Rep. Daniel Perez, R-Miami, is preparing to become House speaker after the November elections. (Photo Colin Hackley/File)
As the scheduled end of the legislative session nears and committees are slated to stop meeting after Tuesday, some bills that had a fighting chance in January are now on life support. (Getty Images via News Service of Florida)
A bill that would expand vaccine exemptions for K-12 schools passed its second committee hurdle in the Senate on Tuesday, but only after some Republican members expressed concern over the proposal.(Photo Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images via News Service of Florida)
Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, is sponsoring a bill aimed at using "granny flats" to help address the state's affordable housing problems. (Photo/Colin Hackley)
If 60 percent of voters approve the measure, it would take effect in the 2027 tax year. But it’s far from certain the proposal – at least this version – will make it to the ballot. (Photo/Getty Images via News Service of Florida)
House Appropriations Chairman Lawrence McClure, R-Dover, and Senate Appropriations Chairman Ed Hooper, R-Trinity, speak to reporters after finalizing budget talks on Friday. (Photo/Jim Turner, News Service of Florida)
Last week Gov. Ron DeSantis held a roundtable on artificial intelligence at New College of Florida in Sarasota where he stressed that the state has a responsibility to channel technology to benefit people and enhance, rather than supplant, the human experience. (Photo/Joe Raedle/Getty Images via News Service of Florida)
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House Bill 1205, which has been in the courts almost since its signing by Gov. Ron DeSantis on May 2, 2025, imposed additional hurdles on the ballot-initiative process and heightened penalties for wrongdoing.
Republican lawmakers are trying to revive an effort to create an exemption to the state’s voter-approved minimum wage that would apply to workers classified as trainees.
