On Tap in the Capital- Monday, May 1, 2017

By The News Service of Florida

Legislature:

TAX CUTS GO TO SENATE COMMITTEE: The Senate Appropriations Committee will take up several issues, including the House's proposed tax-cut package (HB 7109). The package, sponsored by House Ways & Means Chairman Jim Boyd, R-Bradenton, includes trimming a tax on commercial leases and holding sales-tax holidays. (8 a.m., 412 Knott Building, the Capitol.)

SENATE TAKES UP WORKERS' COMP: The Senate will hold a floor session and consider numerous issues, including a proposal (SB 1582), filed by Sen. Rob Bradley, R-Fleming Island, that would make changes in the workers' compensation insurance system. Lawmakers are grappling with the workers' compensation issue after regulators last year approved a 14.5 percent rate increase. (1 p.m., Senate chamber, the Capitol.)

SPECIAL ORDER SET: The House Rules & Policy Committee will set the "special order calendar," which lists bills that will be heard on the House floor. (5:30 p.m., 404 House Office Building, the Capitol.)

Also:

SCOTT GOES TO PORT EVERGLADES: Gov. Rick Scott will attend Fleet Week Port Everglades. (8:45 a.m., Port Everglades, Berth 21, 1833 S.E. 17th St., Fort Lauderdale.)

WILSON, UNION PRESIDENT ATTEND RALLY: U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten will attend a rally urging President Donald Trump's administration to invest in education. (10:30 a.m., Miami Dade College, North Campus, 11380 N.W. 27th Ave., Miami.)

FIRST LADY SEEKS TO BOOST LITERACY: First Lady Ann Scott will kick off the annual "Summer Literacy Adventure," which encourages students to read and visit libraries during the summer. (10:45 a.m., Governor's Mansion, 700 North Adams St., Tallahassee.)

HEALTHY KIDS BOARD MEETS: The Florida Healthy Kids Corp. Board of Directors is scheduled to meet. (1:30 p.m., Hotel Duval, 415 North Monroe St., Tallahassee.)

SPACE ISSUES DISCUSSED: The Space Florida Board of Directors will hold a teleconference. (2 p.m. Call-in number: 1-888-204-5987. Code: 4503386#.)

OPIOID CRISIS DISCUSSED: The Florida Department of Children and Families, the Florida Department of Health and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement will hold the first in a series of workshops about opioid use in the state. (3 p.m., West Palm Beach Police Department, 600 Banyan Blvd., West Palm Beach.)

DEADLINE FOR TRANSPORTATION APPLICATIONS: Candidates to become secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation face a Monday application deadline. Former Secretary Jim Boxold announced his resignation in January.