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The USA TODAY NETWORK-Florida's First Amendment reporter writes about what readers need to know about what passed and failed this session.
The Florida Legislature has new leaders, but the same management.. Two weeks after voters cemented Republicans’ supermajority status, lawmakers gathered in the Capitol Tuesday to swear-in new ...
The Florida Legislature is the legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. It is organized as a bicameral body composed of an upper chamber, the Senate, and a lower chamber, the House of Representatives. Article III, Section 1 of the Florida Constitution, adopted in 1968, defines the role of the legislature and how it is to be constituted. [2]
A new year also means new laws in Florida. The Florida Legislature passed the laws earlier this year and they take effect Jan. 1, 2024: SB 784 gives local law enforcement agencies the ability to ...
State workers. Florida lawmakers completed a hat-trick of pay raises for state workers with the inclusion of a pay raise in the state budget for the the third consecutive year, after a decade of ...
Florida Amendment 3 [1] was a proposed constitutional amendment to the Florida Constitution subject to a direct voter referendum on November 5, 2024, that would have legalized cannabis for possession, purchase, and recreational use in Florida for adults 21 years or older. The amendment achieved a majority 56% support among voters in the U.S ...
Florida Senate Bill 254 (SB 254) is a law that prohibits gender-affirming care for anyone under the age of 18, places restrictions on adult patients accessing this care, and allows the state to take temporary custody of children who may be receiving gender-affirming care now or in the future. [1]
Late-filed amendments on two controversial labor bills led to a back and forth between the Senate, House of Representatives on day 60 of session. Labor bills take over the last hours of Florida's ...