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House Passes Compromise Senate Map, Lays Groundwork For Conference

House Speaker Jose Oliva (R-Miami Lakes) talks to a group of reporters
The Florida Channel

The Florida House passed its own version of a Senate district map Tuesday.  Now the map heads back to the Senate for approval or the chambers will have to work out a compromise.

Pushing ahead swiftly, the Florida House took up and passed its version of district boundaries for the state senate.  After the vote, House redistricting chairman, Jose Oliva had some harsh words.

“Sure it’s gamesmanship,” Oliva says. “They’re not an honest player in this process it makes things that much more difficult, they’ve been given—apparently they feel they’ve been given license to run amok throughout the entire process.” 

But that critique is aimed at the coalition of plaintiffs who brought the Legislature to court—not the Senate.  After the vote lawmakers passed a motion sending the matter into joint conference if the Senate doesn’t accept the House’s map.

Nick Evans came to Tallahassee to pursue a masters in communications at Florida State University. He graduated in 2014, but not before picking up an internship at WFSU. While he worked on his degree Nick moved from intern, to part-timer, to full-time reporter. Before moving to Tallahassee, Nick lived in and around the San Francisco Bay Area for 15 years. He listens to far too many podcasts and is a die-hard 49ers football fan. When Nick’s not at work he likes to cook, play music and read.