1. Following the Florida Legislature & Tracking Legislation 2016 Session Liza McClenaghan Common Cause Florida

2. 2016 SESSION DATES August 1, 2015 Deadline for filing claim bills (Rule 4.81(2)) November 20, 2015 5:00 p.m., deadline for submitting requests for drafts of general bills and joint resolutions, including requests for companion bills January 8, 2016 5:00 p.m., deadline for approving final drafts of general bills and joint resolutions, including companion bills January 12, 2016 Regular Session convenes (Article III, section 3(b), Constitution) 12:00 noon, deadline for filing bills for introduction (Rule 3.7(1)) February 27, 2016 All bills are immediately certified (Rule 6.8) Motion to reconsider made and considered the same day (Rule 6.4(4)) March 1, 2016 50th day—last day for regularly scheduled committee meetings (Rule2.9(2)) March 11, 2016 60th day—last day of Regular Session (Article III, section 3(d), Constitution)

3. 2015 - 2016 INTERIM COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULE September 2015 – Week of the 16th October 2015 – Week of the 5th October 2015 – Week of the 19th November 2015 – Week of the 2nd November 2015 – Week of the 16th November 2015—Week of the 30th

4. Help Online http://www.leg.state.fl.us/

5. House of Representatives http://www.myfloridahouse.gov

6. Senate http://www.flsenate.gov/

7. Finding Bills

8. Look at Bill Page

9. History Related Bills Bill Text Amendments Analysis Vote History Citations

10. History

11. Related Bills

12. Bill Text

13. Amendments

14. Analysis

15. BILL ANALYSIS AND FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT I. Summary II. Present Situation III. Effect of Proposed Changes IV. Constitutional Issues V. Fiscal Impact Statement VI. Technical Deficiencies VII. Related Issues VIII. Statutes Affected IX. Additional Information

16. Vote History

17. Citations

18. Tracking – Bill – Legislator - Committee

21. Senate Tracker

22. House Tracker

23. Tracking – Bill – Legislator - Committee

25. Bills

26. Bill Filter Bill Number Search Term Citation Filed By

27. Bill Search

28. Reports/Subject Index http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Reports/2016

29. Governor’s Action http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/BIR/Governor Action/2015/govact.pdf http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/BIR/Governor Action/2015/govact.pdf

30. Governor’s Action 2 http://www.flgov.com/

31. Other Resources Progress Florida Sayfie Review Lobby Tools The Florida Channel: http://thefloridachannel.org/ http://thefloridachannel.org/ Capital Report from WFSU: http://news.wfsu.org/programs/capital-report

32. Applications

33. Thank you for your time. Questions? Liza McClenaghan Common Cause Florida 239-596-5248 voice 239-777-8948 cell lizamac@comcast.net