Florida’s 2025 session is already in overtime, as Perez, R-Miami, and Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, have been unable to agree on a budget, the only required duty the Legislature ...

Going along with changes made by the House, the Senate voted 34-3 on Friday to pass a measure (SB 1620) that backs a series of recommendations from Florida’s Commission on Mental Health and ...

A.M. THE THOUGHT WAS THE SENATE WOULD DO WHAT THE HOUSE DID LAST MONTH OVERWHELMINGLY PASS A BILL TO REPEAL FLORIDA’S FREE KILL LAW. THE LAW HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS SINCE 1990 AS A WAY OF KEEPING ...

Florida families who were denied access to the ... But before it was heard on the Senate floor, amendments seen as poison pills by advocates were filed throughout the day Tuesday.

There could soon be harsher sentences for people convicted of deadly DUI crashes in Florida. The Senate unanimously approved a bill Wednesday morning addressing a loophole for repeat offenders.

The Florida Board of Governors nominated Matthews ... face of significant opposition and never went in front of the full Senate for a vote. Kissel – who has documented stances on the ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Senate is scheduled to take up a House bill Wednesday that could repeal the state’s so-called “Free Kill” law, a statute preventing many families from ...

SB 1270 was one of a slew of bills that the Florida Senate chose to temporarily pass. That means the chamber puts the debate over a bill on hold for the time being. Senate leaders said they intend ...

Florida Senate Bill 80, intended to prevent development like golf courses in state parks, has stalled due to a disagreement over wording. The bill passed the House unanimously but is held up in ...

A Florida state senator who quit the Democratic ... Jason Pizzo announced on the floor of the state Senate in Tallahassee that he was changing his party affiliation to no party affiliation.

Florida Senate Minority Leader Jason Pizzo further elaborated during a recent interview on why he formally left the Democratic Party this week, arguing the party lacks “direction” and has no ...

In choosing Lori Berman as their new leader in the midst of a political upheaval, Florida Senate Democrats went with a calm, respected policy-oriented lawmaker — a dramatic change of course from ...