Paul Renner

The bill now will go to the House, where it is expected to pass.

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

The Senate could also approve a bill that would help shield businesses and insurance companies from lawsuits. The bills would then go to Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Several lawmakers raised concerns about including the Office of Film and Entertainment in a list of programs and incentives that would be repealed.

It would make taxpayer-backed school vouchers eligible for any Florida student. The Senate could consider a similar bill next week.

The vote by a House panel comes after the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of the 2018 law.

Bill sponsor Bob Rommel said the legislation would “send a message” that Florida won’t engage with corporations using “progressive ideology” or “exercising corporate activism when issuing bonds.”

Republican leaders are supporting the HB 837 legislation, which would change how civil claims and lawsuits are handled.

Florida could be down at least one state agency by the time it’s annual lawmaking session is over. House Speaker Paul Renner, during his opening address to the chamber Tuesday, called for an elimination of Enterprise Florida.

They come after the Republican-controlled Legislature passed a ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy last year.

Opponents, including plaintiffs’ attorneys and about 50 bikers who converged on the Capitol, said the bill is tilted too far toward insurers.