Florida 2023 Legislative Session is OVER with Successful Results
The gavel is DOWN, the Florida Legislative session is OVER and the concerning, damaging bills were NOT passed into law.
- No 24-hour notice on vacation rentals (HB 833)
- No Red-Lettering on Driver’s Licenses (HB 1085)
- No green, fluorescent license plates (Book’s Amendment to SB 1252)
Thank You to….
- EVERYONE who contacted their legislatures through emails, phone calls, and letters.
- EVERYONE who communicated the injustices of the proposed bills through social media, press releases, and TV/News interviews.
- EVERYONE who responded to our calls-for-action and SHARED those actions with friends and family
- EVERYONE outside of Florida who raised their voices in defense of fellow citizens and families in Florida
We can all pause and reflect today on how we demonstrated strength in numbers.
But our work is not over. The 60-day Legislative Session is the final stage of a 4-part annual cycle. After a break, we will focus on all stages of the Legislative process, and continue the momentum to advocate for positive changes in the laws.
- Scheduling teams to visit their legislators in the district offices (during Stage 1 – May-July)
- Organizing Lobby days in Tallahassee (in Stage 2 – Aug-Oct)
- Building a Speakers team to represent FAC in the Legislative Delegation Meetings (ready to present in Stage 3-Nov-Dec)
- Planning accommodations for full-time presence in Tallahassee during the next 60-day session (Stage 4-Jan 9, 2024-March 2024)
To join the Legislative Team or participate in any of the annual stages described above, [email protected] or talk to your FAC County Coordinator.
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Thank you FAC and all of you who worked so hard.
Praise be to God, and thank you to FAC and everyone who contributed their time to voice against such senseless legislation.
Not speaking for FAC but for myself only: Yes, praise be to God.
Thank god. Disappointingly, I wrote to over 100 legislators, and got 6 replies. They really don’t care about their jobs… only their power and prestige. It’s a sad state of affairs in American governance.
@Jim
But, someone or someones, must have listened. Someone with some pull because if all the stars had not aligned, we would all being going to get new licenses and license plates.
I also still feel that if either of those passed, it would be overturned by Fla supreme court. However, how long would that take before the damage had been done.
@Jim- I won’t disagree that many only care about power and prestige. But some do care and they are bombarded with so many topics on which they need to know about that it is really impossible to fully grasp.
Watching them in action can be discouraging on many fronts, but they do get the emails. The aides see them and they do let the legislator know what kind of calls and emails they are getting. Generally the most you can hope for is a canned response. But I did actually have an aide call me back from a phone call. The aide advised me of the bill I had called about (red lettering early on) was moving to the next committee and she asked me to call those committee members. I was surprised and encouraged by that.
We are being heard and I think what has happened these past weeks show that. I am so encouraged seeing all the folks getting involved. The more voices they hear from the more we can stop bad legislation.
former skeptic who saw what happened as proof of what you say. Fully agree we were being heard and it is affecting outcomes.
Yes, I agree with Cherokee Jack. The legislators receive so many emails that they cannot begin to reply to all of them, but they did listen. I don’t care about a reply. What I care about is that they act on our request, and they did.
I thank you all at FAC and everyone who made their voice heard. Please donate so we can
Continue the fight. We still have the Ex Post facto case and that could be huge.
Thank God! Thank my wife for standing by my side! Thank FAC and everyone who gave it their all in this fight!
Fantastic News! We can all sleep better tonight.
The green tag would have been the worst of all sanctions. I had great doubt that it would pass but the amount of worry that I did have made my stomach hurt!. I truly believe Lauren was trying to get us killed. I already decided if it did pass I would stop driving. I don’t know why there was even a debate from anyone that had at least an ounce of “since” just knowing the damage it could cause to us and our families!. I called to the Senators first and then the legislatures 2nd. Thank you FAC and to all that helped make this happen!!! “God Sent”