Committee Kills Popular Confederate Monuments Bill in Florida (Again)
Legislation that could have required governments to preserve Confederate monuments once again appears in limbo.
(Florida Politics) – The Senate Government Oversight and Accountability Committee declined to take up the bill (SB 1816) following a contentious hearing. While the Senate President’s Office said the legislation can still be taken up at a future meeting, no time was granted to extend the committee even though all public testimony was taken.
Critics of the legislation burst into cheers as the committee gaveled to a close without hearing the bill, and Senators in opposition to the legislation cheered its apparent death.
“Good Riddance!” said Sen. Tina Polsky, a Boca Raton Democrat who sits on the committee. “After two years of this hateful bill failing, let’s finally be done with wasting our time in committees over this nonsense that no one needs or wants. I imagine we never see it again. Back to real issues.”
A similar bill last year was passed in a committee, but with multiple Republican Senators voicing discomfort about the legislation in its form. Within a day… (With friends like these… -DD)
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