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Other organizations react to Florida law. We shape it.
Nine portfolios, bills before the 2027 Legislature, and hundreds passed since 1973.
Every one drafted, briefed, and defended at our own table.
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Nine Areas of Expertise
These are not interest areas. They are practice areas, each one held by a Policy Fellow whose job is to know it better than anyone else in the building.
Parental Rights & Family Policy
Education & School Choice
Life & Bioethics
Religious Liberty & Church Policy
Child Protection & Anti Trafficking
Medical Freedom & Health Policy
Election Integrity
Constitution & Judiciary
Technology & Online Child Safety
If a bill touches Florida families, it lands in one of these nine lanes, and a Fellow is already reading it.
The 2027 Legislative Agenda: The Top Three
Our nine Fellows work every portfolio, every session, bill by bill. These three lead the 2027 agenda because we wrote them. And if you have kids, a church you love, or a diagnosis your family is fighting, these three are about you.
STOP THE DEMAND
Makes buying a human being a felony — closing the loophole that emptied Florida's last buyer registry.
Felony Charges for Buyers
Sex Offender Registration on Conviction
Hard Ban on Expungement
Demand Reduction Fund — Paid by Buyer Fines
Buyer Arrests
From two Polk County operations alone
Children Rescued
From those same two operations
National Ranking
Florida's ranking for reported trafficking cases
2025
HB 895 & SB 1660 — died in committee
2026
HB 1467 & SB 1688 — passed two committees 12–0 and 14–0, then died in Judiciary on March 13
2027
Rewrite complete — ready to advance
DON'T TAX THE TITHES
One statutory fix that makes the special assessment exemption for churches, religious schools, and charities mandatory — not optional.
Strike Five Words
Remove "if the municipality so desires" from Florida Statute 170.201
Exemption Becomes Mandatory Statewide
No longer optional per municipality — protection is guaranteed for every congregation
Protection Extends Statewide
Coverage expands to counties and special districts, not just municipalities
Fire Assessment
Already levied against one pastor
Mission Budget Hit
Pulled from a food pantry and children's Christmas ministry
Florida Votes
Homestead property tax relief, triggering the special assessment backfill risk
One-Line Change
Strikes five words from existing statute — simple, surgical, and immediately effective
13-Page White Paper
Footnoted analysis that anticipates every objection a committee will raise
PROMISING PATHWAYS
A three-bill package that turns experimental treatment access from a promise on paper into a system that works — especially for children.
Opens Access to Children
Florida's treatment access law currently excludes children entirely — this fixes that
Broader Eligibility
Moves from "one year from death" to any life-threatening or rare condition
Gene Therapies & Cancer Vaccines
Covers gene therapies and personalized cancer vaccines under licensed facility oversight
Patient Data Privacy
Keeps sensitive patient data private with strong protections
Travel Cost Trust Fund
Covers travel costs so finances never decide who gets treatment
Children Covered
Under Florida's existing treatment access law
Products Delivered
By the federal model to patients in all of 2023
Mike Hugo's Survival
Recurrence-free after finding a Florida trial — given just 14–20 months
SB 1552 / HB 1381
The Pathway — treatment access
SB 1554 / HB 1383
Patient Privacy
SB 1556 / HB 1385
Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund
The Watch
The publication series of the Policy Council: numbered, footnoted, written to be carried into a committee room, not scrolled past.
For legislators and staff.
Bill Briefings
Request a briefing on any bill in our nine portfolios, at no cost and with no conditions.
Model Language & Statutory Analysis
Ready for member offices on request.
Fellow Testimony
Invite a Fellow to testify before your committee.
Published Scorecard
Full methodology is public, because a grade is only legitimate when the rules are known.
For grassroots organizations.
Member Briefings
Request a briefing for your parent group, county organization, ministry, or coalition.
Model Bills & One-Pagers
Use our materials in your own advocacy, with attribution.
Bring a Fellow
Invite a Fellow to speak at your meeting.
Coalition Letters
Sign on to a coalition letter or adopt one of our bills and carry it in your community.
53 Years of Tallahassee
We've learned the system so you don't have to start from scratch.
Have a bill idea?
The laws we write start with people who notice what is broken. A pastor's assessment bill. A parent's consent form. A family's fight for treatment. If something in Florida needs fixing, tell us, and the best ideas land on a Fellow's desk.
We help change the laws. That is the job.
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