FRSA Notches Major Victories in 2024 Legislative Session
Wed, Apr 10, 2024
Chris Dawson, Attorney, GrayRobinson
The Florida Legislature adjourned, sine die, from its 2024 regular session on Friday, March 8 at 2:25pm. Over the course of 60 days, legislators considered over 2,000 pieces of legislation, with 325 proposals ult... 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
Environmental Constitutional Amendments Proposed for 2022 Ballot
Sat, Sep 18, 2021
Chris Dawson, Attorney, GrayRobinson Law Firm
An environmental activist group is seeking to place up to five pro-environment constitutional amendments on the 2022 election ballot for consideration by Florida voters. This organization, dubbed FL5, is... 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
