They included a wide-ranging plan to expand access to health care, and a bill aimed at keeping children under age 16 off social media.
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The law, which will take effect Jan. 1, seeks to prevent children under age 16 from opening social media accounts on at least some platforms — though it would allow parents to give consent for 14- and 15-year-olds to have accounts.
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Environmentalists remain perplexed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' recent veto of a wildly popular bipartisan bill to safeguard the state’s coastlines and protect the health of beachgoers because he believed it gave the Florida Department of Health too much power.
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After the issue was tucked into a wide-ranging energy bill approved by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature, state regulators in the coming months will study the feasibility of adding more nuclear power.
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Filmmaker Arix Zalace said the Panhandle of Florida is "incredibly important" in terms of biodiversity.
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Among the new laws that went into effect July 1, includes a bill that will make changes to Citizens Property Insurance, also known as Florida’s insurer of last resort.
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Under a new Florida law, private schools can build new campuses at houses of worship and other public spaces including old movie theaters.
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A 19-year-old and the club where she worked as a stripper have sued Florida’s attorney general and two local prosecutors. They want to stop enforcement of a new Florida law prohibiting adult entertainment businesses from employing people who are under age 21.
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Florida and Alabama banned the sale of cultivated meat and seafood, which is grown from animal cells. Other states and federal lawmakers also are looking to restrict it, arguing the product could hurt farmers and pose a safety risk to the public.
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A farmworker housing bill, unanimously passed by the Florida House and Senate, was vetoed by Governor DeSantis Friday. He cited "illegal foreign workers" in his veto letter.
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Selling wine in oversized bottles has been illegal in Florida since 1939, with a state statute limiting wine sales to containers a little less than 3 liters in quantity.
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The governor has signed bills to designate Florida A1A as “Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway” and create a “Margaritaville” specialty license plate in memory of the late singer.
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Florida arts groups are scrambling after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis unexpectedly vetoed $32 million in arts funding, eliminating all state grants in a move that advocates say will devastate arts and culture in the Sunshine State.