Number of working days left until the end of the 2015 session: Five.
The biggest news of the day could come out of the House when word officially comes that it has agreed to a Senate-passed, amended version of HB 1, the medical marijuana bill.
In the Senate, the bills to watch among the eight on the calendar are HB 515 and HB 520, which together would create the new cities of Tucker and LaVista Hills in DeKalb County. Changes have been made, so a House-Senate conference committee is possible.
In committees, the Senate Appropriations Committee will take up HB 279 , which would provide raises for judges, and Public Safety will hear HB 110,, the fireworks bill.
Also, a special Judiciary subcommittee is expected to meet again Wednesday on SB 129, the religious liberty bill. We expect changes to be made that could please opponents but anger supporters.
Senate committees
8:15 AM APPROPRIATIONS 341 CAP HB 279 which would give raises to Supreme Court, superior court and other judges.
8:15 AM VETERANS, MILITARY, AND HOMELAND SECURITY 125 CAP
12:00 PM RULES UPON ADJOURNMENT 450 CAP
1:00 PM INSURANCE AND LABOR 125 CAP
1:00 PM PUBLIC SAFETY 310 CLOB . HB 110, the fireworks bill.
1:00 PM EDUCATION AND YOUTH 307 CLOB
2:00 PM JUDICIARY 310 CLOB
2:00 PM FINANCE MEZZ 1
3:00 PM STATE INSTITUTIONS AND PROPERTY 125 CAP
3:00 PM JUDICIARY NON CIVIL 307 CLOB
3:00 PM TRANSPORTATION 450 CAP
4:00 PM REGULATED INDUSTRIES AND UTILITIES 310 CLOB. HB 535, the Sunday brunch bill.
4:00 PM STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS MEZZ 1
House committees
8:00 AM INSURANCE 606 CLOB
8:00 AM AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER AFFAIRS 403 CAP . SB 148, which would transfer powers and responsibilities of the Governor's Office for Consumer Affairs to the Attorney General's office.
9:00 AM RULES 341 CAP
1:30 PM JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL 132 CAP . SB 130, smoke free cars for children; and SB 185, which would allow for clinical trials for medical marijuana for some cases of epilepsy. These trials are also allowed in HB 1, which is nearing final passage.
2:00 PM Environmental Quality Subcommittee of Natural Resources 230 CAP. SB 36, which would prohibit the injection of groundwater into the Floridan aquifer in some counties.
2:00 PM GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS 406 CLOB. SB 59, a massive "P3" bill allowing for public-private partnerships for infrastructure projects; SB 85 on development authorities; and SB 127, the Senate ethics bill that allows local officials to escape paying ethics commission fines.
3:00 PM EDUCATION 606 CLOB
3:00 PM Fleming Subcommittee of Judiciary Civil 403 CAP
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