These bills died during Florida's lawmaking session
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The state budget was just one of the issues that didn't make it to the finish line of the legislative session that finished last week.
Why it matters: While lawmakers will return to Tallahassee in a couple weeks to wrap up their spending plan, a slew of issues are likely dead — at least until next year.
Teen labor: A proposal by Tampa Republican Sen. Jay Collins to loosen child labor restrictions, including by allowing teenagers as young as 14 to work overnight shifts, died in the Senate.
- The House did pass its version of the bill, though, so there's at least some appetite in the Legislature for this issue.
- Gov. Ron DeSantis also suggested looser restrictions could help fill a labor gap caused by state and federal immigration crackdowns.
Anti-LGBTQ+ bills: For the third year in a row, an effort to ban government buildings like schools and city halls from flying Pride flags failed.
- Equality Florida also celebrated the demise of proposals that would have regulated pronoun use in certain workplaces and restricted diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in local governments and medical schools.
Property insurance: One of the most important issues to Floridians, especially after last year's catastrophic hurricane season, didn't see much traction.
- Attempts to require insurance companies to disclose more information to policyholders failed.
- So did several other proposals to reform the property insurance market, the Tampa Bay Times reported.
Go deeper: Check out session recaps from the Times, the Florida Phoenix and WUSF.