Sen. Dennis Baxley (R) filed Senate Bill 1236, that would allow concealed weapon or firearms licensees designated by school principals or district school superintendents to carry on school property or other specified areas. Designees would be required to undergo a level 2 background screening, complete a minimum of 40 hours of a school safety program…
Florida legislation (HB 3) seeks to provide transparency and accountability provisions for publicly funded “economic development” agencies and tourism promotion agencies. The legislation also provides for penalties and requires county governing board(s) to review certain proposed contracts and certifications. Representatives Ben Albritton (R) and Randy Fine (R) are cosponsoring the bill. A similar bill SB…
Florida state Senator Lauren Book (D) recently filed legislation (SB 56) that would end sales taxes on diapers, incontinence undergarments, incontinence pads, or incontinence liners, etc. A similar bill (HB 163) has been filed in the Florida House by Rep. Janet Cruz (D). Senator Book told the Sun Sentinel, “As a legislature we provide tax…
Florida Senator Greg Steube (R) recently filed SB 1242, which is identical to Rep. Jay Fant’s (R) HB 739, which would expand the scenarios where “open carry” is legal in the state of Florida. Open carry of firearms is currently legal in 45 states (Texas recently legalized licensed open carry). It was legal in Florida before…
Florida state senator Jeff Brandes (R), has filed SB 1256, which would require a warrant for the search of the content, information, and communications of cellular phones, portable electronic communication devices, and microphone-enabled household devices (i.e. Amazon’s Echo, Google Home devices, etc.). The intent of the legislation is to protect your privacy regarding these devices…
A Florida bill (SB 526), sponsored by Senator Jeff Brandes (R) is taking on occupational licensing reform. This legislation repeals or revises licensing and permit requirements and regulations for certain business professionals, such as landscapers, barbers, hair wrappers, hair braiders, manicurists, pedicurists, and makeup artists. Track SB 526 Original filed version The Liberty First Network…
Senator Bill Montford (D) has filed SB 788, which would create “alternative pathways” to earn a standard high school diploma. The legislation would allow certain students who completed the minimum high school graduation course credit requirements, but did not pass the standardized test(s) for Algebra I and language arts, to satisfy the graduation requirements by…
Recently filed legislation in the Florida House, HB 37, seeks to protect direct patient/doctor agreements from burdensome government regulations. Read the original proposed bill here. The legislation specifies that, “A direct primary care agreement does not constitute insurance and is not subject to the Florida Insurance Code. The act of entering into a direct primary…
A Florida bill, SB 778, sponsored by Senator Tom Lee (R) repeals F.S. 288.11625, the Sports Development program. The Liberty First Network notes, “In 2014, the Legislature created the Sports Development program that authorizes distributions of state sales and use tax revenue to fund professional sports franchise facilities, up to $13 million. The state of…
