Tracking the Florida House of Representatives’ and the Florida Senate’s 2024 Legislation

Patriots — bellow is a Report as of today showing status of Legislation, I and a few others, in Winter Haven 912 are now tracking both good and bad.

Note that Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC) is also tracking most of these bills. This report will change as bills are considered by committees.

The Bills we Support are sponsored by Republicans shown on the attached Report include HB 57; SJR 94; HB 97; HB 135; HJR 335; HB 359; HB 365; HB 435; HB 485; HB 599; HB 601; HB 609; SB 636; HJR 805; and HB 919.

The Bills we Oppose are submitted by Democrats as shown on the attached Report and they include SB 96; HB 127; HB 145; HVB 155; SB 182; HB 279; HB 767; and HB 787.

There are two (2) Republican sponsored bills related to Public Health which propose some positive changes but we join RLC opposition to as written e.g. HB 401 and 409 because they fall short of needed Public Health Reforms to FS 381.00315.

As the current Legislative Session including Committee meetings progress there will undoubtedly be more bills we support or oppose.

You can learn more about these bills and their status including sponsors and co-sponsors by going to http://www.myflhouse.gov and http://www.flsenate.gov ; inserting the bill number in the search tab and clicking on bill description.

We invite you to join us in Tracking status of these bills and communicating with appropriate Committees by following the instructions provided at the 2nd attachment.

Tracking Bills in FL Legislature & US Congress

Tracking of both good and bad bills is an important activist function.  We need this kind of  grassroots activism to know the status of these bills and, in the case of good bills, help influence them to pass through committees and on the floor or; in case of bad bills to prevent them from being passed.  In both cases this requires making phone calls/emails to committee chairs and members & other legislators to co-sponsor or vote against these bills.

Following is a fairly simple online procedure for Tracking which will result in your receiving an email each time something happens with each bill (voted on in committees, passes to another committee, moves to floor for a vote, or fails to be placed on committee agenda or is voted down, etc.).

Go to www.flsenate.gov and www.myfloridahouse.gov — the procedure is slightly different in both web sites (go figure).

In the Senate:

• Go to far right top tab labeled Tracker; click on and then click Tracker Help – takes you to a page where you can open and account and then log in.
• Once logged in type in the Bill # at top for each bill, one at a time & click on Search
• The #, title of bill & sponsor will come up.  To the Right click on the Track Button — now you will be sent an email each time something happens with the bill.
• Other things you can do – for a complete description of the bill click on the Bill Title and it will take you to a full description page.  Then go back (left arrow) – if you want to know who sits on committees considering the bill click on the committee title and it will show you names.  Important for communicating especially if Stargel, Burgess and/or Albritton (Sens representing PC) come up.
• You will now be sent an email each time some new action occurs related to that bill.
• Repeat the process for every bill you want to track.

In the House:

• Front page looks different but to the far right at Top and click on Tracking
• Establish account and sign in — see About description to the right
• Repeat process described above by entering bill #s — one interesting thing about this site is you can input both HB and SB bills and it will track and report progress of both to you via email

To know which bills your FL Representative & FL Senator have sponsored or co-sponsored:

• House — On Legislative Tracking Page — Click on Members — next page — Track Members — click on house members by name and then it will show you all bills that member has filed.
• Senate — on front page —  click on their name — go to their page and click on Bills Introduced.

Tracking Bills in US Senate and/or House

To know what Bills Senator Rubio and Scott & Reps. Franklin or Soto have filed go to

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse   Open an Account & Log In

Under Search – Sponsor block – type in last name of Congressman – a list of bills they are sponsoring or co-sponsoring will then come up – to read content click on the bill title

Note:  Of concern to me is that current Senate President Wilford Simpson is a Hall of Shame Member Bill Galvano’s protege’ who appointed 3 Dems to Committee Chairs.  Of particular concern is Jason Pizzo as Chair of the Criminal Justice Committee, which some of these bills must pass thru.

The other two are Agriculture & Children, Families & Elders.

Committee Chairs are appointed by the Senate President so strange he appointed these 3 Democrats – makes me suspicious of what deals were cut.  Seems to me in a Republican majority Senate,  all Chairs should be Republicans?

Please pass on to others.

FLORIDA LEGISLATION 2024

Tracked Members

 Tracked Committees

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