Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis just signed a new bill into law that will authorize the death penalty for child rapists within his state. The new bill is called HB 1297, and it overwhelmingly passed the Florida legislature last month. In the Florida House, it passed 95–14, and in the Florida Senate, it passed 34–5. And…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis just signed a new bill into law that will authorize the death penalty for child rapists within his state. The new bill is called HB 1297, and it overwhelmingly passed the Florida legislature last month. In the Florida House, it passed 95–14, and in the Florida Senate, it passed 34–5. And…

Florida State Sen. Jason Brodeur filed a bill on Tuesday that, if passed, would require bloggers to register with the Florida Office of Legislative Services before writing about elected state officials. “If a blogger posts to a blog about an elected state officer and receives, or will receive, compensation for that post, the blogger must…

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Both chambers of the Florida legislature approved a new legislative package geared toward rising property insurance rates, created a $2 billion reinsurance fund. and wrote new rules around coverage denials and what attorneys are able to charge during litigation.  As hurricane season looms, the measure now heads to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s desk for…

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a higher education reform bill on April 19 to hold faculty accountable, and ensure transparency with the curriculum. Under the new law, which takes effect July 1, tenured faculty will be reviewed every five years by a Board of Governors of the State University System of Florida, which will…

Florida legislators voted Feb. 10 to extend a law making it difficult to sue health care providers for issues related to COVID-19. The bill now heads to the desk of Gov. Ron DeSantis in what looks likely to be its last step in becoming a law.  Florida is one of 29 states across the country…

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo’s confirmation was voted through the Florida Senate Ethics and Elections Committee Feb. 8, and will move to the full Senate vote on Feb. 15. The committee voted 5-4 along party lines in favor of his confirmation, despite opposition from Democrats, who said Ladapo has “failed to promote…

Florida lawmakers plan to vote Wednesday on whether to extend a law that makes it difficult to sue health care facilities for their treatment of COVID-19. The law that’s set to expire, unless the legislation passes to extend it, also protects facilities from being sued by patients who become infected with COVID-19 in the facility….