Currents
April 2018
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Tally Actions
2018 Legislative Actions
S
tate legislators filed about
1,747 bills in the 2018 leg-
islative session. Only 11.2 per-
cent, or 196 bills, were passed by
both the House and Senate
chambers, and fewer remained
post Governor Scott’s Line Item
Veto of $64 million. One local
item fail to the Veto Pen: Blount
Road Streetscape Improvements
Project - Pompano Beach -
$250,000. But on the plus side,
Broward
College
received
$20,622,026.
The 2019 Session will begin in
January - Starts the 2020 legisla-
tive session in January. Sessions
typically start in March, but
the Florida Constitution allows
lawmakers to approve a January
start in even-numbered years,
when elections take place and
lawmakers want to return to the
campaign trail sooner. Lawmak-
ers can't raise campaign cash
during the 60-day session. The
only positive ethics vote, as all
other reforms failed by party line
vote. For instance: CABINET -
FAILED: Prohibits Cabinet mem-
bers from accepting campaign
contributions during regular or
extended legislative sessions.
Oddities:
Florida joins the civilized
States by passing the Child Mar-
riage Act:
Prohibits those
younger than 18 from getting
married in Florida but allows nar-
row exceptions for 17-year-olds
who can still marry those within
two years of them if they take a
premarital preparation course,
sign a sworn affidavit confirming
the union is not coerced and
receive counseling if it involves a
pregnancy.
At the same time legislators
felt compelled to allow predatory
lenders to move their thievery up
a notch: Payday Loans: Allows
payday lenders to make install-
ment loans of $1,000 with repay-
ment over 60 to 90 days; previ-
ous law limited loans to $500 with
repayment of seven days to a
month.
They tried to sooth the issue
with a small balm: Credit Report-
ing Fees: Eliminates the $10 fee
that credit reporting companies
charge to place a freeze on your
credit. Laughable, but needed.
Fracking - Failed: Bans the oil-
and natural-gas drilling known as
fracking. This issue must be
raised each session to keep it in
the news.
Victims: Shields the home
addresses of victims of mass vio-
lence.
Resign-To-Run:
Requires
elected officials to resign their
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