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The two bodies meet in the Florida State Capitol. The Florida House of Representative members serve for two-year terms, while Florida Senate members serve staggered four-year terms, with 20 senators up for election every two years. [16] Members of both houses are term limited to serve a maximum of eight years. [17]
The two leaders, along with the governor of Florida, control most of the agenda of state business in Florida. [12] President of the Senate: Kathleen Passidomo ; President Pro Tempore of the Florida Senate: Dennis Baxley ; Majority Leader of the Florida Senate: Ben Albritton ; Minority Leader of the Florida Senate: Lauren Book
President-elect Trump’s poaching of a number of high-profile Florida officials to serve in his second administration is creating openings for a new slate of leaders in the Sunshine State. Trump ...
The Florida Legislature has new leaders, but the same management.. Two weeks after voters cemented Republicans’ supermajority status, lawmakers gathered in the Capitol Tuesday to swear-in new ...
(The Center Square) – Florida legislative leaders and Gov. Ron DeSantis reached a deal on immigration as lawmakers will return to the capitol on Tuesday for a special session that ends on Friday.
Florida's Government in the Sunshine Law, commonly called the Sunshine Law, passed in 1967.It requires that all meetings of any state, county, or municipal board or commission in Florida be open to the public, and declares that actions taken at closed meetings are not binding (Section 286.011, Florida Statutes).
Control of the state House and Senate shifts to new leaders who, along with Gov. Ron DeSantis, will set the agenda for the next two years.
The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida Senate being the upper house. Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of Florida, adopted in 1968, defines the role of the Legislature and how it is to be constituted. [2]