The Florida Legislature heads into its final scheduled week with a host of major issues still to be settled, including a roughly $90 billion state budget that is the only bill lawmakers are required to pass.
House Speaker Jose Oliva said an agreement on the budget should be reached by tomorrow, giving legislators the required 72-hour “cooling off” period to read and digest it before a final vote.
Friday is the scheduled end of the 60-day legislative session. There’s still a laundry list of big-ticket items yet to be finalized or discarded.