Here's more appointment news as the session nears:

Republican House Rep. Tom Anderson, whose District 45 includes parts of North Pinellas and Pasco counties, will head the House Committee on Elder & Family Services. The former Dunedin mayor will also be vice chairman of the Healthy Seniors Appropriations Committee and serve on the Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care, his office has announced.

Anderson was elected to the Florida House in 2002 and has served since.

Will Van Sant, Times staff writer

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