SB 334, filed by Sen. Joe Gruters of Sarasota, would give patients the right to grow two pot plants at home for personal consumption. It also contemplated changes to the hemp market, but the sponsor withdrew the bill, telling POLITICO Florida Playbook the bill would come back as strictly a home grow measure.

The Senate Appropriations Committee has cleared legislation named for President Donald Trump that would empower Florida law enforcement to administer immigration law. Sen. Joe Gruters, one of President Donald Trump’s top allies in Florida, carried the bill.

State Sen. Joe Gruters, R-Sarasota, was elected treasurer of the Republican National Committee behind a Trump endorsement. Gruters formally won the election at the committee’s winter meeting in Washington, D.C., Jan. 17 after running unopposed.

State Senator Joe Gruters joins Jim DeFede from D.C., where he will attend President-elect Trump's inauguration.

Florida lawmakers passed an immigration bill that was panned by Gov. Ron DeSantis and gaveled out of their special session on Tuesday.

The measure would seem a premptive strike at a growing industry. No food engineered to include vaccines are approved for use in the U.S., but research using mRNA technology goes back several years.

State Senator Joe Gruters joins CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede from Washington, D.C., where he will attend Monday’s Trump inauguration. The two discuss the Trump transition, as well as Governor DeSantis’ appointment of Ashley Moody to fill the Senate seat being vacated by Marco Rubio,

DeSantis continued to decry the legislature’s efforts as weaker than his own plan, which was rejected yesterday.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A sweeping immigration bill in the Florida Legislature passed in both chambers Tuesday evening, sending the proposal to the governor's desk for a decision. The House voted to approve the bill, with 82 members voting in support, and 30 voting against the measure.

Ron DeSantis on Wednesday pledged to veto an immigration bill passed during a special legislative session Tuesday, triggering a potential showdown with Republican House and Senate leaders in a tug-of-war over efforts to carry out President Donald Trump’s agenda.

EXCLUSIVE: Gov. DeSantis Accused of Lacking Will to Communicate Over Illegal Immigration As Governor Ron DeSantis is set to veto the illegal immigration “