Action Needed Now: Tell Your legislators to reject changes to florida’s voting process. No on Sb 90 & HB7041.
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...
The League of Women Voters of Florida stands extremely concerned about the emergency situation in Manatee County from the threatened collapse of the HRK Holdings phosphate waste storage ponds. This problem stems back to the 1960s and has not been properly...
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...
We have received several inquiries about how LWVFL plans to be involved with the redistricting process in Florida, especially since we were leaders in legislative action taken in 2012. Due to COVID-19, Census data has been delayed and we don't anticipate reporting to...
Hello! It's Leah Nash again, your Executive Director. I'm here to give you the lowdown on our Lobby Day. We have had an incredibly busy legislative session this year. Things are moving quickly - and sometimes in not a very traditional way - and we are all learning so...
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...
Florida's voting and civil rights organization leaders are standing together to rebuke our state legislature's proposed voter suppression bills. The Florida League proudly hosted a press event alongside NAACP Florida State Conference, ACLU of Florida, Common Cause...
Hello! This is Leah Nash, your Executive Director. Thanks for visiting this page to learn more about our League of Women Voters of Florida (LWVFL) 2021 Convention. Convention happens every odd year and is a time for members to give feedback on our plans for the next...
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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