2025 Florida Legislature

President Donald Trump's team is looking at locations for a post-administration presidential library, and Florida may take that spot.

Both proposals are named after Lucy Fernandez, a 17-year-old killed in 2022 when a 29-foot boat she and 13 others were on hit a channel marker near Boca Chita Key.

A Florida House panel voted to lower the age to buy rifles to 18 years old. Lawmakers previously raised the minimum age to 21 following a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. The shooter was 19.

Legislation under consideration would rename the Gulf of Mexico in 52 sections of state laws. A separate bill would require schools to begin acquiring instructional and library materials that reflect the change.

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Advocates say the legislative awareness event is vital to the disability community

Granny flats are independent living spaces added to homes or properties. Current law says local governments can allow granny flats, but the new legislation would require them to do so.

There are bills to further restrict kids' cell phone use in schools and to require cursive instruction for younger students. Another piece of legislation would nix an upcoming mandate for some schools to start later.

The proposal provide “medical benefit plans” that would not be subject to the same state and federal regulations as health insurance.

He'll visit the capital later this month.

Under the proposed legislation, Florida would join the Southern Rail Commission, a group of representatives from Southern states who lobby for passenger and cargo rail.

The Senate measure would go further than the House's in some ways. For instance, it would require volunteer petition gatherers — not just paid circulators, as is the case now — to register with the state.