Florida
201 bills tracked · 2025 First Special Session, 2025 Regular Session, 2025 Second Special Session.
This week
Nothing moved this week.
Latest activity, most recent May 18.
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School Safety
AI summary Creates a new felony for discharging a firearm or weapon within 1,000 feet of a school (with exceptions), requires custody until bail hearing for such arrests, and expands the school guardian program to postsecondary institutions with detailed firearm training, certification, and reporting rules for
Restricts gun accessFirearms · otherFirearms · carryStage: Law May 18: Chapter No. 2026-80 -
Transportation
AI summary Requires proof of legal presence via passport and Form I-94 or other federal immigration documents for vehicle registration and ID cards, and limits ID validity based on immigration document expiration, so more state verification of immigration status.
Immigration enforcement · state federal cooperationStage: Law Apr 22: Chapter No. 2026-39 -
Evidence in Civil Actions Relating to Firearms
AI summary Bars use of the absence of certain firearm safety features (like loaded chamber indicators or magazine disconnects) as evidence of defective design, negligence, or failure to warn in product liability suits, so less manufacturer liability for not including those features.
Firearms · industry liabilityNo change to gun accessFirearms · otherStage: ✕ Failed Mar 13: Died in Commerce and Tourism -
Blood Testing Required Following Civilian-involved Shootings
AI summary Requires civilians who discharge a firearm causing injury or death to submit to blood testing for alcohol or drugs within 2 hours, with refusal leading to penalties and waiver of self-defense claims, so more restrictions and obligations on firearm use in such incidents.
Restricts gun accessFirearms · otherStage: ✕ Failed Mar 13: Died in Criminal Justice -
Responsible Firearm Safety Awareness Month
AI summary Designates June as Responsible Firearm Safety Awareness Month and encourages events promoting awareness of firearm dangers and voluntary safety training, with no change to any laws on firearm access or restrictions.
No change to gun accessFirearms · otherStage: ✕ Failed Mar 13: Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability -
Gender Identity Employment Practices
AI summary Prohibits state-funded employers from requiring training on gender identity as a condition of employment and bars adverse actions against employees for beliefs against gender ideology, while defining gender identity negatively and limiting pronoun use and nonbinary options on forms, so less legal or
Restricts transgender recognition & accessTransgender · education, otherStage: ✕ Failed Mar 13: Died in Judiciary
Topics in Florida
| Topic | Bills | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Firearmsgun access | 710 in play | 42 restricts1 mixed16 no change |
| Transgendertransgender recognition & access | 230 in play | 7 restricts1 no change |
| Abortionabortion access | 400 in play | 27 restricts2 mixed10 no change |
| Immigration enforcementimmigration enforcement | 720 in play | 14 restricts6 no change |
| Custody & supportrights of the paying or noncustodial parent | 100 in play | 7 restricts1 mixed1 no change |
Court cases
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION v. SWEARINGEN Decided 2021-06-24N.D. Florida · Firearms
- Florida Immigrant Coalition v. Uthmeier ActiveS.D. Florida · Immigration enforcement
- The Farmworker Association of Florida, Inc. v. Attorney General of the State of Florida Decided 2024-02-11S.D. Florida · Immigration enforcement
- DOE v. LADAPO Decided 2024-06-11N.D. Florida · Transgender
- DEKKER v. HARRIS Decided 2023-06-22N.D. Florida · Transgender