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Senate Rules committee approves Charlotte’s Web fix

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Licenses to grow and dispense medicinal cannabis under last yearā€™s ā€œCharlotteā€™s Webā€ law may be coming soon. The Department of Health would award licenses for medicinal marijuana 75 days after a Charlotteā€™s Web glitch bill becomes law, according to SPB 7066, a proposal approved Thursday by the Senate Rules Committee. Rules had been SPB 7066ā€™s last scheduled committee stop. ā€œThe purpose of this bill is straightforward and simple,ā€ said sponsor state Sen. Rob Bradley. ā€œIt is to fulfill a promise…

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Bill to extend Seminole Compact squeaks by Senate committee

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Today, the Senate Regulated Industries Committee squeaked through aĀ bill seeking to extend the Seminole Compact for one more year. Lawmakers expanded a proposal allowing horse and dog tracks to operate card rooms and slot machines without offering any races. Chair Rob Bradley wrote the bill, but voted against the amendments after asking for the proposal to become a committee bill. Then, he voted against the final product. Nearly the same bloc of senators, the same ones who carried the day…

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As Dana Young pushes reworked House gaming plan, Senators file amendments

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When House Majority LeaderĀ Dana YoungĀ of Tampa filed her new, somewhat less provocative HouseĀ gambling proposal, a carefulĀ observer could already hear the gears turning in the Senate. Though Young originally called her sprawling original plan merely a “work in progress,” it ruffled more than a few feather upon its release. The anti-gambling groupĀ No CasinosĀ immediately came out with a statementĀ trashing the plan, saying it provided for “the biggest expansion of gambling in the history of Florida,” with all “the social costs and crime…

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ICYMI: Florida Senate to seek extending gambling compact 1 year

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The Florida Senate will consider extending an agreement with the Seminole Tribe that allows blackjack and other card games at six casinos by a year in an effort to buy time on a complicated issue. Regulated Industries Committee Chairman Rob Bradley said he’ll take up a proposal next week that would allow the games to go on. Without an extension, the tribe will have to shut down card games on July 31 under the agreement signed in 2010. Other parts…

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‘Momma bears’ roam the Florida Capitol searching for medical marijuana for their cubs

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Momma bears. It’s taking the momma bears to end the reefer madness. Paige Figi, Holley Moseley andĀ Dawn WeinĀ are among a group of women who worked theĀ FloridaĀ Capitol the past year persuading, pressuring and pleading with lawmakers to lift a prohibition on medical marijuana and authorize the use of cannabis products they say will ease their childrenā€™s suffering and, in some cases, potentially save lives. When they showed up at the Capitol it was to put an exclamation point on the generation-long…

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Rob Bradley calls for one-year extension of Seminole Compact

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State Sen. Rob Bradley wants to extend the gambling agreement with the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The Fleming Island Republican, who chairs the influential Senate Committee on Regulated Industries, filed notice Friday that his committee will consider a one-year extension of the current Seminole Compact. Authorization for the Tribe to offer banked card games expires on July 31, if the Legislature fails to act. If not renewed, the Tribe could lose exclusive rights to operate blackjack and other card games…

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Senate boost for land-buying praised while House Democrats question spending

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Environmental groups praised a Senate move on Wednesday to add $35 million in the state budget toward land acquisition but said the amount still falls short of what voters wanted. Amendment 1, approved by 75 percent of voters in November, now is estimated to provide nearly $742 million for water and land conservation programs. Environmental groups sought $170 million for the Florida Forever land-buying program and said the proposed House and Senate budgets ignored voter intent. The Senate version of…

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