Capitol Update is a review of state government. Topics this week include:
A House committee started the process of drawing a new map of Florida’s Congressional districts while Senate President Ben Albritton said Senate action on redistricting would wait until spring.
The House and Senate also took different approaches to property tax reform with a House committee approving four proposed constitutional amendments and a Senate committee chairman saying there’s no timetable to file a Senate bill.
A House committee approved a bill to replace the mockingbird as Florida’s state bird with the flamingo as state bird and the scrub-jay as state songbird.
