More than 60 firearms-related proposals, from “assault weapon” bans to “red flag” measures, await state lawmakers when they begin their 60-day legislative session Tuesday.

The debates will come after 15 of Florida’s 27-member congressional delegation -- including three Republicans -- voted last week for the House’s Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019.

The House took time out from Michael Cohen’s public testimony before the Oversight & Reform Committee on Feb. 27 to pass HR 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, in a 240-190 vote.

Florida lawmakers have 10 days once the 2019 legislative session begins Tuesday to meet Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ultimatum to repeal the state’s ban on smoking medical marijuana.

If they don’t by March 15, DeSantis has vowed to sustain the state’s appeal of a court ruling that deemed the Legislature’s 2017 prohibition on smokable bud violates the 2016 constitutional amendment approved by 70 percent of voters to legalize medical marijuana.

(This is part of a series of stories advancing the 2019 legislative session)

Senate President Bill Galvano is pursuing an aggressive transportation vision heading into the 2019 legislative session, but a potential conflict could loom on the use of toll roads.

With the 60-day session starting Tuesday, Galvano has directed a Senate committee led by a veteran lawmaker to study extending two toll roads and reviving the plans for a third, all through mostly rural areas of the state.

Heading into the 2019 legislative session, lawmakers have already filed more than 2,500 bills and budget requests to bring taxpayer dollars to local attractions, education programs, transit needs, regional improvements and other projects for constituents.

In the House, the proposals total more than $3.13 billion. Senators are pursuing $1.8 billion.

Many of the proposals have been submitted in both chambers. In the House, members must submit each request as a bill. In the Senate, each request is filed as a local funding request but not as a bill.