Happy New Year! 2015 started with the inauguration of our Governor and the Cabinet officers to second terms. Governor Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Adam Putnam were sworn into office on January 6th at a ceremony in front of the Old Capitol. Read more about From the Capitol[…]
The General Elections are over and the Florida Legislature has started preparing for the 2015 Legislative Session. All state legislators were sworn into office on November 18th. Senate President Andy Gardiner (R-Orlando) and House Speaker Steve Crisafulli (R-Merritt Island) will lead their chambers for the 2015-16 term. They have selected their leadership teams and Gardiner Read more about From the Capitol[…]
Campaign season is still under way with the General Election just weeks away. If you would still like to request an absentee ballot, contact the Supervisor of Elections in your county by 5pm on October 29th.On October 1st, 32 of the bills passed by the Legislature this past session went into effect. Some of interest include: Read more about From the Capitol[…]
The Fall interim legislative committee meetings are underway and the Legislature is preparing for the 2014 Legislative Session. Governor Rick Scott has yet to select a Lieutenant Governor. Incumbents continue with their campaign re-election efforts. Laws passed during the 2013 session went into effect. And, the Legislature welcomed two new members through special elections.
Since the completion of the 2013 legislative session in early May, Governor Rick Scott and his team have received two hundred eighty-five bills for consideration. As of July, he has acted on all of them. The Governor is also working to appoint a new Lieutenant Governor. Since former Lieutenant Governor Jennifer Carroll’s resignation in March, Read more about July 2013: From the Capitol…[…]