Florida Senate light on lobbying in new rules
Senate President-designate Joe Negron on Tuesday released his chamber’s proposed rules for 2016-18, which didn’t contain the strict provisions of their House counterparts. But the Stuart Republican, set to officially take over next week, still told members in a memo to “review the attached documents carefully” since “the adoption of rules is a significant matter.” Noteworthy changes include: — Increasing the ethics training requirement to four hours from one hour. — Allowing the Rules Committee to report to the “findings concerning a…