The 60-day legislative session is coming to an end as lawmakers plan to vote on a budget and scramble to get other bills passed before going home.
Friday will be the last day of a session that has already seen several major bills signed into law, including a ban on Internet cafes that offer slot machine-like games, a wide-ranging ethics bill, an increase in campaign contribution limits and more.
But the Legislature still has to pass the budget - the only thing it's required to do each year.
And there are many other bills lawmakers hope to get to Gov. Scott's desk - not the least of which is an elections bill that will allow an expansion of early voting days and sites.
Lawmakers also may approve a bill giving tax breaks to sports teams. That bill cleared the Senate Monday but still needs House approval before it can go to the governor's desk.
Meanwhile, Florida lawmakers took modest steps Thursday to shrink the size of the state-created Citizens Property Insurance - but they rejected a plan to allow the insurer to dramatically raise its rates.
The Florida Senate voted 32-1 in favor of the bill, which now heads to the desk of Gov. Rick Scott. It passed the Florida House earlier this week.
The bill creates a new "clearinghouse" designed to steer homeowners to accept private insurers instead of having them obtain coverage through Citizens. The legislation also phases in over three years a $700,000 cap on the value of homes that can be insured by Citizens.
Lawmakers have pushed to shrink Citizens because of fears that it may not enough have enough money to cover damages from a massive hurricane or a series of storms. By law Citizens can place a charge on most insurance policies - including auto insurance policies - if it suffers too many losses.
The Senate initially passed a bill that would have allowed Citizens to charge much higher rates to new customers.
But the House refused to go along.