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The 2023 Florida Legislative session continues to ramp up with the latest approval of four education bills in House.

Budget negotiations are on Rep. Jay Trumbull‘s mind this week -- along with wildfires, a small plane crash, and damaging storms in his district. This is his last legislative session in the Florida House due to term limits.

Budget negotiations are ready to move forward in the Florida Legislature. The makeup of the various appropriations conference committees have been announced, along with overall funding amounts for different sections of the 2022-2023 fiscal year budget.

Along with signing a $100 billion budget for the next fiscal year, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday approved 10 other measures.

The Florida House is mostly sticking with its current COVID-19 restrictions when lawmakers return to Tallahassee for the legislative session that begins Tuesday, according to protocols released by the House Speaker's office.

This is the Institute's 3rd edition of the report it first published nearly 2 decades ago.

A bill giving guideposts for determining whether Florida lawmakers live in their districts is headed for the full Legislature after passing its committee…