TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Senate on Monday passed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, almost three weeks after 17 people were killed and more than a dozen others were injured in a shooting at the Parkland school.
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Senators hammered out the legislation during a rare special session in Tallahassee over the weekend.
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