2023 Florida Legislature

The “Live Local Act” will more than double funding for housing and rental programs, and provide incentives for developments in struggling commercial areas.

The 19-0 vote by the Senate Fiscal Policy Committee moves the legislation to a vote by the full state Senate. The House will also vote on a matching bill.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill that will expand school vouchers and school choice. Here's what it means.

Dozens of Latino evangelical church leaders from across Florida gathered at the State Capitol on Monday to urge state lawmakers to reject a Republican immigration bill.

If the proposal is ultimately approved by the Legislature and by voters, board candidates could run with party affiliations starting in 2026.

The Senate Health Policy Committee approved the bill, while the House Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee is slated to take up its version on Tuesday.

Palm Beach Democratic Senator Lori Berman wants to create a state holiday for the Holocaust.

Elizabeth Gunn has been a nurse for 40 years. She told lawmakers a story about a patient who recently was threatening his nurses. She said having the bill in place would have helped.“If I can go in and sit down to that individual and say you know there are consequences to this behavior. You have to be in hospital to get your antibiotics. You may not behave that way," Gunn said. "That is assault and if you actually put your hands on her it’s battery,"

It is also also is designed to allow home-schooled students to create “education savings accounts” that can be used for purchases beyond private-school tuition.

The Florida House has passed a bill that would allow people to carry concealed guns without a permit, but it wouldn't allow them to openly carry firearms.

The bills would end a decades-old requirement that people obtain state concealed-weapons licenses before they can carry guns.

Lawmakers have finished the third week of this year’s carefully scripted session, with Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican supermajorities in the House and Senate firmly in control.