Senate budget chief Joe Negron also chairs his chamber’s Select Committee on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. He was the Senate’s budget vice-chair for the last two years and had held the top budget spot in the House. It’s all readying the Stuart Republican for his anticipated run at the Senate Presidency for 2015-16.
Negron is also known for his legislative passions. He’s back this year for the third time with a bill putting in statute the public’s right to be heard at open meetings. His bill to ban the use of unmanned drone aircraft in Florida has garnered national attention and widespread support.
