Preemption of Local Housing Controls
These bills say that the state government will be in charge of making rules for renting homes and the relationship between landlords and tenants. It means that local governments won’t be able to make their…
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We selected bills that help or hurt Floridians in a variety of areas: Economic Opportunity, Democracy, Protecting Florida’s animals and natural environment, and preserving Home Rule. Lawmakers get credit when they vote for a bill that helps Floridians, or against a bill that hurts Floridians.
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Ending Local Freedoms
These bills would allow any business to sue the local government in opposition to an ordinance, and would require the local government to stop all enforcement of the ordinance while litigation was underway. It would…
Use of Radioactive Materials in Road Construction
These bills authorize the Department of Transportation (DOT) to conduct test projects using radioactive by-products from the fertilizer industry in road construction. The DOT must also study how to use these materials safely without causing…
Preemption of Local Housing Controls
These bills say that the state government will be in charge of making rules for renting homes and the relationship between landlords and tenants. It means that local governments won’t be able to make their…
Use of Radioactive Materials in Road Construction
These bills authorize the Department of Transportation (DOT) to conduct test projects using radioactive by-products from the fertilizer industry in road construction. The DOT must also study how to use these materials safely without causing…
Ending Local Freedoms
These bills would allow any business to sue the local government in opposition to an ordinance, and would require the local government to stop all enforcement of the ordinance while litigation was underway. It would…
State Takeover of the Gainesville Municipal Utility
This bill would replace the democratically elected board of the local Gainesville utility, the GRU, with one appointed by the Governor. We have extensively documented the long-running playbook to privatize the GRU, a municipal utility…
Privatization of Florida Municipal Water Utilities
These bills will allow corporations to use outside consultants to inflate the value of a municipal water utility they are acquiring and then allow the corporations to recover that amount along with investor returns by…
Privatization of Florida Municipal Water Utilities
These bills will allow corporations to use outside consultants to inflate the value of a municipal water utility they are acquiring and then allow the corporations to recover that amount along with investor returns by…
Raising interest rates on short term loans
These bills would eliminate Florida’s tiered interest rate structure and replace it with a flat rate of 36%. We oppose this bill because giving predatory lenders more power will lead to more consumers being trapped…
Raising interest rates on short term loans
These bills would eliminate Florida’s tiered interest rate structure and replace it with a flat rate of 36%. We oppose this bill because giving predatory lenders more power will lead to more consumers being trapped…
Partisan Elections for School Boards
These bills propose an amendment to the State Constitution to require members of a district school board to be elected in a partisan election, etc….
Partisan Elections for School Boards
These bills propose an amendment to the State Constitution to require members of district school boards to be elected in partisan elections….
Real Property Fraud
These bills create a program to prevent fraud by checking people’s identities before recording property deeds. It says that the clerk, who handles the recording of deeds, can ask for a government-issued photo ID card…
Real Property Fraud
These bills create a program to prevent fraud by checking people’s identities before recording property deeds. It says that the clerk, who handles the recording of deeds, can ask for a government-issued photo ID card…
Insurer Accountability
This bill implements vital enhancements for the Office of Insurance Regulation, including the procedure for referring criminal violations, and streamlines communication by authorizing electronic responses to consumer complaints. It also refines the requirements for insurer…
Protects Consumers from Predatory Real Estate Contracts
These bills shield Florida homeowners from the exploitative practices of MV Realty, a local company that has been imposing 40-year listing agreements on unsuspecting individuals. These predatory contracts have left homeowners trapped and vulnerable. However,…
Ending Land Development Challenges
These bills financially deter residents from challenging county development plans in court by forcing the losing party to pay the attorney fees of the winning party….
Restoration of Osborne Reef
These bills require DEP to submit a status report on the Osborne Reef cleanup & tire removal project to Legislature & to develop a reef restoration plan & submit a report on a plan to Legislature….
Restoration of Osborne Reef
These bills require the Department of Environmental Protection to submit a status report on the Osborne Reef cleanup and tire removal project to the Legislature by a specified date; require the department to develop a…
Consumer Protection
These bills encompass various components aimed at protecting and benefiting the public in different areas.
Public Adjusters: Fair Compensation and Clear Agreements
The bill brings changes for public adjusters, who help with insurance claims. It sets limits…
Consumer Protection
These bills encompass various components aimed at protecting and benefiting the public in different areas.
Public Adjusters: Fair Compensation and Clear Agreements
The bill brings changes for public adjusters, who help with insurance claims. It sets limits…
Protect Consumers from Predatory Real Estate Contracts
These bills protect Floridians who have been victimized by a predatory new scheme known as residential loan alternative agreements, which allowed a company to give unsuspecting homeowners a few hundred dollars in order to look…
Ending Land Development Challenges
These bills financially deter residents from challenging county development plans in court by forcing the losing party to pay the attorney fees of the winning party….
Elections
This 98-page election bill made a lot of changes to the statutes, including a controversial change to third-party voter registration organizations’ liability. It also included a change to Florida’s “resign-to-run” law, exempting candidates running for…
Seagrass Restoration
These bills aim to restore seagrass, an important food source for marine animals like manatees. By reducing the pollution runoff from fertilizers and the sugar cane industry that is causing the decline in seagrass, we…
Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative
These bills aim to restore seagrass, an important food source for marine animals like manatees. By reducing the pollution runoff from fertilizers and the sugar cane industry that is causing the decline in seagrass, we…
Union Busting Bill
These bills prohibit certain employee organizations (while controversially carving out favored unions such as police, firefighters and corrections officers), from receiving their members’ dues and assessments via salary deduction from the members’ public employer, which…
Union Busting Bill
These bills prohibit certain employee organizations (while controversially carving out favored unions such as police, firefighters and corrections officers), from receiving their members’ dues and assessments via salary deduction from the members’ public employer, which…
Upgrades to Education Facilities as Emergency Shelters
These bills aim to change the financial guidelines schools must adhere to for infrastructure improvements, which would allow the schools that are used as storm shelters to add solar panels if they choose….
