State Sen. Tina Polsky briefs Coconut Creek commission on 2025 session: fentanyl testing, awareness day, vetoed local appropriations, citizen‑initiative changes

State Sen. Tina Polsky visited the Coconut Creek City Commission Aug. 7 and reviewed highlights from the 2025 Florida legislative session, focusing on public‑safety and consumer‑protection measures and on two local appropriations that she said were later vetoed.

Polsky (State Senator Tina Polsky) summarized legislation she sponsored that she said requires hospitals to perform fentanyl testing when conducting a drug‑overdose panel and creates an annual Fentanyl Awareness Day on Aug. 21. “This is named after a young man who lost his life, Gage Taylor,” Polsky said, describing the testing bill as intended to ensure clinicians and families know when fentanyl is present and that appropriate treatment is available. Polsky said office materials (graphics and video) will be available to municipalities for the new awareness day and asked commissioners to share them with residents.

Polsky…