U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Miami, and his supporters have wasted little time trying to get ahead of the pundits and late-night comedians expected to focus on his dry lips and need for a drink of water during the State of the Union rebuttal.

Rubio hit the morning TV chat-show circuit on Wednesday where, in addition to discussing his actual message, he offered some self-deprecating humor on "Good Morning America" by noting, "I mean, I needed water, what am I going to do?"

"God has a funny way of reminding us that we're human."

Presidents' State of the Union addresses are delivered in the chamber of the House of Representatives in the Capitol.

The school choice Parent Empowerment in Education bill, better known as the parent trigger, is back after going down to a narrow defeat in the Senate last year.

Sen. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland, has filed Senate Bill 862, which closely resembles the 2011 effort labeled "Parent Empowerment" that was blocked in a tie vote after one of its Senate sponsors, Sen. Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, changed his vote in protest of another bill not being advanced to the floor.

Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, has filed a bill that would prohibit law enforcement from seizing or searching portable electronic devices without a search warrant.

Senate Bill 846 also would require a search warrant before a portable electronic device can be tracked, in most cases by a government entity.

The Fourth Amendment protects Floridians against unreasonable search of their papers and effects, Brandes stated in a release. In todays increasingly paperless world we are seeking to clarify that cell phones and tablets are the modern version of papers and effects.