Sen. Travis Hutson More than a decade of Business Law Section advocacy paid off in a Wesley Chapel ceremony Tuesday when Gov. Ron DeSantis signed SB 1054, the “Dorothy L. Hukilll Financial Literacy Act.” “Financial literacy is an important life skill for a student to have,” DeSantis said. It was a watershed moment for…
The Legislature has agreed to revise a Vietnam-era law that makes drug dealing first-degree murder when a customer dies of an overdose. The Senate voted 33-5 on March 11 to approve HB 95 by Rep. Scott Plakon, R-Longwood. Sen. Jason Brodeur, R-Lake Mary, sponsored the companion, SB 190. The measure passed in the waning hours of the…
Rep. Mike Beltran A House panel has approved a “sovereign immunity” measure that would, for the first time since 2010, raise the limits on claims against the government. The House Judiciary Committee voted 19-0 on February 28 to approve HB 985 by Rep. Mike Beltran, R-Valrico. It heads next to the House floor. Beltran said…
The measure would raise the amount of interest a debtor may retain in a single motor vehicle in bankruptcy proceedings Rep. Mike Gottlieb The House has approved a measure that could prevent financially strapped Floridians from losing their only ride to creditors — an idea that began when a South Florida lawyer…
