Tag Archives: Joel Rudman

Florida Politics reports: The Senate Higher Education Appropriations Committee has unanimously voted down appointing former Rep. Joel Rudman to the Pensacola State College Board of Trustees. The Navarre Republican faced trouble from the committee based on comments he made on a recent X Spaces chat. Senators said the apparent threats to expose or embarrass lawmakers if he wasn’t confirmed would …

Florida Politics reports: People in Florida today, regardless of their immigration status, have a right to seek civil action under the 14th Amendment’s “due process” clause. That could change under a new proposal from outgoing state Rep. Joel Rudman. Rudman, a Navarre Republican who is leaving office to run for Congress, just filed legislation (HB 71) to ban any “unauthorized …

Florida Politics reports: Rep. Joel Rudman has filed open carry legislation for consideration by the Florida House. The Navarre Republican put the legislation in the hopper as he runs in a Special Election to succeed former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz in Congress. “Today, we reaffirm Florida’s commitment to the Constitution, and once again, the Third District leads the way,” Rudman …

Florida Politics reports: State Rep. Joel Rudman will run for Congress in former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz’s open seat. The Navarre Republican counts himself as a close ally of Gaetz, who has represented Florida’s 1st Congressional District since his election in 2016. Rudman first ran for office when his positions on COVID prompted people to challenge his medical license. In …

Jacksonville’s CBS affiliate reports: A bill filed ahead of the upcoming Florida legislative session could potentially allow people to obtain firearms either before three-day waiting period expires or before their background check clears, undoing a key piece of the gun safety legislation passed after the Parkland Shooting. Prior to that legislation the three-day waiting period only applied to handgun sales, …

Tampa’s NBC affiliate reports: A bill moving through Florida’s legislature that would allow doctors and insurance companies the freedom to drop patients based on what they’re calling “conscience-based objection” is raising some eyebrows. When looking closer at House Bill 1403, residents are concerned that physicians and insurance companies could begin discriminating against women, minorities and the LGBTQ+ community and deny …