2023 Florida Legislature

Bill sponsor Rep. Fentrice Driskell, D-Tampa, said that after four years of pushing the measure, it has become a “labor of love.”

House speaker Paul Rennner says he supports the governor's priorities "100 percent."

Rep. Dottie Joseph (D-North Miami) said if lawmakers can’t agree on what what defines an adult show, she doesn’t see how police officers charged with enforcing the proposed law will be able to decide."They're just trying to do their best to do their job so they're going to show up and be like, well, it's a drag show so we're just going to have no kids allowed. They're not going to get into this legal analysis," Joseph said.

Democratic Senator Shevrin Jones says the bills won’t make LGBTQ kids go away.“LGBTQ people will exist. Your children will have to learn how to coexist with those same individuals. Period. So you can legislate this type of stuff all you want, it’s not going anywhere," Jones said.

The Florida House has passed a bill that would allow people to carry concealed guns without a permit, but it wouldn't allow them to openly carry firearms.

The Live Local Act joins a growing list of GOP-backed bills that have gotten to DeSantis in record time.

Among other things, the “Live Local Act” bill would create tax exemptions for developments that set aside at least 70 units for affordable housing and would speed permits and development orders for affordable-housing projects.

On this week's Florida Roundup, we discuss a bill to restrict "period talk" in schools, foreclosures as code enforcement, and a drug-resistant fungus that's spreading in Florida.

Senators voted mostly along party lines to approve the bill prevents credit card companies from using a code that could help track firearm and ammunition sales.

Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz said the proposed rule is aimed at providing greater clarity for teachers.

It would allow people to carry concealed firearms without going through the current licensing steps.

Business and insurance groups have said Florida is plagued by excessive litigation that drives up costs.