Controversial election bill heads to the Senate floor despite bipartisan criticism Dennis Baxley. Image via Colin Hackley. The House bill was sent to the House floor the day prior. The Senate’s bill to update Florida’s election law is ready for the Senate floor, where it could still go through more changes. The Senate Rules Committee took up the bill ( SB 90), sponsored by Ocala Republican Sen. Dennis Baxley, Tuesday after the bill was held on the agenda after Questions, debate, and testimony on the bill ran for more than three hours during the meeting on Wednesday. Committee Chair Kathleen Passidomo said she rolled the bill over to the next meeting to give everyone the chance to debate it because she believed it was an important issue.