HIGHLIGHTS -

The 2022 Florida Legislative Session continued on Tuesday, after observation of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday. In their second week, the legislature continued to move bills through committees, and the Senate passed on the first bills of Session to House messages, which include extended health care provider liability protections and a map of redrawn congressional districts. A number of lawmakers and staff members were forced to sit out the week as a result of contracting COVID-19, but work continued nonetheless. Numerous bills are ready to be heard by their full chambers, and could be passed as early as next week. Legislators return to Tallahassee on Monday, where the third week of the Florida Regular Session begins