Tick, tock. With time running out on the 2017 Legislative Session, state lawmakers are at a stalemate over the proposed 2017-18 state budget. Budget negotiations broke down Sunday night, prompting House Speaker Richard Corcoran to offer a continuation or “standard operating budget” with no substantive changes for next year. Senate President Joe Negron quickly rejected that idea, shooting off a memo to members telling them he understands the concept to be a Washington creation and has “no interest in adopting this ineffectual practice.” While Corcoran said the House remains hopeful it will be able to “reach an acceptable compromise” and begin conference this week, the House Appropriations Committee will hold a meeting Tuesday to approve a continuation budget that “continues the functions of state government.” And even though Corcoran tried to strike an optimistic tone in his note to members Monday, some of his top lieutenants took a hard-line approach.

Sen. Bill Galvano made the Senate’s first offer in the Legislature’s negotiations on the gambling bill this year. The initial offer largely maintains what is in the Senate bill, but would also label contentious pre-reveal games as slot machines, and limit two new slots facilities to either Broward or Miami-Dade counties.

The House Education Committee approved a bill that would move many of the state’s assessment tests to the last few weeks of the year. The bill also picked up several other provisions that were the subject of other bills, including eliminating a requirement that districts spend 50 percent of their instructional materials budget on digital materials, create a high-performing charter school system, and banning school boards from offering guaranteed employment for teachers on annual contract.

The House Health and Human Services voted 14-4 to send its version of the medical marijuana implementing bill to the House floor. The bill is considered more restrictive than the Senate version. The amended version of the bill approved Monday prohibits, among other things, pregnant women from using medical marijuana, even if a doctor recommends it.

The House Commerce Committee voted 17-11 to approve legislation that restricts how local governments can regulate vacation rentals. The same committee voted 25-2 to approve a bill that would allow access to public rights-of-way to install wireless communications infrastructure to bring 5G capability to Florida. The House Government Accountability Committee passed a bill that would restructure the Florida Forever conservation funding program.

Huzzah! All signs point to Gov. Rick Scott signing legislation that would create statewide regulations for ride-booking companies. Scott, who is Argentina for a trade mission, tweeted Monday that he looks “forward to signing the Uber/Lyft bill.”

With two weeks left in the 2017 Legislative Session, the fate of proposals to change the way the Florida Building Code is updated remains unclear. One bill, backed by Sen. Tom Lee, calls on the the state to use the most recent edition of the Florida Building Code as a baseline for future updates, instead of the International Code; while a House bill by Rep. Stan McClain keeps the international and national building codes as a baseline, but requires the Florida Building Commission to update the code every five years instead of every three. We caught up with Jeremy Stewart, president of the Florida Home Builders Association, which has supported moving away from using codes developed by the International Code Council as a baseline, about proposed changes.

Legislative lobbyists get all the love, but there’s plenty of government affairs pros knocking on the doors of the executive branch officials hoping to get their priorities in front of the right people.

According to state records, there are 1,450 lobbyists representing 3,584 principals currently registered to lobby the executive branch. That’s slightly less than the number of folks registered to lobby the legislative branch — the most recent state records show 1,986 lobbyists representing 3,938 principals are currently registered to appear before the Legislature.

So just who is showing up to lobby state agencies? It might not surprise you to know the teams with the top legislative lobby firms are also among the top teams dispatched to work their magic within state agencies.

State records show Southern Strategy Group represented 214 clients with executive branch concerns in the fourth quarter of 2016. Top executive branch clients during the final three months of 2016 included Costa Farms, Vestcor Companies, and Mosiac Fertilizer. The firm, according to state records, made at least $1 million in the third quarter on executive branch work.

Ballard Partners had 203 executive branch clients in the final three months of 2016. Top clients include Automated Healthcare Solutions, Resorts World Miami, and U.S. Sugar. The firm, according to state records, made at least $1 million in the third quarter on executive branch work.

While Southern Strategy Group and Ballard Partners led the pack with more than 200 executive branch clients in the fourth quarter of 2016, several other top firms had deep client lists when it comes to state agency work. State records show GrayRobinson represented 174 executive branch clients; Greenberg Traurig had 114 executive branch clients; and Capital City Consulting had 112 executive branch clients in the final three months of 2016.

The deadline to file compensation reports — for both executive and legislative lobbyists — for the first quarter of 2017 is May 15.

Tuesday marks Day 50 of the 2017 Legislative Session, which means it is the last day for regularly scheduled committee meetings in the Senate. Under Senate rules, no committee — except for the Rules Committee — is allowed to meet after Day 50, unless approved by the Senate President. There’s no such rule in the House, but committee meetings traditionally stop at this point as well.

The Senate Appropriations Committee will take up a massive agenda when it meets at 9 a.m. in 412 Knott. On the agenda: A bill (SB 512) to prohibit the injection of anabolic steroids in racing greyhounds; a bill (SB 808) to tweak the voter-approved maximum class-size amendment; and several claims bills (SB 38 and SB 50).

The committee will also discuss a bill (SB 406) dealing with the implementation of the state’s 2016 medical marijuana constitutional amendment, the last stop before the bill heads to the Senate floor. The Senate Rules Committee will take up dozens of bills — including one dealing with the apology to victims of the Dozier School for Boys — when it meets at 2 p.m. in 110 Senate Office Building.

The House Appropriations Committee will meet to discuss its so-called “standard operating budget” at 8 a.m. in 212 Knott. House Democrats will huddle ahead of the floor session at 8:30 a.m. in the House Democratic Office in Room 316 of The Capitol. The House heads into session at 10:30 a.m., where it has dozens of issues on the Special Order calendar.

Take a break and enjoy the sea. No, really: It’s Dive-in-Day at the Florida Capitol. The event, hosted by the Diving Equipment and Marketing Association in partnership with Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, is meant to promote scuba diving. This year the event will feature an interactive mobile aquarium featuring lionfish, vendors and dive shops, educational opportunities, and free giveaways. Hungry? They will be serving fresh samples of Florida-caught lionfish at noon.

Want to get a legislative update from the POLITICO Florida team? Now is your chance. Bureau chief   Matt Dixon  , Florida Playbook author  Marc Caputo , education reporter Jessica Bakeman, healthcare reporter Christine Sexto n, energy and environment reporter  Bruce Ritchie, and regulated industry reporter Daniel Ducassi are expected to participate in a policy update and conversation at 6 p.m. at Township Tallahassee, 619 S. Woordward Ave.