nd ethics law

by Bill Cotterell - 3 days ago - +

Public records exemption complements the sweeping package he signed May 1. It will keep initial complaints to the Ethics Commission under wraps until a determination has been made on their validity.

2013 Session Summary: Ethics and Elections

by LobbyTools - 1 week ago - +

Legislators wanted to fix last year's problems at the polls, improve their own ethical image. It took a while, but they got three big bills enacted.

Legislature adjourns 2013 session

by Bill Cotterell - 2 weeks ago - +

A festive crowd packs the rotunda of the Capitol Friday evening anticipating the moment when House Sergeant-at-Arms Earnie Sumner, back, and Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Donald Severance drop handkerchiefs to signal the end of the 2013 legislative session

Sixty days of debate, argument, agreement and compromise end with the drop of two handkerchiefs in the Capitol rotunda to signal the completion of the 2013 legislative session.

Scott signs election and ethics laws, vetoes alimony plan

by Bill Cotterell - 2 weeks ago - +

Dan Krassner, executive director of Integrity Florida, had high praise for the Legislature passing ethics reforms and Gov. Rick Scott signing the bills into law. File photo by Bill Cotterell

Integrity Florida says the two new laws are a big step forward. Meanwhile, Rep. Ritch Workman says he may ask the House to override the governor's veto of SB 718, which would have eliminated permanent alimony and imposed other changes.

LobbyTools is seeking talent

by LobbyTools - 2 weeks ago - +

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A star is born when the House bill auto-reader is switched on

by Bruce Ritchie - 2 weeks ago - +

House or Representatives Sergeant-at-Arms Earnie Sumner patrols the chamber floor Tuesday afternoon after Speaker Will Weatherford order members to remain seated. House Democrats had slowed down action to protest leadership's refusal to allow a vote

@HouseAutoReader on Twitter engages legislators, reporters and staff as House procedural moves require bills to be read in full.

Week in Review for April 26

by Florida Current Staff - 3 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.

Ethics, campaign-finance bills move through legislature

by Bill Cotterell - 3 weeks ago - +

House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, right, and Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, discuss ethics and campaign-finance legislation Wednesday at a Capitol news conference. Photo by Bill Cotterell.

A bit of gamesmanship could be at work to avoid Gov. Rick Scott's veto pen, a notion that Senate President Don Gaetz and House Speaker Will Weatherford shrugged off during a news conference.

Late in session, Gov. Scott makes aggressive push for agenda

by Gray Rohrer - 3 weeks ago - +

Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday hinted at vetoing ethics and campaign finance bills should his priorities not pass through the Legislature. File photo by Bill Cotterell.

Gov. Rick Scott is making veiled veto threats of top House and Senate priorities such as ethics and elections bills as it looks increasingly unlikely that lawmakers will approve his top priorities of an across-the-board pay raise for teachers and a manufacturing tax cut.

The Week in Review for April 19

by Florida Current Staff - 4 weeks ago - +

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

FMA, HCA Florida team up in Tallahassee

by Florida Current Staff - 4 weeks ago - +

The medical organizations are pooling their efforts to influence legal reform, reimbursement issues and continuing education in state legislation.

Latvala accuses Sachs of faking her voting address

by Bill Cotterell - 4 weeks ago - +

Sen. Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, shows his own oath of qualifying after Monday's Ethics and Elections Committee meeting where he accused fellow Sen. Maria Sachs, D-Delray Beach, of faking her residency. Photo by Bill Cotterell.

"False swearing is a crime," Senate Ethics and Elections Committee Chairman Sen. Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, said Monday during a Senate confirmation committee meeting as he quizzed a friend of Sen. Maria Sachs, D-Delray Beach, about her living arrangements.