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Joseph R. Luna Lynne C. Rhode Deborah L. Ruiz Stewart J. Subjinski Melissa G. Media Contacts Charles B. Legislators will also consider a repeal of the state prescription drug tracking database, created two years ago to monitor the distribution and use of prescribed medication and help crack down on prescription drug abuse. Last Name. Share this page. Follow Ballotpedia. Click here to follow election results! Ballotpedia features , encyclopedic articles written and curated by our professional staff of editors, writers, and researchers.

Click here to contact our editorial staff, and click here to report an error. Click here to contact us for media inquiries, and please donate here to support our continued expansion. Share this page Follow Ballotpedia. What's on your ballot? Jump to: navigation , search. State Dates of session Session length limit [1] a Alabama March 1 through June 9 30 legislative days in calendar days a a Alaska January April Mid-term recess April 18 - January 16, Special sessions, January , February , June Extraordinary session convened January 20, Special session mid-term recess September 9 through January 4, Special sessions, June 30, October June 8 a a Delaware January June Recess July 1, - January 10, Mid-term recess April 15, - January 8, Mid-term recess May 6 - January 17, Special session June 22 single day.

Recess June 23 - October 24, Special veto session October 25 [10] Special session December Mid-term recess June 2 - January 8, Special session March April Redistricting session September There are other ways in which the Legislature may be convened as outlined in Article III, Section 3, of the Florida Constitution, including special sessions, which may be called either by the Governor; or by a joint proclamation issued by the Senate President and House Speaker.

An extension of regular session or special session requires a three-fifths vote of each house. Legislative proposals may be in the form of bills, resolutions, concurrent resolutions, joint resolutions, or memorials. A bill is a proposed law, and it may be either a general bill or a local bill.

A general bill would have a general impact within the state; a local bill would affect only a particular county, city, or town named in the bill. A majority vote is required to pass a bill, unless otherwise provided in the Constitution. Calendars serve as official notification of legislative activities, such as sessions, committee meetings, bills to be considered, schedules, deadlines, and other significant information. The Secretary of the Senate is responsible for posting the calendar.

Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee. Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee. Tourism, Infrastructure and Energy Subcommittee. Health Policy. Special Master On Claim Bills. Community Affairs. Providing exemptions from the sales and use tax on the retail sale of certain clothing, wallets, bags, school supplies, personal computers, and personal computer-related accessories during a specified timeframe; specifying locations where the exempti Removes authority of State Health Officer to order vaccination of individuals upon declaration of public health emergency; revises requirement that DOH adopt certain rules.

Revises prohibition on prescribing controlled substances through use of telehealth to include only specified controlled substances. Removes provision prohibiting concealed carry licensees from openly carrying handgun or carrying concealed weapon or firearm into college or university facility. Urges Congress to repeal 47 U.

Proposing amendments to State Constitution to require members of district school board to be elected in partisan election. Specifies to rehabilitate offender to transition back to community successfully is one of primary purposes of sentencing; reduces minimum sentence that must be served by defendant from 85 percent of sentence to 65 percent; revises provisions concerni Revising the principles embodied by the Criminal Punishment Code as it relates to punishment and rehabilitation; authorizing the Department of Corrections to grant deductions from sentences in the form of good behavior time, rehabilitation credits, a Requiring members of the instructional staff of public schools to provide instruction on social media literacy; defining the term "social media"; requiring district school boards to make social media literacy instructional material available online, Authorizing courts to assess and award attorney fees and costs and damages in certain civil actions filed against local governments; requiring a board of county commissioners to prepare a business impact statement before the adoption of a proposed or



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