In this episode of our “Florida Capital Conversations” podcast series, policy advisors Kimberly Case, Tori Deal, Jon Steverson and Beth Vecchioli join together to discuss the 2024 regular legislative session in Florida.
As the Florida legislative session heads into its final two weeks, we have seen fewer culture war battles this year. Bills to do an outright ban on abortion and protect confederate monuments and make it illegal to use a person’s preferred pronouns all w
Ron DeSantis is calling for a special legislative session to align state policies with President-elect Donald Trump's promised crackdown on illegal immigration, but the move has drawn resistance from Republican leaders in the state legislature. Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez ...
On Aug. 19, 2024, Florida's Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis unveiled a new banking proposal for the 2025 legislative session. The "Sunshine Freedom Bank" legislative proposal would create a public bank of Florida that would establish state control over state funds, instead of...
The bill calls for fantasy contests to be regulated as of July 1, 2024. The 2024 Florida legislative session begins Jan. 9. ShareTweetShare Jill R. Dorson Jill has covered everything from steeplechase to the NFL and then some during a more than 30-year career in sports journalism. The ...
Florida’s legislative committees are also meeting this month as the fiscal year expires and may want to have a successor in place before the next full legislative session begins in early 2024. (Grant noted that he was prepared to stay on through a Sept. 30 deadline for implementing any pur...
The problem for DeSantis is his own state’s Republicans think they know Trump better. DeSantis last week ordered lawmakers into aspecial legislative sessionto pass a raft of border-related proposals he floated, including criminal charges for officers if they didn’t enforce immigration measu...
Anna continued to lead with grit and grace during Florida’s 2024 legislative session. Here she served on six separate committees: Ways & Means Committee, Infrastructure Strategies Committee, Transportation & Modals Subcommittee, Select Committee on Hurricane Resiliency & Recovery, State Affairs Committee...
March 7, 2024 A Florida pilot program to fortify coastal-area condominiums is on its way to the governor but other property insurance bills may have hit a snag after last-minute changes – with just two days left in the legislative session. The state … ...
Florida’s change largely flew under the radar during the 2024 legislative session, as it was included in a major education package thatlimited local book challengesand overhauled the state commission in charge of hearing teacher disciplinary cases. But it did catch the attention of the Florida Lea...