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WILDLIFE CORRIDOR GETS AIRING
Time: 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
Description: The House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee (9 a.m.) and the House Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee (11:30 a.m.) will receive presentations about a state wildlife corridor.
Location: 9 a.m. meeting at 212 Knott Building, the Capitol. 11:30 a.m. meeting at 404 House Office Building, the Capitol.
‘SCIENCE OF READING’ ON AGENDA
Time: 9 a.m.
Description: The House Education Quality Subcommittee will receive presentations about the “science of reading.”
Location: Reed Hall, House Office Building, the Capitol.
VETERANS’ NURSING HOMES DISCUSSED
Time: 9 a.m.
Description: The House Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee will receive a presentation about state veterans’ nursing homes.
Location: Morris Hall, House Office Building, the Capitol.
LATE DEPUTY COULD BE HONORED
Time: 9 a.m.
Description: The House Transportation & Modals Subcommittee will take up a bill (HB 63), filed by Rep. Linda Chaney, R-St. Pete Beach, that would honor Pinellas County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Hartwick, who was killed in the line of duty in September. The bill would name a portion of Interstate 275 as "Deputy Sheriff Michael Hartwick Memorial Highway."
Location: 404 House Office Building, the Capitol.
HOUSE DEMOCRATS HOLD AVAILABILITY
Time: 10 a.m.
Description: House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell, D-Tampa, and Rep. Kelly Skidmore, D-Boca Raton, will hold a media availability.
CITRUS INDUSTRY AT ISSUE
Time: 11 a.m.
Description: The Senate Agriculture Committee will receive presentations about the state’s citrus industry and the impacts of 2022 hurricanes on the agriculture industry. Speakers are expected to include Shannon Shepp, executive director of the Florida Department of Citrus.
Location: 301 Senate Office Building, the Capitol.
CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT DISCUSSED
Time: 11 a.m.
Description: The Senate Criminal Justice Committee will receive an overview of the Department of Corrections.
Location: 37 Senate Office Building, the Capitol.
EMERGENCY ROOM DIVERSION EYED
Time: 11 a.m.
Description: The Senate Health Policy Committee will discuss emergency-room diversion efforts.
Location: 412 Knott Building, the Capitol.
APD, ELDER AFFAIRS OUTLINED
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Description: The House Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee will receive overviews of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities and the Department of Elder Affairs.
Location: Reed Hall, House Office Building, the Capitol.
PERFORMANCE FUNDING DETAILED
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Description: The House Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee will receive presentations from the Department of Education and the state university system’s Board of Governors about performance funding.
Location: 314 House Office Building, the Capitol.
CORRECTIONAL OFFICER RECRUITMENT AT ISSUE
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Description: The House Justice Appropriations Subcommittee will receive an update from the Department of Corrections about correctional officer recruitment and retention.
Location: Morris Hall, House Office Building, the Capitol.
DCF MAKES PRESENTATION
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Description: The Senate Children, Families and Elder Affairs Committee will receive a presentation from the Department of Children and Families about legislation passed in 2021 and 2022.
Location: 37 Senate Office Building, the Capitol.
STUDENT ASSESSMENTS AT ISSUE
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Description: The Senate Education Pre-K-12 Committee will receive an update on student-assessment issues.
Location: 412 Knott Building, the Capitol.
KEYS PROTECTIONS PROPOSED
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Description: The Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee will take up a bill (SB 54), filed by Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez, R-Doral, that would provide $20 million a year to help restore Florida Bay, the Florida Keys and ecosystems including coral reefs.
Location: 301 Senate Office Building, the Capitol.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING EYED
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Description: The Senate Transportation Committee will receive a presentation about electric-vehicle charging infrastructure.
Location: 110 Senate Office Building, the Capitol.
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DISCUSSED
Time: 2 p.m.
Description: The House Criminal Justice Subcommittee will receive overviews of the Florida Department of Corrections, the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Florida Commission on Offender Review.
Location: 404 House Office Building, the Capitol.
CYBER ATTACK ON AGENDA
Time: Tuesday, 2 p.m.
Description: The House Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee will receive a presentation on a 2022 cyber attack on the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office.
Location: Reed Hall, House Office Building, the Capitol.
ATHLETE PAY LAW AT ISSUE
Time: 2 p.m.
Description: The House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee will consider a proposal (HB 99), filed by Rep. Chip LaMarca, R-Lighthouse Point, that would allow colleges, universities and their employees to steer endorsement opportunities toward student-athletes. The proposal would make a major change to Florida’s athlete-pay law, commonly known as a name, image and likeness law, which went into effect in July 2021.
Location: Morris Hall, House Office Building, the Capitol.
HOME STRENGTHENING PROGRAM OUTLINED
Time: 2 p.m.
Description: The House State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee will receive an update on the My Safe Florida Home program, which is designed to help strengthen homes against hurricanes.
Location: 212 Knott Building, the Capitol.
JUDICIAL ASSISTANT EXEMPTION SOUGHT
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Description: The Senate Judiciary Committee will consider a proposal (SB 50), filed by Sen. Tom Wright, R-New Smyrna Beach, that would provide a public-records exemption for information about judicial assistants. The exemption would include such things as information about dates of birth and home addresses.
Location: 412 Knott Building, the Capitol.
SENATORS HEAR FROM VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Description: The Senate Military and Veterans Affairs, Space and Domestic Security Committee will hear presentations from leaders of the Florida Veterans Foundation and Veterans Florida.
Location: 301 Senate Office Building, the Capitol.
NEW APPEALS COURT DISCUSSED
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Description: The House Judiciary Committee will receive an update on the 6th District Court of Appeal, which was created last year and took effect Jan. 1.
Location: 404 House Office Building, the Capitol.
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MIAMI DADE COLLEGE BOARD MEETS
Time: 8 a.m.
Description: The Miami Dade College Board of Trustees will meet.
Location: https://www.mdc.edu/livestream
COURT WEIGHS MASK MANDATE
Time: 9 a.m.
Description: A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in a battle about a federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requirement that passengers on airplanes, trains and buses wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. A Florida federal judge last year blocked the requirement, leading the Biden administration to appeal.
Location: James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building, 99 N.E. Fourth St., Miami.
SCOTT APPEARS IN BAY COUNTY
Time: 9:15 a.m. Central time.
Description: U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., will hold a roundtable discussion and a news conference as part of what he is calling the "Make Washington Work" tour.
Location: Bay County Chamber of Commerce, 235 West Fifth St., Panama City.
FSU-TMH PROJECT LAUNCHED
Time: 10 a.m.
Description: Florida State University, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare and The St. Joe Co. will hold a groundbreaking event for the FSU Health-Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Medical Campus in Bay County.
Location: 1002 North Arnold Road, Panama City Beach.
DESANTIS, CABINET MEET
Time: 11 a.m.
Description: Gov. Ron DeSantis, Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, Attorney General Ashley Moody and Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis will hold a Cabinet meeting. The meeting will include consideration of the appointments of Mark Glass as commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and former Palm Beach County Commissioner David Kerner as executive director of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Also, DeSantis and the Cabinet members will consider the appointment of a chief judge of the state Division of Administrative Hearings.
Location: Cabinet Meeting room, the Capitol.
PASCO-HERNANDO COLLEGE BOARD MEETS
Time: Noon.
Description: The Pasco-Hernando State College Board of Trustees will meet.
Location: Pasco-Hernando State College, East Campus, 36727 Blanton Road, Dade City. https://phsc.zoom.us/j/82859575700#success. Meeting ID: 82859575700.
WATER QUALITY ON AGENDA
Time: 1 p.m.
Description: The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Harmful Algal Bloom Task Force will meet.
Location: http://fwc.adobeconnect.com/hab
TRAUMA SYSTEM UNDER MICROSCOPE
Time: 1 p.m.
Description: The state Trauma System Advisory Council is scheduled to meet in Volusia County.
Location: Ocean Center Convention Center, 101 North Atlantic Ave., Daytona Beach.
TCC TRUSTEES MEET
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Description: The Tallahassee Community College Board of Trustees will meet.
Location: Tallahassee Community College, Hinson Administration Building, 444 Appleyard Dr., Tallahassee.
PALM BEACH COLLEGE BOARD MEETS
Time: 4 p.m.
Description: The Palm Beach State College Board of Trustees will meet.
Location: Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth Campus, 4200 South Congress Ave., Lake Worth.
SANTA FE COLLEGE TRUSTEES MEET
Time: 4 p.m.
Description: The Santa Fe College Board of Trustees will meet.
Location: Santa Fe College, Northwest Campus, 3000 N.W. 83rd St., Gainesville.
NORTH FLORIDA COLLEGE BOARD MEETS
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Description: The North Florida College Board of Trustees will meet.
Location: North Florida College, Student Center, Madison.
CHIPOLA COLLEGE BOARD MEETS
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Description: The Chipola College Board of Trustees is scheduled to meet.
Location: Chipola College, Public Service Building, Marianna.