Florida may have outgrown part-time legislature, experts say

Lawmakers don’t always finish their work in a regular session, and their pay — less than $30,000 a year — means only those ...
Orlando Weekly

Florida lawmaker moves to replace ‘child pornography’ mentions in state statute

Rep. Jessica Baker wants to replace every mention of “child pornography” in statute with “child sexual abuse material.” Credit: Florida House of Representatives Because viewing images of children ...
Law

The Florida Legislature May Have Made It More Expensive, but Hopefully Safer, to Live in a Condominium

Faced with competing interests, and a compulsory need to act in the face of a nearly unspeakable disaster that killed 98 people, the legislature passed, and Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed into law ...
WLRN

2025 Florida legislative session extended: what passed so far, what failed and what's next

The scheduled last day of the 2025 Florida regular legislative session was Friday. But no one would call this session "regular." Case in point: lawmakers are going to have to come back to get the job ...
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New Florida license plate law: What's OK and not OK?

Under a 2025 Florida statute, drivers anything that blocks or alters a vehicle's driver's license plate can be fined or receive jail time. The law was signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on May 19 and ...

Andrade, Salzman weigh in on floating idea of full-time Florida Legislature

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- Ten states in the U.S. currently have full-time legislatures. In Florida, legislators are now ...
AOL

Don’t be annoying in Florida: You could get arrested

Is it really illegal to be annoying in Florida? In Florida, being irritating isn’t just socially awkward. It might technically break the law. According to Florida Statute 823.01, “All nuisances that ...