State lawmakers approved a record $112.1 billion state spending plan on Monday. It’s Florida’s largest budget to date, and marks an end to weeks of heated partisan and culture clashes over policy and a once-in-a-decade redistricting plan. We’ve rounded up a quick explainer detailing the bills that are currently awaiting the governor’s signature, what’s already been signed into law and what could be on the agenda for a future special session.
For years, some lawmakers have been pushing major rewrites of the Baker and Marchman Acts two key pieces of law that enable people to be involuntarily committed for psychiatric evaluation. The latest effort is again in trouble. While Republican Sen. Aaron Bean describes his proposal as more of a “tweak” to the system, some stakeholders suggest there’s a lot left undone.