Commission on Election Integrity The Commission on Election Integrity of the Republican State Leadership Committee named three to the Commission. Appointed were: Laurel Lee, Florida Secretary of State; Senator Kathleen Passidomo, Republican from Naples and chair of the Senate Rules Committee; and Representative Paul Renner, Republican from Palm Coast and chair of the House Rules Read more about Movers and Shakers[…]
ID NOT REQUIRED A U.S. District Court judge overturned a Jacksonville ordinance which required that strip-club dancers have police-issued identification, be fingerprinted, and prove the eligibility to work. The judge determined the law was unconstitutional because it gave the Sheriff’s Office too much control over who could dance. TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX The Florida Supreme Court Read more about Legal Updates[…]
Several colleagues, friends and even family members have inquired how lobbying occurs in the midst of a pandemic. I thought I would share some insights and stories about this now that we have passed the one-year anniversary since the World Health Organization officially identified COVID-19 as a pandemic. COVID-19 is ubiquitous to our whole lives Read more about Lobbying during COVID[…]
TEXTING AND DRIVING A bill passed by the Florida Legislature in 2019 allows law enforcement to pull over a driver for texting while driving. Records show that the law is rarely enforced. In 2020, more than 20 county sheriff’s departments did not report any issued tickets. Broward County reported only 18 tickets and there were Read more about Issues of Interest[…]
3,011 bills have been filed this session, with 1,060 being House appropriation bills. The House is the only chamber that assigns bill numbers to funding requests for projects. To date, the Legislature has passed 56 bills (14 in the House and 43 in the Senate), Governor DeSantis signed the COVID-19 liability bill on March 29th. Read more about Legislative Issues[…]