It looks like the Florida Dream Act may reach the end of the line in Tallahassee, unless a theory going around town turns out to be true.
The 'Dream Act' is the bill that would grant in-state tuition to the foreign-born children of undocumented immigrants.
Some people believe that the Senate Republican leaders who have been holding that bill up have no intention of letting the bill die, and are just trying to make Governor Rick Scott look like a hero at the end of the day.
This theory began taking shape when the governor launched an eleventh hour, high-profile drive to get the bill passed, and if he's made to look like the man who's broken the log jam here, voters may give him credit for that.
The bill's backers, though, don't care how the bill gets passed, they are just adamant about the bill being passed before lawmakers leave town in nine days.
Several other notable bills being discussed by the House and the Senate are listed below:
SENATE
- -SB 392, to increase the speed limit on most sections of Florida's interstate highways to 75 mph.
- -SB 566, to further tighten eligibility requirements for top-tier Bright Futures college scholarships; high school students would have to take up a social/civic issue or professional area of interest in order to qualify.
- -SB 1060, the 'Pop Tart' bill, to ban school districts from penalizing students for simulating the firing of a gun.
HOUSE
- -SB 224, to ban the sale of e-cigarettes to minors.
- -HB 1279, the 'Romeo & Juliet' bill, to ban children younger than 16 from marrying (current law allows it if their parents have died or their parents approve).