Florida Legislature 2016

Scott received a handful of health-care bills, including a measure (HB 221) that addresses a controversial health-insurance issue known as "balance...

New cases of the virus that causes AIDS are becoming less frequent throughout the United States. But not in Florida. Statewide, HIV infections have...

Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed a bill that will place on the Aug. 30 primary-election ballot a proposal that could give commercial property owners a tax…

In an issue prompted by the disappearance last year of two young boaters, Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed a bill that will provide a discount on…

Florida has a new police body cameras law on the books. Governor Rick Scott signed the bill into statute Thursday.

Florida's new death-penalty sentencing process should apply to prosecutions that were already underway when the new law went into effect this month, a...

Florida lawmakers wrapped up their 2016 annual session last week, and as is always the case, a number of issues didn’t survive the process. Most...

A bill aimed at reforming the way Florida foster children are placed in group homes died on the last day of the 2016 legislative session.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott says he will veto more than $256 million from a new state budget that legislators just passed days ago.Scott announced on Tuesday…

Environmentalists are calling for more spending on land and water conservation as the Florida Legislature ends its session Friday.They say the $82 billion…

An effort in the Legislature to pass statewide regulations for app-based ridesharing services including Uber and Lyft is dead for this year.As the…

The Legislature passed about 275 bills during the 2016 session that ended Friday. That means about 1,600 bills died. Here's a look at some that succeeded…