House Vote-By-Mail Proposal Gets Overhaul
A controversial elections bill focused largely on the state's vote-by-mail process underwent an overhaul Thursday in the Florida House, but critics say it still poses unnecessary barriers to voters.
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A controversial elections bill focused largely on the state's vote-by-mail process underwent an overhaul Thursday in the Florida House, but critics say it still poses unnecessary barriers to voters.
Combining several higher-education proposals, a bill that would protect colleges and universities from coronavirus-related lawsuits and give tuition breaks to out-of-state students who have grandparents living in Florida is poised for a vote by the full House.
Florida House and Senate committees moved forward Wednesday with budget proposals that stand $2 billion apart and take different approaches to $10 billion in federal stimulus money headed to state government.
Proposals are moving through the Legislature that would allow Floridians to postpone jury duty for a year during public-health emergencies and states of emergency.
A measure that would stiffen penalties against violent protesters that was approved in the state's House, but momentum could slow down considerably, and maybe even come to a screeching halt in the Senate, as lawmakers approach the midway point of their two-month session.
The Florida Senate on Thursday approved a proposal that would require out-of-state online retailers to collect sales taxes, with the money slated to be used to help Florida business owners avoid increases in unemployment taxes.
More than two years after the U.S. Surgeon General declared youth vaping an epidemic, Florida lawmakers again are working on an effort to regulate the sale of electronic cigarettes.
A proposal that would allow state colleges and universities to authorize the creation of charter schools and sponsor the schools is advancing in the Florida Senate.
A Florida Senate panel on Tuesday scaled back a bill that would have reduced Bright Futures scholarships for students pursuing certain degrees, but opponents are now focusing criticism on whether the measure will jeopardize future funding for the program.
Republicans in the Florida Legislature continued their drive to rewrite the state's vote-by-mail system, despite acknowledging that the state's presidential contest last fall was a national model.
A windfall of federal stimulus money won't slow a deal between state House and Senate leaders that includes requiring out-of-state online retailers to collect sales taxes on purchases made by Floridians.
Orders imposed by local officials after hurricanes, pandemic outbreaks or other emergencies could be overturned by the governor or Legislature, under a measure that moved forward Tuesday in the Senate.
A proposal is once again in play to eliminate an untouched pool of state money approved in 2014 to help build and renovate professional sports stadiums.
An alcohol "to go" bill motored through a second Senate committee Tuesday without opposition.
With Democrats condemning the effort as "reefer madness," a House panel on Tuesday pushed forward a proposal to impose limits on the amount of euphoria-inducing THC in medical marijuana products.
A sweeping proposal to combine Florida's five major school-voucher programs into two and establish them as taxpayer-backed "education savings accounts" is now teed up for consideration by the full Senate.
With some lawmakers expressing concerns about privacy rights, the Florida Senate could be poised to consider allowing law-enforcement agencies to use aerial drones to help with traffic management, collecting crime-scene evidence and eyeing large crowds.
A proposal is ready to go before the Senate that could cut deeply into the state's revenue shortfall by requiring many out-of-state online retailers to collect sales taxes on purchases made by Floridians.
A proposal is advancing in the Florida House that would allow high-performing students who live outside of Florida to pay in-state tuition rates at public universities if their grandparents reside in the Sunshine State.
Florida lawmakers will take up their 60-day session, as it begins on Tuesday. They will be dealing with the coronavirus, budget questions, anti-riot legislation and an attempt to reign in large technology companies.
Under a bill approved by a Florida Senate committee Tuesday, Florida's hate crime law could be expanded to create enhanced penalties for people who commit offenses against someone based on their gender or gender identity.
Florida legislators and local education officials are trying to pinpoint what happened to nearly 90,000 "missing" public school students, as public school enrollment estimates have dropped amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the Republican-led Florida Legislature moves quickly to provide broad COVID-19 liability limits for businesses, some lawmakers say additional protections should be provided for "essential" and front-line employees showing up for work.
A proposal that would require more online sellers to collect Florida sales taxes and turn the money over to the state will appear Monday before the Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee.
After the issue made little progress last year, Florida Senate Minority Leader Gary Farmer, D-Lighthouse Point, began a renewed effort Tuesday to ban fracking in Florida.
