News Service of Florida

A renewed attempt to repeal a controversial law on seeking "non-economic" damages has passed through the committee stage and is ready for the full House when the session begins in January.

The measure, in part, would add “unborn child” to a law that allows family members to seek damages when a person's death is caused by such things as negligence.

The proposal adds marijuana to a series of outdoor public places where smoking tobacco is already banned.

Florida's attorney general alleges the nonprofit's claim that mifeprestone and misoprostol are safer than Tylenol is “manifestly false” and “badly misleads" women.

The proposal would allow people to voluntarily accept pay below the minimum wage when employed in certain entry-level positions.

The federal government is not updating labor market and employment information during the shutdown, leaving the state’s jobless rate of 3.8 percent on hold.

The bill is filed for consideration during the legislative session that will start Jan. 13.

Lawmakers passed such a proposal during the 2025 session, but Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed it. The state House Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee is scheduled to take up the proposal next week.

The measure would require law enforcement to take into custody truck drivers who are determined to be immigrants in the country illegally and help transfer them to federal immigration officials.

Like this year's effort, which passed the Legislature, the proposal would repeal a 1990 law that prevents people 25 and older from seeking “non-economic” damages in cases involving deaths of their parents.