2024 Legislative Session Report
Mon, Oct 14, 2024
Chris Dawson, Attorney, GrayRobinson
The 2024 Legislation Session saw the introduction of almost 3,000 proposed bills, the highest number in any previous session. For FRSA, it meant reviewing and tracking a few bills that were outside our normal sco... Read More
Special Elections Preview 2024 Campaign Season
Tue, Oct 10, 2023
Chris Dawson, Attorney, GrayRobinson
A pair of special elections triggered by recent resignations from the Florida House of Representatives will give Floridians an early preview of the 2024 election season. Both seats up for grabs reflect urban dist... Read More
2022 Legislative Session At-A-Glance - May 2022
Fri, May 06, 2022
The Florida Legislature entered the 2022 regular session with two primary objectives: pass a state spending plan for 2022-2023 and redraw the state’s legislative and congressional maps as part of the once-in-a-decade redistricting process. After sixt... Read More
Legislature Approves "Tool Time" and Other Sales Tax Holidays - April 2022
Fri, Apr 15, 2022
The Florida Legislature’s 2022 taxation bill, HB 7071, includes the usual characters in regard to sales tax holidays: Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday, Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday and the Freedom Week Sales Tax Holiday. Read More
Tricks & Treats in Tallahassee
Fri, Nov 15, 2019
Chris Dawson, FRSA LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
The days are getting shorter and (hopefully) the temperature will begin to drop as well. It’s officially fall in Florida! That means a number of things, including college football tailgates, little ghouls... Read More
A Specialty Residential Roofing License Will Not Grow Our Workforce!
Tue, Nov 06, 2018
Cam Fentriss, FRSA LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
What is one of our most important issues right now? You guessed right - it is workforce shortage. We needworkers. We need a short-term fix, and we also need a long-term fix.
We need workers generally and we ne... Read More
Discussion: Open/Expired Permits
Mon, Aug 06, 2018
Cam Fentriss, FRSA LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
We have a monkey on our back. It’s called open or expired permits. This is a problem that needs a solution. Even if we cannot fix all the ways a permit can remain pending, I am pretty sure we can take a f... Read More
Public Insurance Adjusters
Fri, Jul 06, 2018
Cam Fentriss, FRSA LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Public insurance adjusters are a fiery group. Over the years, there has been a lot of fighting over what a public adjuster can or cannot do, and there has also been a lot of fighting by public adjusters to try ... Read More
In Search of a New Florida Governor and Cabinet
Tue, Jun 05, 2018
Cam Fentriss, FRSA LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
This year, Florida will elect a new governor and cabinet. Although I am sure we have already seen plenty of campaignads, it doesn’t really count until we see who actually files to run for office and that ... Read More
AOB: It's Like Workers' Comp All Over Again
Thu, Mar 29, 2018
Cam Fentriss, FRSA LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
I am having déjà vu in Tallahassee. The AOB abuse issue is taking the same path as the workers’ compensation crisis a number of years ago.
Sixteen years ago, we fought the war for workers&r... Read More