Undeterred by court ruling, Bradenton state Senator Mike Bennett determined to revive controversial SB 360 law

" Crist will be gone soon, and critics thought SB 360 was as well, after a judge ruled in August that the law was unconstitutional. Second Circuit Court Judge Charles Francis ruled that the bill was an unfunded mandate passed in violation of a 1991 statute aimed at protecting local governments from having to fund legislative actions. That statute required that the Legislature should pay for significant new mandates to local governments unless the legislation was approved by a 2/3rds majority of both the House and Senate."