Lobbyist Ron Pierce Predicts Impactful 2021 Session by Kelly Hayes

The 2021 session will look a lot different this year in an effort to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.

COVID-19. Vaccine rollout. Budget deficit. State leadership. These were the topics president of RSA Consulting Ron Pierce laid out in a presentation Friday morning as part of the Cafe con Tampa discussion series.

To start, the 2021 session will look a lot different this year in an effort to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. Remote viewing of meetings, as well as distanced public comment will be a vital part of this year’s session for both the House and Senate, although specific rules in each chamber differ.

“This year’s session will primarily focus on health care and education, Pierce said, and it may be difficult to get funding for projects not related to those topics because of the fiscal impact of COVID-19.”

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