SAVE THE DATE: The next RPOF Quarterly is on May 16-17 in Orlando. If you are interested in attending and representing PBC, please reach out to myself, Joe LaFauci, or Carl Cascio.
Tallahassee Update: Session is moving along and a lot is happening. The bills are going through committees, getting closer to being voted on by the full House and Senate. I am tracking many bills and attending many committee hearings while in Tallahassee. Some of the topics I am watching closely are DEI, Charter schools/Education, Elections/EI, Insurance, etc. I am also meeting with Representatives. Please reach out if you would like more information on specific issues/bills that you are personally interested in. You are always welcome to attend any meetings and speak in favor or against a bill in front of the committee. The Representatives and Senators love the support and discussions. There are also a lot of online resources to watch meetings or track the bills you are interested in. Please feel free to contact me and I can show you how to use those websites.
Two of the bills that I am tracking:
HB 1205 Initiative Petitions Proposing an Amendment to the State Constitution – General Bill – Representative Persons-Mulicka
· Requires $1M bond to begin process of gathering petitions
· Revises provisions relating to initiative petitions including handling petitions and signature verification process
· This bill will make it a little more difficult to make changes to our State Constitution.
· The bill was favorably reported in the Government Affairs committee and is now in the State Affairs Committee, its final committee stop.
HB 751 and HB 749 - Representative Sapp
· 751 for Police and 749 for Fire
· Now the wording in legislation leaves out certain circumstances of injury for cops and firemen/women. New language includes performance in the line of duty or training exercises.
· Andy Lahara was critically injured doing traffic control and can’t continue being a police officer, but the current law doesn’t allow for lifetime health insurance coverage for family.
· 751 has been assigned to 3 committees but has not been agenda’d yet.
· 759 has been reported favorably by Government Operations Subcommittee and is now in Budget Committee.
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