Tensions remain high in Tallahassee as the verbal arrows fly over the fate of the state’s handling of health insurance for the uninsured. Meanwhile, the House will meet in a full sessionWednesday but much of the action will be in the Senate.
Here are five things to watch:
- Expect a testy exchange between the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee and the Secretary for the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Liz Dudek, at her confirmation hearing at 1:30 p.m. Dudek’s agency has been the state’s lead negotiator with the federal government over the future of the federal health insurance program known as the Low Income Pool.
- Should Florida juries be required to unanimously agree to recommend the death penalty? That is the question before the Senate Judiciary Committee at a 2 p.m. meeting.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee also hears SB 724, a bill to require women seeking abortions to wait 24 hours before they are allowed to have the procedure.
- The Senate Education Pre-K-12 Committee will hear a bill by Sen. Greg Evers, R-Baker, that will allow some individuals to carry weapons on K-12 school grounds. The meeting is at 5 p.m.
- The James Madison Institute and The Village Square hosts a debate on dark money and the issue of whether nonprofits should be required to disclose their donations if they are engaged in lobbying and political communication. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Gus B. Turnball Center.
--MARY ELLEN KLAS, Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau
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