LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION In 2014, Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment which required a portion of documentary taxes from real estate transactions to be used for land and water conservation purposes. Environmental groups sued after the Legislature included all recurring funding in the total. The 1st District Court of Appeal ruled in favor of Read more about Legal Updates[…]
SPORTS BETTING The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the State of New Jersey regarding states’ ability to allow sports betting. The Court ruled that existing law prohibiting states other than Nevada from permitting sports books unconstitutional. This may open the door for Florida to allow the same. RED LIGHT CAMERAS In a blow Read more about Legal Updates[…]
Bills that failed to pass this legislative session include: EDUCATION Several education bills died during session and did not make it into the conforming bill. These included: promoting computer coding courses in high school; ending mandatory third-grade retention based on state reading test results; changing class size penalties in order to allow all schools to Read more about Bills that Failed[…]
LETHAL INJECTION APPROVED The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a capital punishment case that a sedative administered prior to the injection of lethal drugs was constitutionally sound and could be used in such cases. In response to the ruling, the Florida Supreme Court lifted its stay of executions as its protocol was nearly identical to Read more about Legal Updates[…]