FHBA Legislative Update—Week VII 2022 Regular Legislative Session As we enter the last two weeks of the 2022 Regular Session, lawmakers and lobbyists alike will be scrambling to amend bills that are moving and secure final appropriations for local projects. The conference committees have not yet been appointed but both chambers indicated the allocations …
FHBA Legislative Update—Week V 2022 Regular Legislative Session Legislators were focused this week on passing their respective budgets through Appropriation committees with floor votes expected next week. Bills of interest relating to construction defects, school concurrency, building plans and lobbying restrictions for CDDs all moved forward. Additional bills of interest are outlined below and …
FHBA Legislative Update—Week IV 2022 Regular Legislative Session Week IV of the 2022 Regular Session ended with lawmakers sending the approved House and Senate redistricting maps to the Florida Supreme Court for approval. Interestingly, Governor DeSantis halted the Congressional redistricting map pending a ruling on the North Florida district that spans from Jacksonville to …
The Florida Legislature started its 2020 Legislative Session this week and lawmakers are set to consider a number of bills over the course of the 60-day period that relate to the building industry. With January 15 as the final day to file a bill to be heard this session, it appears that legislators will have …
Tomorrow morning, the 2020 Florida Legislative Session will kick off here in Tallahassee, giving lawmakers just 60 days to debate proposed legislation and pass a budget for our state. These 60 days go hand-in-hand with the Housing industry facing a gamut of issues brought forth by lawmakers from both sides of the “aisle.” During this …
The 2020 FHBA Spring Conference is rapidly approaching! Don’t miss this three-day event held in Tallahassee during the heart of legislative session. Members in attendance are offered the experience of walking the halls of our state capital and interacting with legislators from across the state. Being here during session means you will also have the …
FHBPAC 1,000 Club members were offered an exclusive opportunity to meet with the legislators supporting the FHBA priority bills via conference call on Thursday. Members of the club were joined by Senator Keith Perry of Gainesville, Representative Toby Overdorf of Stuart and Representative Nick DiCeglie of Largo on the call who each discussed the bills …
This week, Charlotte County announced that FHBA Immediate Past President and Charlotte County Commissioner, Bill Truex, participated in the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs briefing call on immigration modernization and infrastructure investment. This call previewed forthcoming Trump Administration policy proposals on border security and merit-based legal immigration system. Truex is currently the chair of …
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Last week marked the final interim committee meetings for the Florida Legislature in advance of the 2020 legislative session. As 2020 is an even year, session will kick off this earlier this year, with lawmakers set to convene on January 14. As always, your FHBA government relations team continues to monitor potential legislation that will …
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On Monday, the Sadowski Coalition gathered in the Florida Capitol once again to urge Lawmakers to stop diverting money from the Sadowski Trust Fund. Simultaneously, FHBA urged local law makers to address root causes of steadily increasing housing costs. In a press release distributed state wide, FHBA called on fellow coalition members to examine fees …
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