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Sen. Annette Taddeo & Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith file legislation to repeal Florida’s local minimum wage and earned sick time preemption law

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SB 446 / HB 6047 would restore local governments’
power to set worker wages and benefits

In order to protect Florida’s hard workers, Senator Annette Taddeo (D-Miami) and Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith (D-Orlando) have re-introduced legislation to restore local governments’ power to set worker wages, benefits, and earned sick time. [Read more…] about Sen. Annette Taddeo & Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith file legislation to repeal Florida’s local minimum wage and earned sick time preemption law

Sen. Taddeo, Rep. Smith, Rep. Driskell File Bill Extending Bright Futures Scholarship to Immigrant Students

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SB 188 / HB 693 extends state financial aid awards
to qualified DACA, TPS, and undocumented students

With the impending determination by the U.S. Supreme Court about whether the Trump administration’s rescission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was lawful, Sen. Annette Taddeo (D-Miami) and Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D-Orlando) and primo-cosponsor Rep. Fentrice Driskell (D-Tampa) have re-introduced legislation to address inequities faced by DACA, TPS, and all undocumented students in Florida’s higher education system. [Read more…] about Sen. Taddeo, Rep. Smith, Rep. Driskell File Bill Extending Bright Futures Scholarship to Immigrant Students