Florida House panel passes bill to lower the age to buy rifles, shotguns
Future of the bill is in doubt as the proposal has not been filed in the Senate.
Watch CBS News
Future of the bill is in doubt as the proposal has not been filed in the Senate.
Senators who supported the bill cited their work experiences as teens
The bill seeks to penalize any student who "promotes a foreign terrorist organization"
The measure wants to prevent children under age 16 from having social media accounts
The Florida House passed a bill that seeks to prevent children under age 16 from having social media accounts.
In a priority of Speaker Paul Renner, the Florida House on Tuesday will take up a bill that would prevent minors under age 16 from creating social media accounts.
Bill aims to prevent children under the age of 16 from using social media
The Senate version of the plan could go before the full Senate as soon as next week
One proposal would make changes related to state assessments and instruction.
Paul Renner said he supported changes last year that gave Gov. DeSantis the power to appoint a new district board.
A Miami-Dade Florida House representative has filed a bill that would effectively ban all abortions from the moment of fertilization, with no exceptions.
The bills direct the state's Health Dept. to develop a program that would contract with vendors to provide swimming lessons to children ages 4 or younger
An investigation into claims that State Representative Fabian Basabe made repeated and unwanted sexual advances on two of his former staffers failed to find "any evidence, direct or circumstantial," that he violated state policies, but noted that Basabe "likely should exercise better judgment regarding observing the delicate margins between the personal and professional with his subordinates (and their friends) in the future."
Bill would expand restrictions on state investments in businesses with ties to Iran
With a federal judge poised to hear arguments next week, the state is fighting an attempt to block key parts of a new law that places additional restrictions on public-employee unions.
The bill revises a condominium-safety law that stemmed from the deadly 2021 collapse in Surfside
The $1.38 billion tax package that would include savings for shoppers and businesses
The bill offers shoppers a series of expanded sales-tax “holidays” on back-to-school items, hurricane-preparedness supplies, summer activities, and tool purchases.
Miami-Dade and Broward's tenant bill of rights at risk of elimination
On Wednesday, the state's House passed a controversial bill that would lead to state law trumping local regulations governing landlords and tenants. The Senate will take up its version of the bill on Friday.
The Florida House on Wednesday is expected to pass three fiercely debated bills about transgender people, targeting drag shows, treatments such as hormone therapy and puberty blockers and bathroom use.
The Florida House could give final approval to a controversial plan that would bar doctors and other healthcare providers from offering treatments to transgender minors
Pregnant women who receive deferrals would be placed on probation until they are incarcerated
Steps to help communities brace for future natural disasters and recover
The House could vote on it Friday
