Some customers of Citizens Property Insurance might have their homeowners policies taken over by private companies under a bill passed in the House and heading to the Senate.

Passage of the bill Friday came over the objection of many coastal legislators who said allowing private companies known as "surplus line" firms take over some Citizens Property Insurance policies, because they're largely unregulated by the state, could end up raising rates. They also may still not have enough money to pay claims.

The Republican Party of Florida says Democrats are playing politics with the state's process to redraw voting districts to accommodate a growing population -- districts that were approved in the House in a party-line vote Friday.

Nearly one-third of House members would have to square off against a fellow incumbent in the fall unless they seek to run for a different district or office if the new districts are eventually approved and survive expected court challenge.

Sierra Club officials in Florida aren't talking, but the environmental group is taking heat over revelations that it took more than $25 million from a gas-drilling company.

The nation's oldest and largest "green" organization accepted the donations primarily from Aubrey McClendon, CEO of Chesapeake Energy, one of the biggest gas-drilling companies in the country, and a firm heavily involved in the controversial practice of fracking, Time magazine reported this week.