2025 Florida Legislature

Law enforcement will now need probable cause to stop and search boats on the water.

The Senate will have to vote to agree to extend it for it to happen.

As legislative leaders try to restart the budget process, DeSantis rejected a summit with House and Senate leaders proposed by Florida GOP Chairman Evan Power.

Lawmakers were expected to return to Tallahassee for more negotiations next week, But leaders in the House announced Friday they won’t be moving forward after Senate leaders expressed reservation about passing the House’s tax proposal

The bill preempts the decision to fluoridate water to the state. The governor said during the press conference where he made the announcement that its about giving people choices.

Florida Decides Healthcare had been trying to place Medicaid expansion on the 2026 ballot when the bill became law

After three hurricanes hit the state in 2024, Florida lawmakers have approved changes involving issues such as debris removal and rebuilding storm-damaged homes.

Responding to residents' concerns about rising costs, the Florida Legislature approved changes to condominium-safety laws passed after the deadly 2021 Surfside collapse.

Opponents of the new law say it makes changing the state Constitution prohibitively expensive

Florida lawmakers have passed a bill barring elementary and middle school students from using cell phones during the school day and testing the idea in high schools