The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Monday to advance Senate Bill 1780 (SB 1780), which would make it easier for public officials to bring defamation lawsuits for damages against their critics effectively chilling the speech of individuals and entities that are critical of public officials.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Monday to advance Senate Bill 476 (SB 476), which would allow civil lawsuits for damages against health care practitioners providing abortion care.
On Thursday evening, the Florida House voted to pass House Bill 49 (HB 49), which would reverse longstanding child labor protections and force youth to choose between prioritizing their education or their jobs.
Today, the Florida House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee voted to advance House Bill 1639 (HB 1639), which seeks to deny the legal existence of transgender individuals by requiring individuals to identify as their sex assigned at birth instead of their gender on their driver’s licenses and IDs.
On Wednesday, the Florida House Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee voted to advance House Bill 1451 (HB 1451), which would prohibit counties and municipalities from accepting certain community identification cards or documents as a form of identification.
The map divides neighborhoods along racial lines and packs Black and Hispanic voters into particular districts.