House Panel Backs Sales Tax Holiday, Lease Tax Cuts
A pair of sales-tax "holidays" for storm preparation and back-to-school shopping and a tax cut on commercial leases dominated a package that advanced Thursday out of a key House committee.
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A pair of sales-tax "holidays" for storm preparation and back-to-school shopping and a tax cut on commercial leases dominated a package that advanced Thursday out of a key House committee.
A Florida Senate panel on Wednesday backed a proposal that would require parents to give written consent before minors can get mental-health services or be prescribed birth control at school.
The Florida House is expected Thursday to approve a bill that would revamp a controversial insurance practice.
A Florida House panel has rejected a bill that would have included nicotine products under the legal definition of "tobacco products."
Members of a Florida House committee on Tuesday pushed forward a proposal that would cap the level of euphoria-inducing THC in smokable medical marijuana.
Trying to expand access to health care, a House panel on Tuesday approved a bill that would authorize the state's medical boards to waive licensure fees for physicians who provide at least 160 hours of pro bono medical services.
The Florida House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee voted unanimously to approve a bill that would change the legal definition of homelessness.
A Florida Senate case about suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel will remain on hold while the embattled law enforcement official pursues a court appeal, according to a memo issued by Senate President Bill Galvano.
A series of proposed tax breaks, from exemptions on baby and adult diapers to creating a tax "holiday" for back-to-school items, advanced Thursday in the Senate and could end up as part of negotiations with the House.
Warnings about the addictive nature of gambling would be slapped on all Florida lottery tickets, under a bill approved Thursday by the House Commerce Committee.
A House committee wants to limit the strength of smokable medical marijuana less than a month after Florida lifted a ban on smokable forms of the plant.
People who injure or kill dogs or horses that work with police officers and other first responders would face stiffer penalties, under a measure unanimously approved Wednesday by the Florida Senate.
Selling or showing child-like sex dolls would be a crime in Florida, under a measure unanimously approved Wednesday by the state Senate.
The Senate Education Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved a proposal that would require school districts to install filters on such things as drinking fountains in schools built before 1986.
A tax-cut package centered on reducing a lease tax paid on commercial property was unveiled Tuesday by the Florida House.
A move to eliminate Florida's no-fault auto insurance system advanced Monday in the Senate, though a similar House proposal has not been heard as the annual legislative session reaches its halfway point.
Changes may be coming in Florida, ones that could make a big difference to people who desperately need it.
In an effort to crack down on underage smoke and vaping, a state Senate panel has passed a bill that would raise the minimum age from 18 to 21 to purchase or possess tobacco and vaping products.
Complications and even deaths of several out-of-state women in recent years have spiked concerns over safety of cosmetic procedures, prompting a bill before the Florida Legislature this year to impose stricter regulations.
A Miami lawmaker on Thursday sent a letter to the head of the state's child-welfare agency demanding to know the steps it is taking to ensure migrant children in a federal shelter in Homestead are housed "safe and free from sexual abuse."
A plan to carry out Florida's voter-approved ban on vaping and the use of electronic cigarettes in workplaces got Senate approval Thursday.
Under a new bill passed by the Florida Senate, you will be able to grow fruits and vegetables in your front yards without fear of local government fines.
A Florida House version of a bill that bans so-called sanctuary cities is now moving forward.
Florida could block teenagers from getting abortions unless their parents agree, under a bill that began moving forward Tuesday in the Republican-dominated House.
Gov. Ron DeSantis would get nearly all the money he's requested for environmental projects in an initial House budget proposal for next year.
