Florida Armed Security Guards in Schools Bill Heads to House

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Oh hey, lookit. A bill that would allow armed guards to walk around your kid's school has been introduced to the Florida House, because the state legislature is a fantastic entity of profound and wondrous ideas.

It's called HB 1097. And it's gonna cure all our nation's ills.

The answer to gun violence is more guns, apparently. Because the Second Amendment, or something.

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Drone-Banning Bill Passes Florida Senate Unanimously

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Good news, everyone! It looks like it's going to be a little harder for the government to vaporize you with a drone, thanks to a 39-0 vote by the Florida Senate for SB 92.

Sponsored by Sen. Joe Negron, who is the chamber's appropriations chair, the bill will keep local law enforcement officials from using drones to rain death from above without a warrant. 

Unless you're a dirty stinking terrorist. Then all bets are off.

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-No More Visits to Strip Clubs With Your EBT Card, if Florida Bill Gets Passed

-Florida Senate Bill Wants to Ban Bongs and Glass Pieces

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Texting and Driving Ban Heads to House Floor

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Texting and driving is closer to being an illegal thing in Florida, thanks to Rep. Doug Holder's CSHB 13 bill, which cleared its final hurdle in the Florida House and will now head to the floor for final votes.

The votes are expected to happen sometime next week after the bill got the go-head via a vote by the House Economic Affairs Committee.

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Internet Cafés Ban Passes Florida House

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Much to the harrumph of Florida senior citizens everywhere, it looks like internet cafés are closer to being no mas in the Sunshine State.

On Tuesday afternoon, a Florida Senate panel voted unanimously to shutter internet cafés and senior arcades.

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Florida State Senator Says We Need to "Vaccinate" Against Sharia

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"The next wave of threats against America after Sharia? EL CHUPACABRA!!"

Republican state senator in Florida Alan Hays is a hero!

Hays, who once filed legislation to keep public buses from stopping on streets because one time he got stuck in traffic behind one, says Islam is gonna Sharia Law all up the State of Florida like polio.

And if Sharia Law is the polio, Alan Hays is the cure.

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No More Visits to Strip Clubs With Your EBT Card, if Florida Bill Gets Passed

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The days of using your welfare card to make it rain on the fine ladies dancing on the pole, and then getting yourself some booze, will soon be a thing of the past.

That is, if House Bill 701 becomes a law.

You're just going to have to get a second or third job to get yourself a lap dance now, guy.

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A Ban on Bongs and Abortions?: The Nine Most Attention-Grabbing Bills in the Florida Legislature

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The Florida Legislative sessions got kicked off this week, and since this is Florida, there's no lack of fodder to get super riled up about and make loud angry noises and be an anonymous tough guy in the comments sections of blogs and on Twitter.

Lawmakers will look at and vote on about 2,000 bills and resolutions, with only about 300 bills winning final passage. From medical marijuana to a ban on plastic bags, there are plenty o' issues that affect you, Florida.

Here now are the NINE MOST IMPORTANT BILLS that will be voted on in the coming months:

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