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| 2/23/2018

"I get bogged down in how we would execute this without making Florida become the weirdest state in the world to come to and get a hotel room."

-- Rep. Cary Pigman, R-Avon Park

A bill that would preempt local regulation of vacation rental properties squeaked through a House committee Thursday, after lawmakers added provisions related to sexual predators and offenders.

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