Dara Kam - News Service of Florida

Florida health officials had stopped the arrangement, saying it violated a state law banning operators from contracting for services “directly related to the cultivation, processing and dispensing” of cannabis.

In their lawsuit, parents of disabled children contended that the executive order violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and other laws designed to protect the rights of students with disabilities.

Under the compact, the Seminoles will serve as the state’s hub for sports betting, with pari-mutuel operators contracting with the tribe. The Seminoles agreed to pay Florida about $20 billion, including $2.5 billion over the first five years.

The Tampa-based company challenged the state’s system of requiring licensed medical-marijuana operators to handle all aspects of the cannabis business.

Senators approved the compact on Tuesday and the House is expected to sign off on the proposal Wednesday.

Under the measure on its way to Gov. Ron DeSantis, female students’ eligibility for sports teams would be based on their “biological sex” on birth certificates issued “at or near the time of the student’s birth.”

A single Republican, Sen. Jeff Brandes of St. Petersburg, crossed party lines and joining Democrats in voting against the bill.

Under the measure, approved by the Senate Health Policy Committee, “athletic teams or sports designated for females, women or girls may not be open to students of the male sex.”

A pair of new legislative proposals would place a 10 percent THC cap on smokable marijuana and limit THC levels to 16 percent in other medical-marijuana products, excluding edibles.

House leaders have pushed to put a limit on tetrahydrocannabinol, the mind-bending component of cannabis, since authorizing smokable medical marijuana in 2019.