On Nov. 16, Florida legislators returned to Tallahassee for a quick three-hour special session during which many hoped they would take up measures dealing with both workers' compensation and property insurance.
Earlier this year, Gov. Charlie Crist had vetoed two bills that dealt with both types of insurance, but incoming GOP leaders had sent out signals this fall that they were ready and willing to override those and other vetoes. It takes a two-third vote of each chamber to override a veto.
In the end, however, incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Melbourne, and incoming House Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park — citing the lack of consensus and controversy attached to the bills — decided to leave both insurance items off their to-do list for now. Instead, they overrode eight other vetoes by Crist, including a veto of a bill dealing with the windstorm mitigation grade of homes in coastal areas.
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