Florida Politics reports:
A bill enabling businesses to sue governments and halt enforcement of local ordinances is heading to its final committee after again advancing on a party-line vote Wednesday.
The measure (HB 403) would freeze any ordinance for 90 days if a filed lawsuit claims its rules are “arbitrary or unreasonable.” The bill would also require governments to draw up a “business impact estimate” for every ordinance.
Upon being sued, governments that choose not to roll back the ordinance in question and lose the lawsuit would have to cover up to $50,000 of a plaintiff’s legal fees, costs and related damages.
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“Local ordinances” would include city and county level LGBTQ protections. Florida is among the 22 states without full statewide LGBTQ protections.
The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Mike Giallombardo [photo], has a trolling tweet from Elon Musk pinned to the top his feed.
In the video below, he serves as a warmup speaker at a Trump rally in his Florida district.
In a clip that’s available on YouTube only, he fires a handgun because he’ll “fight for you.”
“You’re chilling the ability of local government to do anything.”
Bill by @MikeGiallombar3 allowing businesses to sue and stop local ordinances heads to final House committee
Reporting by @JesseSchecknerhttps://t.co/b0jPPVIoW8#FlaPol pic.twitter.com/QZDRoj7lFB
— Florida Politics (@Fla_Pol) February 16, 2022
No matter where you run your business from, no matter how small, I will fight to protect you from more shutdowns and regulations. Florida is open for business and we will continue to stay that way! pic.twitter.com/1tWnxPYHvd
— Mike Giallombardo (@MikeGiallombar3) August 11, 2021