During the 2024 legislative session and even in previous years, Florida lawmakers drafted and passed several new laws that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2025. Beside the aforementioned changes, some of the most notable laws that went into effect on New Year's Day are aimed toward protecting fi...
In all, 34 laws that passed during the 2024 legislative session are now in effect, with the homeless changes (HB 1365) drawing the most attention. "Florida has chosen to reject comfortable inaction and tackle this problem head-on," House bill sponsor Sam Garrison said in June after the U....
A soldier stationed in Kuwait can marry someone living in Kentucky - as long as one is a resident of Montana. 2 France Allows Posthumous Marriage but It's Tricky 2,766 votes A French law passed during World War I allows women to marry men who are dead - likely to allow fiancées and ...
California passed legislation this past summer that stops localities from requiring voters to present identification when voting. “A local government shall not enact or enforce any charter provision, ordinance, or regulation requiring a person to present identification for the purpose of voting or subm...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has cemented himself as a conservative standard-bearer in the lead-up to his 2024 presidential announcement. With the help of GOP supermajorities in the statehouse, the Republican has been able to push through an aggressive agen
In 2024, Florida enacted asix-week abortion ban. Exceptions for rape, incest and human trafficking are allowed until 15 weeks of pregnancy. An exception is also allowed if the abortion is to "avert a serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function" of...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican state lawmakers in Florida have filed two bills that would roll back gun control measures passed in the wake of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
The two cases at the center of the decision, Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton, were brought against Republican-backed social media laws passed in Florida and Texas, respectively. The laws are designed to limit the manner in which social media platforms can moderate ...
Monday’s decision leaves unresolved whether states may play a role in deciding what appears on popular platforms that are seen by tens of millions of viewers. The two largest red states had passed laws to fine and punish platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter (now X) and Instagram ...
14 and 15: When school is not in session, 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week, 6 days per week. When school is in session, 3 hours per day (8 hours on Saturday and Sunday), 15 hours per week. 16 and 17: Under Florida’s HB49 which went into effect in July 2024, certain res...