Senate President Ben Albritton and House Speaker Daniel Perez announced that the regular legislative session will conclude March 12, but lawmakers will return in mid-April to complete the budget process. This is second consecutive year lawmakers have not completed the budget during the regular session. Bills that do not pass by tomorrow’s end of the […]
With one week to go in Florida’s regulation legislative session, it appears the scheduled 60 days might not be enough. The legislature’s primary responsibility each year is to pass a state budget for presentation to the Governor. However, due to “philosophical differences” between the House of Representatives and the Senate, key legislators say there’s not […]