Of the 3,517 bills filed this Session (including 1,634 proposed House appropriations projects, which are considered bills), only 207 passed both the Senate and House. That is 10 more bills than last year’s total. Here is a recap of some interesting bills that passed and failed this Session. Bills That Passed EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS This Read more about Legislative Issues[…]
Some bills we are following for you this Session: SALES TAX HOLIDAYS Putting a few extra dollars in taxpayers’ pockets through the authorization of sales tax holidays are a favorite with legislators. There are bills currently making their way through committees that address the annual back-to-school tax holiday, a hurricane preparedness break and a small Read more about Legislative Issues[…]
STRAW BAN PROHIBITION Senate Bill 588 and House Bill 603 are both moving in their respective chambers. The bills would ban local governments from enacting ordinances which would prohibit the use of single-use plastic straws in food establishments. Such action would be preempted to the state. The Senate bill has been modified to where it Read more about Legislative Issues[…]
CORAL REEFS Representative Kristin Jacobs (D-Coconut Creek) and Senator Lauren Book (D-Plantation) are sponsoring a bill to establish the Southeast Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area. The conservation area includes the sovereign submerged lands and state waters offshore of Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties from the St. Lucie Inlet in the north to the Read more about Legislative Issues[…]
DANGEROUS DOGS CS/CS/CS/ HB 91 by Representative Greg Steube (R-Sarasota) passed unanimously in the House on January 27th and unanimously in the Senate February 11th. If signed into law by Governor Scott, dogs labeled as “dangerous” for causing serious injury may not be automatically euthanized. SALES TAX HOLIDAY The sales tax holiday bill for 2016 is in Read more about Legislative Update[…]