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During a meeting about procedural issues, Senate President Wilton Simpson advised members to get used to talking with lobbyists outside the Capitol complex.
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The Judiciary Committee spent more than two hours debating the bill and four amendments before voting 7-4 along party lines to move it to the Commerce and Tourism Committee.
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State Sen. Danny Burgess says a lesson from COVID-19 is the economic carnage created when businesses were closed to slow the spread of the virus.
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Sen. Aaron Bean says there is statewide frustration over the state's plans and that Department of Health officials need to provide the public with a “clear direction.”
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Neither chamber's measure contains lawsuit protections for health care providers, but Sen. Jeff Brandes, who sponsored the Senate version, says they will addressed in separate legislation.
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Sen. Manny Diaz Jr., R-Hialeah, filed a proposed constitutional amendment that would require two-thirds votes of the House and Senate before a single-payer system could be enacted.
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Under Senate President Wilton Simpson’s plan, members of the public will have to watch and testify remotely. House Speaker Chris Sprowls has embraced a somewhat more relaxed stance.
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One state senator says DeSantis is manipulating data and "does not have this virus under control and has no interest in doing so."
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The safety plan was developed with the guidance of a team from Tampa General Hospital.
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The Florida House speaker on Tuesday called into question the state’s COVID-19 death toll, warning that it was based on compromised data and used a…