by Jennifer Ungru | Sep 29, 2023 | Legislative Updates
September brought the first of committee week for the 2024 Legislative Session. This first week was scheduled as a House-only committee week and featured few meetings. Instead, the week focused on festivities honoring House Speaker Designee Danny Perez. The official...
by Marc Dunbar | Aug 1, 2023 | Legislative Updates
In July Gov. Ron DeSantis scheduled special elections to fill two vacant House seats, one in Miami-Dade County and the other in the Orlando area. House District 35 opened when former Rep. Fred Hawkins, R-St. Cloud was named president of South Florida State College. ...
by Jennifer Ungru | Jun 30, 2023 | Legislative Updates
It’s that time within the Legislative calendar where the incoming freshman class looks like it will expand its membership with the addition of a few red-shirt freshmen as result of resignations and special elections. The first, Ryan Chamberlin, HD 24, was elected in...
by Angela C Bonds | May 27, 2023 | Legislative Updates
On May 25th, 2023 Governor DeSantis signed a record $2.7 billion tax relief package. This is the largest tax relief program in Florida’s history. Sales tax holidays included in the tax relief package for the 2023–2024 fiscal year: Back-to-School sales tax holidays...
by Angela C Bonds | May 1, 2023 | Legislative Updates
With the legislative session coming to an end at the time of this update, we are currently on day 55 of the 60 day Legislative Session. Of the 1,873 bills and PCBs filed, 17 have been signed into law and 84 bills are anticipated matters for the Governor to act on. ...
by Angela C Bonds | Mar 29, 2023 | Legislative Updates, RV Dealers
Legislative priorities including Civil Remedies, addressing initial budget items and have made significant headway in the first few weeks of session. Measures that affect Florida’s civil Justice system were addressed in both chambers week 3 of the Legislative Session...