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This week Ryan and Ryan discuss the dramatic close of the final week of the legislative session (as far as bills are concerned) and give in overview of the fate of all the bills we tracked in addition to the heroes and heroines of the 2025 Legislative Session!

Action Items

Thank Rep. Jason Shoaf (850) 717-5007 for banning oil drilling near the Apalachicola River
Thank Rep. Meg Weinburger (561) 576-0340 for stopping the single-use container preemption bill0
Thank Sen. Jennifer Bradley (904) 278-2085 for her support passing strong state park protections and resisting the single-use container preemption bill

Bills Discussed

SB 50: Nature-based Methods for Improving Coastal Resilience (Garcia)
SB 56: Geoengineering and Weather Modification Activities (Garcia)
HB 81 - Designation of State Birds (Worthington)
SB 108: Administrative Procedures (Grall)
SB 110: Rural Communities (Simon)
HB 209: State Land Management (Snyder)
SB 492: Mitigation Banking (McClain)
SB 832: Former Phosphate Mining Lands (Burgess)

SB 1080: Local Government Land Regulation (McClain)

HB 1175: Mitigation Banks (Duggan)
HB 1205 - Constitutional amendments (Persons-Mulicka)
SB 1228: Spring Restoration (McClain)
HB 1133: Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (Shoaf)
HB 1143: Permits for Drilling, Exploration, and Extraction of Oil and Gas Resources (Shoaf)
SB 1388: Vessels (Trumbull)
HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees (Mayfield)
HB 1609: Waste Incineration (Weinberger)

SB 1622: Beaches (Trumbull) (customary use of beaches)
SB 1228: Spring Restoration (McClain)
HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees (Mayfield)

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