{"id":124971,"date":"2026-01-20T15:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/124971\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T15:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:21:11","slug":"wyman-duggan-sponsored-jacksonville-local-bills-clear-first-hurdle-in-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/124971\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyman Duggan-sponsored Jacksonville local bills clear first hurdle in House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Space travel and school lawyers could see a boost.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A House committee advanced two priority pieces of legislation for Duval County with little trouble.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee moved forward legislation (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2026\/4045\/?Tab=BillText\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">HB 4045<\/a>) that would charge the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2026\/4049\/?Tab=BillText\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Jacksonville Aviation Authority<\/a> (JAA) with ensuring that Cecil Airport develops and expands as a spaceport, and another bill (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2026\/4049\/?Tab=BillText\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">HB 4049<\/a>) that would give the <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/771175-wyman-duggan-files-bill-to-give-duval-school-board-more-legal-autonomy\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Duval County School Board<\/a> internal counsel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">House Speaker Pro Tempore\u00a0Wyman Duggan is sponsoring both bills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">HB 4045\u2019s plan to \u201caccelerate job creation\u201d is to set up an Economic Development Committee to work toward bringing direct route international flights to the Jacksonville International Airport and to use JAA to drive more aerospace business to Cecil Field, with the committee reporting annually to that end.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">HB 4049 was watered down in the process, with Jacksonville officials ultimately agreeing that the School Board lawyer would still be subject to the opinion of the General Counsel as binding.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fau.edu\/r1?utm_source=banner&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=florida_politics_feb10&amp;utm_id=fau100&amp;utm_content=728x90\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-721283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FloridaAtlantic-728x90-R1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The measures got neither objections nor debate.<\/p>\n<p>Each has two stops ahead before the floor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Space travel and school lawyers could see a boost. 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