WMNF 88.5 FM by News Service of Florida
By Jim Turner
TALLAHASSEE — State senators are off to a quick start filing bills as they gear up for the 2025 legislative session, which begins March 4.
Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, and House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, officially took over as leaders of their respective chambers for the next two years during an organizational session last week.
House and Senate committees will meet in parts of December, January and February to start sifting through proposals in the lead-up to the 60-day session.
Bills filed so far for consideration during the 2025 session include:
- A proposal (SB 56) seeking to prohibit the injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals or an apparatus into the atmosphere “for the express purpose of affecting the temperature, the weather, or the intensity of sunlight.”
- A measure (SB 48) aimed at closing loopholes used in condo foreclosure auctions.
- A proposal (SB 58) that would amend boating laws and add the death of an “unborn child” to the definition “vessel homicide” through reckless boat operations that cause injury to the mother.
- A bill (SB 46) that would establish a list of programs and degrees a nonpublic, religious postsecondary educational institution may offer to be exempt from state licensure.
The measures filed in the past week by Sens. Ileana Garcia, R-Miami, Ana Maria Rodriguez, R-Doral, and Jonathan Martin, R-Fort Myers, aren’t the first bills that were filed for the upcoming session that begins March 4.
In August, senators were able to start filing bills that seek payments for people who suffered injuries and damages because of actions of state and local government agencies.
The proposals, known as “claim” bills, are needed, at least in part, because of a state sovereign immunity law that generally limits the amounts of money government agencies can be forced to pay in lawsuits to $200,000 or $300,000, depending on how many people are involved. Claim bills allow payments that are higher than the limits…
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