Poopscoop Legislative Lowdown: March 17-23, 2025

Florida’s Capitol is hotter than a sunburnt tourist this week, and the Legislature’s serving up a buffet of bills that’ll make your head spin! Here’s what’s on the docket as of March 16, 2025—grab your shades and dig into the dirt at sunshinepoopscoop.com!

Monday, March 17: Kicking off with committee chaos! The Senate Appropriations Committee’s eyeballing SB 110: Rural Renaissance—that nearly $200 million plan to juice up rural Florida’s roads, homes, and docs. Think mobile clinics and housing grants, but will it survive the budget buzzsaw? Meanwhile, the House is tinkering with HB 601—a cop crackdown bill letting sheriffs nab shady agency heads without a warrant. Controversy’s brewing—law and order or power grab?

Tuesday, March 18: Big day! The Senate’s Finance & Tax crew tackles SB 176—no property tax hikes for folks elevating homes against floods (thanks, Senator DiCeglie!). Flood-weary Floridians are cheering, but will the tax hawks bite? Over in the House, HB 123—a push to teach cursive in schools—scribbles its way through Education. Nostalgia or nonsense? You decide!

Wednesday, March 19: The Senate’s full floor fires up at 2:30 p.m.—expect SB 56 (weather mod ban—yep, no cloud-seeding shenanigans!) and SB 110 to strut their stuff. Rural Renaissance might lock in, but DeSantis’ veto pen’s looming. House side’s got HB 77—repealing school start time rules—rolling through. Local control or sleepy kids? Scoop it!

Thursday, March 20: Things get spicy! The Senate Criminal Justice crew debates SB 184—ditching emergency gun sale bans post-hurricane. Second Amendment fans are pumped, but safety folks? Not so much. Meanwhile, the House Judiciary’s got HB 5001—the big budget beast—starting its slog. Will My Safe Florida Home get more cash to fight insurance woes?

Friday, March 21: Wind-down time, but don’t sleep yet! The Senate’s pushing SB 174 (flood tax relief’s twin) to the floor, and the House might sneak in HB 999—Gulf of America in schoolbooks (sorry, Mexico!). Plus, whispers of a condo reform bill creeping up post-special session. Stay tuned!

Hot Poop Watch: Insurance is still the elephant in the room—premiums at $4,419 a year ain’t budging, and no big fix is slated this week. Rural Renaissance might sprinkle some housing help, but it’s a drop in the swamp. Will lawmakers scoop the poop or just stir it? Check sunshinepoopscoop.com for the stinkiest updates as this week unfolds! #FloridaLegislature #ScoopThePoop #SunshineChaos