Taxation of online hotel room bookings is only one of the weighty issues facing Tallahassee on another busy legislative day.
Fracking, warning shots, craft beer rules, mental-health training for teachers, worker’s compensation, assisted living facility reform and sinkhole stabilization are all on the Legislature’s Tuesday agenda.
Appeals Court Hearings
The First District Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Tallahassee. On the docket is Broward County v. Orbitz, to determine if the online travel agency must pay tax on what they pay hotels for rooms, or the amount customers ultimately pay. Court agendas can be found online.
The Appeal Court is located at 2000 Drayton Drive in Tallahassee.
Meanwhile, in the Florida Capitol:
9 a.m.:
The House Healthy Families Subcommittee meets in Room 12 of the House building to consider a proposal to establish mental health-training programs for teachers, among others. Legislators will also get a presentation on the child welfare system.
10 a.m.:
The House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee meets in Room 102 of the House building to consider HB 71, which requires companies engaging in hydraulic fracturing to disclose the chemicals they use.
The Senate Judiciary Committee meets in Room 110 of the Senate building to consider seven bills, including SB 448, to amend the state’s Stand Your Ground self-defense laws to protect warning shots from prosecution and SB 592, which would require proof of court orders releasing inmates.
1 p.m.:
The House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee meets in Room 212 of the Knott building to hear a presentation on Graduate Medical Education, part of the effort to alleviate the physician shortage. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services will also get the same presentation on Wednesday.
The House Business & Professional Regulation Subcommittee meets in Room 12 of the House to consider three alcohol bills, including a proposed committee bill (BPRS 14-02) that would change many rules for craft brewers.
The House Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee will meet in Room 17 of the House building to consider five bills, including HB 271, which would limit penalties for companies that lapse in workers’ compensation coverage.
1:30 p.m.:
The Office of Economic and Demographic Research’s Revenue Estimating Conference meets in Room 117 of the Knott Building to discuss tobacco taxes and the Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund.
2 p.m.:
The Senate Health Policy Committee meets in Room 412 of the Knott building to consider a broad committee proposal on telemedicine.
3:30 p.m.:
The House Health Innovation Subcommittee meets in Room 306 of the House building to consider an Assisted Living Facility reform bill, HB 573. The committee also hears a proposal to repeal a state provision that denies access to coverage under KidCare, the state insurance program, to a child who has been in the U.S. for fewer than five years.
The House Insurance & Banking Subcommittee meets in Room 404 of the House building to consider four bills, including HB 129, which establishes a sinkhole-stabilization repair program at the state-run Citizens Property Insurance.
