Lawmakers will soon return to the Capitol. But the when and why have changed. Photo: Daniel A. Varela/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
A special legislative session that was set to begin Monday has been pushed back and expanded to include new topics, per a report from Florida Politics.
Here are three takeaways:
🗺️ The session will still address its original purpose: Gov. Ron DeSantis' push for congressional redistricting.
The timing change is, in part, to wait out a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could invalidate minority-access districts, allowing GOP lawmakers to target Democrat-held seats in South Florida.
🤖 It will now include a renewed push to pass an "Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights," which the Senate already backed in a 35-2 vote.
Here's some background on that proposal. Context: President Trump and most AI industry leaders oppose state-level regulation.
💉 The third topic is "medical freedom," mostly meaning greater parental involvement in vaccination decisions.
It'd require parental consent, allow "conscience-based" objections and also free up doctors and pharmacists to dispense ivermectin.
