Yesterday, committees in both the House and Senate passed bills prohibiting counties and municipalities from accepting certain community identification cards or documents as a form of identification.

The House Judiciary Committee voted to advance House Bill 757 (HB 757), which would make it easier for public officials to bring defamation lawsuits for damages against their critics.

The House Judiciary Committee voted to advance House Bill 651 (HB 651), which would allow civil lawsuits for damages against health care practitioners providing abortion care.

On Tuesday, the Florida Senate Appropriations Committee on Education voted to advance Senate Bill 1044 (SB 1044), which would allow school districts and charter schools to adopt “a policy to authorize volunteer school chaplains.

The preliminary injunction order states Florida Statute § 903.286(1) violates the Eighth Amendment and punishes charities for helping Floridians escape wealth-based detention.

The Senate Fiscal Policy Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 476 (SB 476), which would allow civil lawsuits for damages against health care practitioners providing abortion care.

Today, the Senate Fiscal Policy Committee passed House Bill 1 (HB 1), a broad censorship bill aimed at stifling freedom of expression online by requiring all users, including adults, to verify their age by providing age verification documentation before using social media accounts.

Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Education passed Senate Bill 1372 (SB 1372), a censorship bill that prohibits adults from discussing with other adults in teacher training programs topics related to systemic and institutional racism, sexism, and oppression.

The Florida House Judiciary Committee voted to advance House Bill 601 (HB 601), which seeks to disband currently established civilian-run police review boards (CRBs), and remove local authority to create new CRBs. HB 601 will now head to the House Floor.