Florida Senate passes adoption bill to assist public employees in some adoptions
The Florida Senate today passed an adoption bill today that would provide financial assistance to public employees to encourage them to adopt foster and special needs children in the Sunshine State who need parents. Sponsored by Niceville Republican Don Gaetz, the bill survived serious opposition led by Lakeland Republican Kelli Stargel, who seized on a provision in a bill passed in the House of Representatives that would repeal the ban on same-sex adoptions, something that has been effectively the law for the past…