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What Passed?

April 30th, 2015 by flanews

Capitol chaos may have overshadowed what actually got done this session. Matt Galka looks at some of the bills that are only the governor’s signature away from becoming law.

It’s quiet at the Capitol. The last two days of legislative session are usually filled with a flurry of last minute lawmaking. But the House quit Tuesday and the Senate says it doesn’t plan on meeting again. Before both chambers left, they did manage to get work done.

Maybe the most controversial measure of the year was a 24 hour waiting period for abortions proposal. The bill had feverish opposition outside the chambers but passed easily among lawmakers.

Craft Beer lovers can raise a glass after a multi-year battle to allow a 64 oz container called a growler was finally approved.  32 oz and 128 oz containers had already been permitted.

“To try to explain to them why we can’t fill the 64 oz but we can do a 32 or a gallon was probably the hardest part,” said Michael Carbonell, the co-owner of Growler Country, a store that caters to craft beers.

And quirkier bills pass every year, too. Like the one this year giving about 600 voters in the Panhandle town of Panacea the chance to incorporate.

Residents in the small town about 30 miles away from Tallahassee say incorporating could help the economy.

“We need to put this into jobs, we can do that, that’s why we need to be self government, self government, that’s the issue here,” said Panacea resident Ron Crum.

All 600 voters, and 20 million other floridians, will have to sit back and wait for lawmakers to figure out one more thing: a budget.

The final tally: Just 231 bills passed both chambers this year, the lowest amount in at least the past 15 years. Senate President Andy Gardiner proposed starting a special session June 1st to attempt to pass a spending plan.

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