State legislators get head start, submit 290 bills for '07 session: Michael C. Bender of the Palm Beach Post reviewed bills filed by Florida lawmakers to generate this piece about some of the legislation in store for the upcoming legislative session that begins in March. Bills in the pipeline would, among other things, end school grades, require voting machines to produce paper trails and allow Floridians to put their phone number on a no-call list for the campaign season. “While the list is expected to keep growing, chances are slim that many will become part of the Florida Statutes. Last year, legislators introduced 2,480 bills, of which only about 40 percent were approved by the House and the Senate. By this year's holiday season, lawmakers already had filed more than 290 bills for the session that begins in March,” the story notes. Check out the bills for yourself online through the Legislature’s Florida Online Sunshine.