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Popular State and Local Bills

HB 7127 Department of Transportation

SB 0084 Public-private Partnerships

SB 1132 Department of Transportation

HB 0085 Public-Private Partnerships

SB 1684 Environmental Regulation

SB 0306 Economic Development

HB 7007 Economic Development

HB 1309 Procurement of Commodities and Contractual Services

SB 0002 Ethics

SB 1150 Governmental Accountability

State and Local Bills On The Move

ANRAS1 Trust Funds/DEP

HOUSE Committee Bill filed as H 7049

SB 1922 Lake Worth Centennial Day

SENATE Read 2nd time; Adopted

SB 1426 Trespassing

SENATE Died in Transportation

HB 0141 Florida Clean Indoor Air Act

HOUSE Withdrawn prior to introduction

HB 8003 Joint Session for Purpose of Receiving Governor's Message

Signed by Officers and filed with Secretary of State

SB 0688 Florida Statutes

Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2013-014

HB 0439 Regulation of Smoking by Municipalities and Counties

HOUSE Died in Health Quality Subcommittee

HB 0729 Students Remaining on School Grounds during School Hours

HOUSE Died in K-12 Subcommittee

HB 0673 Development Exactions

HOUSE Died in Economic Development & Tourism Subcommittee

HB 0871 Animal Shelters and Animal Control Agencies

HOUSE Withdrawn prior to introduction

Topic: Legislative Procedure

Week in Review for May 10, 2013

by Florida Current Staff - 1 week ago - +

The Florida Current summarizes the 2013 legislative session as Democrats push Scott to call a special session for health care and environmental groups question whether the state can sell enough of its land to make the $70 million allocation for land acquisition to work.

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.

Legislative staff analysis: Tax cut needed two-thirds vote to pass

by Gray Rohrer - 2 weeks ago - +

House Speaker Will Weatherford talks with Capitol reporters Wednesday evening about the vote on HB 7007. Photo by Bruce Ritchie.

Staff analyses from both chambers on standalone versions of the manufacturing tax cut (SB 518, HB 391) indicate a two-thirds vote in both chambers may be required to pass the measure because it affects local government revenues.

Down on the Senate floor

by Bill Cotterell - 2 weeks ago - +

Gov. Rick Scott jots a note from his conversation with state Sen. Arthenia Joyner, D-Tampa, during an impromptu visit to the Senate floor on Thursday afternoon while Sen. Maria Sachs, D-Delray Beach, debates a bill.Thursday was the second-to-last day

The governor takes time Thursday to drop in on the Senate.

Smooth session hits gridlock on Day 57

by Gray Rohrer - 2 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.

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.

House names room for longtime sergeant-at-arms

by Bill Cotterell - 2 weeks ago - +

House Sergeant-at-Arms Earnie Sumner recently posed for sculptor Michael Jernigan as he worked a bust of the longtime official in the Capitol's fourth-floor rotunda. The House honored Sumner on Monday by naming a committee meeting room after him. Fil

Retiring Sgt. Earnie Sumner has looked after housekeeping details for the Florida House of Representatives since 1971 when he joined the staff as a part-time employee.

The Week Ahead for April 29 to May 3

by Florida Current Staff - 3 weeks ago - +

A full plate of issues remains for the Legislature to resolve as it heads into its final week of session. Budget agreements were struck Sunday night, but details still remain before the regular session ends Friday.

Lawmakers finalize $74.4 billion budget, but conforming bills remain unresolved

by Gray Rohrer - 3 weeks ago - +

Teachers rated as "effective" or "highly effective" will be eligible for raises between $2,500 and $3,500, but won't receive them until July 2014 under the budget plan agreed to by lawmakers Sunday night. Conforming bills dealing with the clerks of court and IT consolidation are still to be decided as the 2013 session heads into its final five days.

Chambers clash over terms of agencies' tech consolidation

by Gray Rohrer - 4 weeks ago - +

Sen. Jeremy Ring. would like state government to have a robust information technology department that would develop best practices and have a say in agenciesâ€™ IT decisions. File photo by John Iarussi.

The House and the Senate are squabbling over a vision of a new state department of information technology.

What they're fighting over: Main conference issues between House and Senate

by Gray Rohrer - 4 weeks ago - +

Sen. Alan Hays, right, shows Rep. Clay Ingram his artful necktie Friday as House and Senate conferees began work on the general government and government operations budget. Hays chairs the committee and Hays is vice chairman. Photo by Bill Cotterell.

Decisions on expanded health care coverage, teacher and state worker raises, college tuition hikes, clerks of the court budgets and state agency information technology consolidation are some of the main issues likely to get "bumped" to the chairs of conference committees, and possibly, House and Senate leaders.

It could mean some real money

by Bill Cotterell - 4 weeks ago - +

Members of the Service Employees International Union wave play money as Rep. Cynthia Stafford, D-Opa Locka, at a rally Thursday in front of the Senate chamber. The hospital workers and Democratic legislators urged adoption of pending legislation to e

Members of the Service Employees International Union demonstrated Thursday in the Capitol to show their support for expanding the state's Medicaid program.

Against official recommendation, DCF swaps vendors for Medicaid contract worth millions

by Gray Rohrer - 6 weeks ago - +

DCF gave a $31.6 million Medicaid eligibility tracking contract to Deloitte despite an official recommendation to go with Accenture's lower bid. DCF officials said Deloitte would be more likely to meet federal deadlines and wouldn't put federal matching funds in jeopardy.