The GOP loves Pre-emption!
Remember, there are only 2 weeks left to this session! The Tallahassee Taliban is working hard to strip more rights and home rule from us! We have to fight back.
Here is your next assignment for today from the DWCF.
The following bad bills are being heard this next week on the House floor and we are asking you to contact your individual State House Representatives before Tuesday to VOTE NO. All of these bills still must still be heard in the Senate before passage into law, so there is still time to stop them with enough dissent:
HB 1191 Use of Phosphogypsum -- Would allow the use of a radioactive byproduct of phosphate mining (phosphogypsum) in roadbeds. Its use is currently prohibited across the country. It's a main component of mountain-like gypsum stacks that dot phosphate mining areas in Polk, Hardee, Manatee and Hillsborough counties. The EPA has prohibited its use in road construction for quite a long time due to the risks of radon exposure and leachate into ground water and significant environmental and health concerns posed by this product.
HB 1403 Protections of Medical Conscience – Basically it is a license to discriminate in health care; health care providers and healthcare payers would have the right to opt out of participation in or payment for certain health care services on the basis of conscience-based objections. This is a terrible bill that destroys the trusted bond between physician and patient, and only adds confusion and delays to needed healthcare.
HB 1417 Residential Tenancies -- A needless state preemption bill that further erodes home rule by forbidding local communities in Florida from regulating any part of “the landlord-tenant relationship” — from setting caps on application fees and security deposits to enacting protections against discrimination, unsafe living conditions, and unfair evictions.
HB 1281 Preemption Over Utility Service Restrictions – Another needless state preemption bill that erodes home rule by preventing local governments from enacting or enforcing a resolution, ordinance, rule, code, or policy that restricts/prohibits use of natural gas, propane, and related appliances.
Please contact your individual State Representatives before Tuesday and tell them to VOTE NO on the above bills.
Thank you,
Jean Siebenaler
LEGISLATIVE CHAIR, DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S CLUB OF FLORIDA