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Friday, October 21, 2022 Legislative Update - October 21, 2022 » Southwest Florida is still cleaning up after Hurricane Ian. Yesterday, Governor DeSantis announced that he plans to...
Friday, September 9, 2022 Legislative Update - September 9, 2022 » Gov. Ron DeSantis orders flags to half-staff in honor of Queen Elizabeth . The Governor issued a memo late Thursday orde...
Monday, July 25, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Legislative Update - July 25, 2022 » Last weekend, Republican flocked to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL for the Sunshine Summit. Le...
Friday, July 1, 2022 Legislative Update - July 1, 2022 » Several new laws ranging from strawberry shortcake as the official state dessert to a record-breaking budget of $109.9 bil...
Friday, June 24, 2022 Legislative Update - June 24, 2022 » Governor DeSantis received the remaining 37 bills from the 2022 session. He has until July 2 to sign, veto or let th...
Friday, June 17, 2022 Legislative Update June 17, 2022 » The clock is ticking! Florida's candidate qualifying period for the 2022 election ends today at noon. We are already see...
Friday, June 10, 2022 Legislative Update June 10, 2022 » Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed another priority bill of Senate President Wilton Simpson. The Governor claims that SB 2...
Friday, May 27, 2022 Legislative Update - May 27, 2022 » The Florida Legislature was in Tallahassee this week for a special session on property insurance. They worked on a $...
Friday, May 20, 2022 Legislative Update - May 20, 2022 » The Florida Legislature will return next week for a Special Session. Governor Ron DeSantis issued a proclamation ca...
Monday, May 16, 2022 Legislative Update - May 16, 2022 » Last week was an interesting one in Tallahassee. Secretary of State Laurel Lee resigned, and Governor DeSantis named...
Friday, April 29, 2022 Legislative Update - April 29, 2022 » Governor Ron DeSantis was busy this week! He has signed several bills into law including the new elections law; veto...
Friday, April 22, 2022 Legislative Update - April 22, 2022 » Governor Ron DeSantis called a Special Session for this week. While the session was initially called to pass a Congr...
Friday, April 8, 2022 Legislative Update - April 8, 2022 » Governor DeSantis had a very busy this week! He has signed over 40 bills and appointed Jared Perdue as the new Secre...
Friday, April 1, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Legislative Update - April 1, 2022 » The governor and Cabinet met on Tuesday for the first time since September. The governor, chief financial officer, attorne...
Friday, March 25, 2022 2022 Legislative Session Wrap-Up »
Friday, March 18, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Legislative Update - March 18, 2022 » The Legislature finished its regular session and adjourned sine die Monday afternoon after completing a one-day overtime...
Monday, February 28, 2022 Legislative Update - February 28, 2022 » There are only two weeks left in the 2022 Legislative Session. Committee meetings are winding down. Tuesday, March 1...
Saturday, February 19, 2022 Legislative Update - February 19, 2022 » Monday, Feb. 14, marked the fourth anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre when a gunman killed 1...
Friday, February 11, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Legislative Update - February 11, 2022 » Last Wednesday marked the midway point of the 60-day Legislative Session. This is when the fun begins … budgets are negoti...
Friday, February 4, 2022 Legislative Update - February 4, 2022 » The Florida Legislature has two duties to perform this session. One, pass a balance budget. The House and Sena...
Monday, January 31, 2022 Legislative Update - January 28, 2022 » Friday was a quiet day in Tallahassee. The House and Senate did not have any committee meetings and headed back to t...
Saturday, January 22, 2022 Legislative Update - January 22, 2022 » The Legislature has two constitutional duties to perform this session … pass a balanced budget and approve restricting map...
Friday, January 14, 2022 Legislative Update - January 14, 2022 » The 2022 Legislative Session began on Tuesday with speeches by Senate President Wilton Simpson, House Speaker Chris Sprowl...
Saturday, January 8, 2022 Legislative Update - January 8, 2022 » It’s the calm before the storm … we mean session. Legislators are returning to Tallahassee over the weekend to get r...
Thursday, January 6, 2022 Legislative Update - January 6, 2022 » The Florida Legislative Session will convene next Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. for 60 consecutive calendar days, without COVID-19...
Wednesday, December 22, 2021 Legislative Update - December 22, 2021 » Governor Ron DeSantis gave state employees a few extra days off for the holiday season. The employees will have Dece...
Friday, December 10, 2021 Legislative Update - December 10, 2021 » Governor Ron DeSantis released his Freedom First Budget proposal with recommendations for fiscal year 2022-2023. T...
Friday, December 3, 2021 Legislative Update - December 3, 2021 » The Florida Legislature finished its last week of interim committee meetings. They have headed back to their distric...
Friday, November 26, 2021 Legislative Update - November 26, 2021 » This week, Governor Ron DeSantis held a press conference at Buc-ee’s in Daytona calling on the legislature to lower the ga...
Thursday, November 18, 2021 Special Session Update November 18, 2021 » Governor Ron DeSantis issued a proclamation announcing Special Session 2021B to provide protections for Floridians who hav...
Sunday, November 7, 2021 Legislative Update - November 7, 2021 » Last week was a very busy one in Tallahassee! Governor Ron DeSantis called a Special Session last week to deal with vac...
Saturday, October 23, 2021 Legislative Update - October 23, 2021 » It was a busy week in Tallahassee! Interim committees met in the House and Senate. Legislators will return on November 1...
Tuesday, October 19, 2021 Legislative Update - October 16, 2021 » The Florida Legislature ended this week’s interim committee meetings Thursday afternoon. They will return next week...
Friday, October 1, 2021 Legislative Update - October 1, 2021 » Legislative Update - October 1, 2021 Keyna Cory \| Public Affairs Consultants Greetings - let’s begin with good new...
Friday, September 24, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Legislative Update - September 24, 2021 » Legislative Update - September 24, 2021 Keyna Cory \| Public Affairs Consultants Greetings - it has been a bu...
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