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What to know about Floridaâs 2021 legislative session
Election laws. DeSantis priorities. Key lawmakers. Important dates. Hereâs what to know when lawmakers meet Tuesday for the 2021 session.
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Updated Feb. 25
TALLAHASSEE â Every year, Florida lawmakers gather in Tallahassee to debate state policy, amend existing laws and pass new ones, and put together a state budget. This year will be no different, though the COVID-19 pandemic will be looming large over all of these discussions.
All of this gets done during a 60-day legislative session, which starts Tuesday.
Lawmakers, however, have been holding committee meetings and voting on measures since November. So, a view of the issues gnawing at lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis has already emerged. And the Republican majority in the Legislature will have better chances at passing its priorities, after increasing its numbers this past election cycle.
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The daily rundown Between Tuesday and Wednesday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 7,128 (nearly 0.4 percent), to 1,885,661; active hospitalizations went down by 121 (nearly 2.9 percent), to 4,077; deaths of Florida residents rose by 127 (0.4 percent), to 30,340; 2,792,118 Floridians have at least one dose of the vaccine.
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