While the House has not posted details about which bills it will consider during the first week, Speaker Chris Sprowls told reporters he wants to move quickly on the proposal.
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Hillsborough legislators talk protest bill, budget priorities with Tiger Bay
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Members of Hillsborough County’s legislative delegation seem to agree on a lot when it comes to what to tackle in Tallahassee this year, but not always on how to execute it. Republican and Democratic senators and house representatives met with Tampa’s Tiger Bay today and few priorities were as divisive as the HB1 protest bill.
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Senator Janet Cruz and Representative Fentrice Driskell were there for Democrats while, Sen. Danny Burgess and Rep. Lawrence McClure spoke for the GOP.
Securing Sadowski
For the most part, there was a good deal of bipartisanship. Especially when it came to the Sadowski Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Cruz, Burgess and Driskell were all on board.
A bill that would provide COVID-19 liability protections to businesses will be one of the first pieces of business of the Florida House’s 2021 legislative session.
State Sen. Janet Cruz, D-Tampa, was one of four panelists
Several Tampa Bay area lawmakers talked about their priorities for the upcoming session Friday at the Tampa Tiger Bay Club. Just finding enough money to pay for them could be their first challenge.
The state is facing a $2.7 billion shortfall this year, aggravated by business shutdowns during the pandemic. State Sen. Janet Cruz, D-Tampa, says she ll try to find alternative sources of money. My priority will be to make sure that services that have been available to those in Hillsborough County and Tampa Bay, to make sure that those services don t suffer, because that seems to be the area that takes the biggest hit, she said.