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Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 4.20.21 Good Tuesday morning. Breaking overnight â â Gov. DeSantis signs online sales tax planâ via Renzo Downey of Florida Politics â DeSantis has signed the online sales tax bill into law, answering the question of whether he would act on the bill or let it roll into law without his John Hancock. An estimated $1 billion in revenue would come from the new enforcement of sales taxes technically already owed on purchases Floridians make from out-of-state sellers, but which few Floridians pay. DeSantis had until midnight to sign or veto the bill into law or else it would have gone into effect without his signature. Lawmakers sent him the bill on April 12. He waited until one hour left in the day Monday to send the alert that he had signed the measure. DeSantis never signaled his support for the plan. If anything, he voiced his opposition. ....
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. ....
6 hours ago by Joe Byrnes (WMFE) Play Audio Orlando Senator Randolph Bracy says those behind a restrictive voting bill are drunk on power. Image: The Florida Channel Stay tuned in to our local news coverage: Listen to 90.7 WMFE on your FM or HD radio, the WMFE mobile app or your smart speaker say “Alexa, play NPR” and you’ll be connected. State Sen. Dennis Baxley amended his controversial elections bill – SB 90 – on Wednesday at a meeting of the Rules Committee. It allows drop boxes now at some locations for limited hours and requires a pen-to-paper signature a so-called “wet” signature for voter verification. It also outlaws giving anything including food or water to people within 150 feet of a polling place. ....