In surprise move, Florida lawmakers pass contentious bill banning trans student athletes POLITICO 4/29/2021 © Aileen Perilla/AP Photo State Sen. Kelli Stargel sponsored the original Florida Senate bill.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. The Florida Legislature late Wednesday unexpectedly rekindled and passed a controversial bill banning transgender athletes from playing girls’ and women’s sports that had been dormant at the statehouse since the state Senate abandoned the proposal last week.
House members tacked the contentious measure on to a charter school package that lawmakers passed back and forth Wednesday, bringing the policy back from the dead and sending it to Gov. Ron DeSantis. The GOP-controlled House tweaked the language referring to the ban on transgender student athletes, claiming it was a comprise but Democrats contended that wasn’t the case.
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A bill that would essentially kill PennDOT’s plan to toll several bridges across Pennsylvania to fund projects moved forward Tuesday when it was passed by the state Senate.
The Senate approved Senate Bill 382, introduced by Sen. Wayne Langerholc, R-Cambria County, in a 28-19 vote.
The bill will now go to the House.
“This P3 plan is a failure,” Langerholc said on the Senate floor Tuesday. “We owe our commonwealth residents more than this.”
Bridges to be tolled
On Feb. 18, PennDOT announced the bridge renovation plan, approved by the obscure Public-Private Transportation Partnership (P3) in November, would be funded by tolls on several bridges, including: