Governor Scott signed the following bills into law on May 23rd: HUMAN TRAFFICKING Senate Bill 852, sponsored by Senator Rene Garcia (R-Hialeah), expands the definition of human trafficking, as well as strengthens the prosecution of persons committing commercial sexual exploitation of children. Both chambers passed the bill unanimously. SHARK FINS While shark finning (removing a Read more about Bills that Passed[…]
Bills that passed the 2017 legislative session include: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES Drug dealers who distribute fentanyl, an opioid painkiller 100 times more powerful than morphine, in which a customer dies from an overdose will be charged with murder. A trafficking charge would also be allowed for possession of four grams of the drug. Fentanyl abuse has Read more about Bills that Passed[…]
Bills that failed to pass this legislative session include: EDUCATION Several education bills died during session and did not make it into the conforming bill. These included: promoting computer coding courses in high school; ending mandatory third-grade retention based on state reading test results; changing class size penalties in order to allow all schools to Read more about Bills that Failed[…]
Bills that Passed: TAX BREAKS A $180 million tax relief bill will soon be on the Governor’s desk. Provisions include: exemption of sales tax on feminine hygiene products and diapers; a three-day back-to-school tax holiday from August 4th to 6th; a disaster preparedness tax holiday from June 2nd to 4th; a tax exemption on health Read more about Bills that Passed[…]
The Florida Senate confirmed the following state agency heads during this legislative session: Jeffrey Bragg, Secretary of the Department of Elderly Affairs Dr. Celeste Philip, Surgeon General and Secretary of the Department of Health Justin Senior, Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration Glenn Sutphin, Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs Corrine Brown Read more about Movers and Shakers[…]