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Last week in the Florida Senate - #ICYMI

• The Senate filed Proposed Bill 2500, the Florida Senate’s proposed budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year.

• Senate Committees Pass Hurricane Preparedness and Recovery Legislation - Senate Bill 1412, Sales Tax Holiday for Disaster Preparedness Supplies, by Senator Joe Gruters provides a two week tax-free holiday for disaster preparedness supplies. The tax holiday would begin June 1, and would apply to portable radios, diesel fuel tanks, batteries, portable generators and other necessary items.

• Senate Bill 1162, Northwest Florida Rural Inland Affected
Counties Recovery Fund, by Senator George Gainer, creates a program to assist inland counties hit by Hurricane Michael. The bill would direct five percent of any future settlement money the state receives from the 2010 BP oil spill be given to the Recovery Fund.

• In the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Senate Bill 1804, Emergency Loans for Agricultural Producers, by Senator Ben Albritton passed unanimously. This bill would provide low-interest loans for farmers who experienced losses due to natural disasters such as hurricanes.

• In addition to the passage of these critical pieces of legislation, the Florida Senate’s proposed budget includes comprehensive long-term recovery funding that brings the total state investment in Hurricane Michael Recovery to $1.8 Billion.

• Legislation to Create Statewide Task Force on Opioid Drug Abuse Advances - The Committee on Health Policy unanimously voted to advance Senate Bill 1658, Statewide Task Force on Opioid Drug Abuse, by Senator Wilton Simpson. The bill creates a task force to study the opioid epidemic in Florida, measure the financial impact the epidemic has on state and local governments, and identify successful strategies for treatment and decreasing demand.

• Senate Passes Legislation to Deregulate Vegetable Gardens - The Senate voted to approve Senate Bill 82, Vegetable Gardens, by Senator Rob Bradley. The bill largely prohibits counties and municipalities from regulating vegetable gardens on residential properties and further voids and makes unenforceable any such local ordinance or regulation regarding vegetable gardens, but
not restrictions set by homeowners associations.

• Agriculture Committee Receives Update on the State of the Florida Citrus Industry - The Senate Committee on Agriculture received a presentation on the State of the Florida Citrus Industry by Michael W. Sparks of Florida Citrus Mutual. Sparks detailed the difficulties that the industry has experienced over the past decade due to hurricanes, citrus greening, and other invasive pests and diseases which have caused significant production loss. Sparks urged the committee to continue investing in the citrus industry, specifically in research, so that Florida’s iconic citrus industry can transform and regrow.

Last week in the Florida Senate – #ICYMI

• The Senate filed Proposed Bill 2500, the Florida Senate’s proposed budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year.

• Senate Committees Pass Hurricane Preparedness and Recovery Legislation – Senate Bill 1412, Sales Tax Holiday for Disaster Preparedness Supplies, by Senator Joe Gruters provides a two week tax-free holiday for disaster preparedness supplies. The tax holiday would begin June 1, and would apply to portable radios, diesel fuel tanks, batteries, portable generators and other necessary items.

• Senate Bill 1162, Northwest Florida Rural Inland Affected
Counties Recovery Fund, by Senator George Gainer, creates a program to assist inland counties hit by Hurricane Michael. The bill would direct five percent of any future settlement money the state receives from the 2010 BP oil spill be given to the Recovery Fund.

• In the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Senate Bill 1804, Emergency Loans for Agricultural Producers, by Senator Ben Albritton passed unanimously. This bill would provide low-interest loans for farmers who experienced losses due to natural disasters such as hurricanes.

• In addition to the passage of these critical pieces of legislation, the Florida Senate’s proposed budget includes comprehensive long-term recovery funding that brings the total state investment in Hurricane Michael Recovery to $1.8 Billion.

• Legislation to Create Statewide Task Force on Opioid Drug Abuse Advances – The Committee on Health Policy unanimously voted to advance Senate Bill 1658, Statewide Task Force on Opioid Drug Abuse, by Senator Wilton Simpson. The bill creates a task force to study the opioid epidemic in Florida, measure the financial impact the epidemic has on state and local governments, and identify successful strategies for treatment and decreasing demand.

• Senate Passes Legislation to Deregulate Vegetable Gardens – The Senate voted to approve Senate Bill 82, Vegetable Gardens, by Senator Rob Bradley. The bill largely prohibits counties and municipalities from regulating vegetable gardens on residential properties and further voids and makes unenforceable any such local ordinance or regulation regarding vegetable gardens, but
not restrictions set by homeowners associations.

• Agriculture Committee Receives Update on the State of the Florida Citrus Industry – The Senate Committee on Agriculture received a presentation on the State of the Florida Citrus Industry by Michael W. Sparks of Florida Citrus Mutual. Sparks detailed the difficulties that the industry has experienced over the past decade due to hurricanes, citrus greening, and other invasive pests and diseases which have caused significant production loss. Sparks urged the committee to continue investing in the citrus industry, specifically in research, so that Florida’s iconic citrus industry can transform and regrow. … See MoreSee Less

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