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Weekly Overview The 60-day regular 2022 Legislative Session started on Tuesday, January 11 amid the traditional pomp and circumstance of opening day. Despite rising COVID-19 infection cases and spread of the new omicron variant, the Capitol remains open, mask-less and...
Committee Weeks Come To A CloseWhile the 2022 legislative session does not begin until January 11, various legislative committees have met since mid-September in preparation for the annual lawmaking session. With the sixth and final committee week finishing on...
Update from the CapitolAs we look back at our our fourth committee week and head into our fifth, lawmakers continue to file new legislation while the League & Capitol Alliance Group continue to monitor it all. To date, there have been a total of 1,040 bills...
Charging Through 2022's Committee Weeks While the 2022 Legislative Session does not begin until January 11, 2022, committee meetings have started in preparation for the annual lawmaking session. There are typically six committee weeks prior to the Legislative Session...
Session Overview Friday, April 30th, marked the 60th and final day of the 2021 Florida Legislative Session – a session that began during unprecedented health and economic uncertainties as state and global economies scrambled to contain COVID 19 outbreaks and surges...
Around the Capitol As the legislature moves through the another week of session filled with committee meetings, floor sessions and respective budget discussions, Capitol Alliance Groups is working closely on the moving the needle on the League’s top priorities and...
2021 Lobby Day Recap April 8th marked the Florida League's annual Lobby Day. This year's event took place virtually. More than 100 Leaguers joined in as we heard from legislators, met on a number of key bills, strategized as a group on how to best defeat the harmful...
Around the Capitol The past week has been filled with one bad bill hearing after the next. While most policy advancing this session seems to not align with League positions, we are thankfully seeing some small advances in the areas of Juvenile Justice and Natural...
Around the Capitol As we recap the third and a portion of the fourth week of session, the legislature is gearing up to go into their budget conference which is likely to begin in the coming weeks. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the expectation is to see a decrease in...
Around the Capitol Another week packed full of committee meetings and the second week of session has come and gone. There has been a total of 2,987 bills filed to date. Unfortunately, the past week brought movement on a number of detrimental bills dealing with issues...
Around the Capitol Session kicked off this year with a week packed full of committee hearings. There has been a total of 2,974 bills filed to date. This time last year the legislature had hit over 3,000 bills! During opening day remarks, Senate President Simpson...
Around the Capitol As week three of committee meetings ends here is a look at the activity that has happened at the State Capitol that pertains to the LWVFL. As of today, there has been a total of 1619 bills filed in the Florida Legislature. Just this week, 547 bills...
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