liza mcclenaghan state chair - common cause
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Liza McClenaghan State Chair
Florida Legislature Tracking Legislation
2018 Session
What we will and will not cover today.
• Members Contacts
• Tracking Legislation
• Resources
• Not in depth legislative process/committees
• Not in depth Issues
2018 SESSION DATES Senate Calendar
• August 1, 2017 Deadline for filing claim bills (Rule 4.81(2))
• November 17, 2017 5:00 p.m., deadline for submitting requests for drafts of general bills and joint resolutions, including requests for companion bills
• January 5, 2018 5:00 p.m., deadline for approving final drafts of general bills and joint resolutions, including companion bills
• January 9, 2018 Regular Session convenes (Article III, section 3(b), Constitution)
• 12:00 noon, deadline for filing bills for introduction (Rule 3.7(1))
• February 24, 2018 All bills are immediately certified (Rule 6.8)
• Motion to reconsider made and considered the same day (Rule 6.4(4))
• February 27, 2018 50th day—last day for regularly scheduled committee meetings (Rule 2.9(2))
• March 9, 2018 60th day—last day of Regular Session (Article III, section 3(d), Constitution)
2017 INTERIM COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULE (Senate)
September 2017 – Week of the 11th
October 2017 - Week of the 9th
October 2017 - Week of the 23rd
November 2017 - Week of the 6th
November 2017 - Week of the 13th
December 2017 - Week of the 4th
Help Online – Online Sunshine http://www.leg.state.fl.us/
House of Representatives http://www.myfloridahouse.gov
Florida Legislature By the Numbers
• Gov. Rick Scott ceremonially started the session January 9th when he delivered the annual State of the State speech to lawmakers.
• 60-day session is scheduled to end March 9.
• 120 Representatives in the House – R76-D40 (4 seats vacant)
• 40 Senators – R23-D15 (2 seats vacant)
Florida Legislature By the Numbers cont.
• 3,161 pieces of legislation on file — counting resolutions, memorials to Congress and actual proposed laws. Normally expect 1,800.
• Approximately 300 will reach the governor’s desk.
• 1,801 Registered Lobbyists. That’s more than 10 for every lawmaker in the House and Senate.
2018 Issues Budget Tax Cuts Gambling Water/Land Resources Child Welfare Guns Health Care/Medicaid/Block Grants Human Trafficking Wages– Minimum Wage/Wage Theft Voting Rights/Rights Restoration Reproductive Justice Immigrants' Rights Prison Reform/Criminal Justice /Juvenile Justice Education-Higher Education/Charter Schools/ Vouchers Beer/Booze Gay Rights
Senate Leadership
Anitere Flores President pro tempore
Joe Negron President of the Senate
Wilton Simpson Majority Leader of the Senate
Oscar Braynon Minority Leader of the Senate
House Leadership
How to Connect
• Members Pages
• Phone
• Newsletters
• Tweets
• Meetings – One on One
– Town Hall
– Issues
• Press Advisory
Member Pages
Newsletter
Press Advisory
Legislative Delegation Meeting
Law
The final product of the legislative process. An
act becomes a law when the Governor either
approves it or fails to sign or veto it within the
period specified in the State Constitution. An
act can also become a law when a subsequent
legislature overrides a veto by the Governor.
Quick Review of How a Bill Becomes a Law
Bill Status
• First Reading, Second Reading, Third Reading
• CS – Committee Substitute
• PCB – Proposed Committee Bill
• Temporarily Postponed (TP’d)
• http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/FileStores/Web/HouseContent/Approved/Clerks
Office/LanguageofLawmaking.pdf
• https://flsenate.gov/Reference/Glossary
Florida Practices
• Introduce 6 bills (House)/memorials
• House Appropriations now separate
• Calendar
• HB – House Bill - Odd
• SB – Senate Bill - Even
Finding Bills
Look at Bill Page
Look at Bill Page
• Bill History
• Related Bills
• Bill Text
• Amendments
• Analysis
• Vote History
• Citations
Bill History
Related Bills linked/identical/similar/compare
Bill Text
Amendments
Analysis
BILL ANALYSIS AND FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT
• I. Summary
• II. Present Situation
• III. Effect of Proposed Changes
• IV. Constitutional Issues
• V. Fiscal Impact Statement
• VI. Technical Deficiencies
• VII. Related Issues
• VIII. Statutes Affected
• IX. Additional Information
Vote History
Citations
Tracking – Bill – Legislator - Committee
Tracking – Bill – Legislator - Committee
Senate Tracker
Senate Tracker Email
House Legislative Tracking System
House Legislative Tracking System
House Tracker Plus
Tracking – Bill – Legislator - Committee
Bill List and Search
Bill Filter
• Bill Number
• Search Term
• Citation
• Filed By (Legislators and Committees)
Bill Search
Session
Reports/Subject Index http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Reports/2018
Governor’s Action
• http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/BIR/GovernorAction/2018/govact.pdf
Other Resources
• Sayfie Review http://www.sayfiereview.com/
• Lobby Tools
• The Florida Channel: http://thefloridachannel.org/
• Capital Report from WFSU:
http://news.wfsu.org/programs/capital-report
• WUSF
http://health.wusf.usf.edu/term/florida-legislature-2017#stream/0
Applications
Florida Constitution Revision Commission 2017-2018
Tracked Commissioner Proposals
CRC Track Email
Tracked Media
Thank you for your time. Questions?
Liza McClenaghan
State Chair, Common Cause Florida
239-777-8948 cell