The Lists: The Best and Worst Bills and Legislators of the 2025 Session.

After listening to hours of committee meetings, spending days in Tallahassee, and reviewing dozens of bills, the Ryans discuss the bills and legislators that either inspired or dismayed them during the 2025 Florida Legislative Session 

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Bills Discussed
HB 81: Designation of the State Birds
HB 209: State Land Management   
SB 354: Public Service Commission (Gaetz) 
HB 565: Regulation of Auxiliary Containers (Blanco)
SB 1118: Land Use and Development Regulations
HB 1143: Permits for Drilling, Exploration, and Extraction of Oil and Gas Resources
HB 1175: Mitigation Banks (Duggan)
HB 1205 - Constitutional amendments
SB 1228: Spring Restoration 
SB 1388: Vessels (Trumbull)
SB 50: Nature-based Methods for Improving Coastal Resilience (Garcia) 
SB 56: Geoengineering and Weather Modification Activities (Garcia)
HB 81 - Designation of State Birds (Worthington)
SB 108: Administrative Procedures (Grall)
SB 110: Rural Communities (Simon)
HB 209: State Land Management (Snyder)   
SB 492: Mitigation Banking (McClain)   
SB 832: Former Phosphate Mining Lands (Burgess)
SB 1080: Local Government Land Regulation (McClain)

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