Category: Legislative Updates

  The Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research has released its Spring 2008 Consensus Estimating Conference Schedule. To access the schedule, click here. The Florida Consensus Estimating Conference is a highly-developed, professional, non-partisan approach to forecasting the state’s revenues. …

The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee has released its agenda for the January 22, 2008 meeting. Below is the agenda. Status Report on the My Safe Florida Home Program by the Florida Department of Financial Services. Committee Staff Presentations of …

  The Florida House and Senate have released their 2008-2009 Community Budget Issue Requests. The House Budget Requests total $2,010,247,864. To view the complete list of House Community Budget Issue Requests, click here. The Senate Budget Requests total $2,069,053,486. To …

  The Florida House of Representatives recently released its 2008-2009 Community Budget Issue Requests, which total $2,010,247,864. Requests were submitted by House Members for consideration in the 2008-2009 state budget. To view a complete list of all requests, click here. …

  Governor Charlie Crist today issued his budget recommendations for 2008. Among other funding, the Governor’s budget includes $138 million to fully fund any K-12 reductions that would occur as a result of voter approval of the property tax-related Amendment …

The Senate Select Committee on Property Insurance Accountability (“Committee”) today issued the following documents: A list of insurance companies and their respective representatives requested to testify before the Senate Select Committee on Property Insurance Accountability A letter requesting the presence of the aforementioned companies …

House Democratic Leader Dan Gelber sent a letter today to House Jobs and Entrepreneurship Council Chairman Ron Reagan regarding insurance rate investigations. Saying “The Florida House should not foster the perception that we are a “safe house” for insurers . …

The Florida Senate Select Committee on Property Insurance Accountability’s (“Committee’s”) first meeting is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, January 22, from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Tallahassee. The purpose of the Committee is to take testimony, under oath, from property …

House Speaker Marco Rubio issued the Memorandum below on Thursday, January 10, 2008 announcing the scheduling of an additional week of meetings for the various Florida House of Representatives Councils in order to work through recommendations for initial budget reductions for consideration by the …

On Thursday, January 10, 2008, a member of this firm attended the Florida House of Representatives Jobs and Entrepreneurship Council meeting in Tallahassee, Florida.  Council Chairman, Representative Ron Reagan, opened the meeting and immediately recognized the first presenter, Bruce Gillander …