In February 2025, Governor Ron DeSantis publicly announced his desire that the state consider amending its Constitution, ...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – State representatives have begun filing bills for the regular 2026 session, including ones from and relating to Bay County. The majority of these bills will be effective ...

Republican Vern Buchanan announces retirement after 20 years, joining 27 other GOP lawmakers leaving the House.

State representatives applaud in the House chamber during the opening session of the 2025 legislative session, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at the state capitol in ...

As expected, House Bill 881—which aims to decouple Thoroughbred racing and gaming licenses in Florida—passed its second ...

TALLAHASSEE — A Florida House panel Thursday backed a wide-ranging plan that seeks to trim health-care regulations and carry ...

Florida physicians can treat minors for sexually transmitted infections, substance abuse, and mental health problems without ...

Democrat Rob Long is the newest member of the Florida House of Representatives, after winning an overwhelming victory Tuesday in a Palm Beach County special election. Unofficial results Wednesday ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida House of Representatives voted 74-37 Thursday to roll back a part of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas gun safety law and lower the age to buy a gun back to 18. But its fate ...

Florida Rep. Vern Buchanan, a longtime Republican member of the Ways and Means Committee, will not seek reelection this year.

The future of a lawsuit filed by U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is uncertain.According to court documents in Broward County, Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, a Democrat, had a Jan. 2 deadline to serve ...

A committee in the Florida House of Representatives advanced the third proposal for a State constitutional amendment related ...