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From the death penalty to gender identity to abortion, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has cemented himself as a conservative standard-bearer in the lead-up to his 2024 presidential announcement.
After passing both chambers of the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature along party lines, it was signed by Governor Ron DeSantis on April 22, 2022, and entered into effect on July 1. [3] Intended by DeSantis to "fight back" against " woke indoctrination" and critical race theory , [ 4 ] critics of the law described it as whitewashing and ...
The Florida Senate passed the bill on April 28, 2023, by a margin of 27-12. [19] The House version of the bill passed by a vote of 81-34 on May 3, 2023. [20] Governor Ron DeSantis signed the bill concurrently with Florida House Bill 931 on May 15, 2023. The law took effect on July 1, 2023. [21]
— A push to implement President Donald Trump's immigration deal in Florida is set to fall flat, with Gov. Ron DeSantis vowing to veto the proposal passed by Republican legislators late Tuesday ...
Gov. Ron DeSantis has passed a wave of laws that have been criticized as unconstitutional. What's the difference between statutory and common law?
On March 8, the bill passed the Florida Senate [16] and was signed by the governor, Ron DeSantis, on March 28. [19] The Orlando Sentinel reported in February 2022 that The Walt Disney Company has donated money to all of the bill's sponsors and cosponsors, [2] with The Verge reporting that the donations have totaled around $200,000. [20]
Florida's HB 3 passed the Legislature and is now headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis' desk. ... federal court blocks on the previously-passed "Stop WOKE Act." That law targeted businesses' diversity ...
In April 2023, DeSantis signed a law (Senate Bill 450) that allows juries to impose a death sentence if at least eight of the 12 jurors agree. [ 246 ] [ 247 ] In May 2023, DeSantis signed a law allowing those convicted of raping a child under 12 years old to receive the death penalty, defying and setting up a "challenge" to the Supreme Court ...