This year saw another hectic state legislative session, where Florida lawmakers dragged themselves up to Tallahassee to deliberate over proposed changes to Florida statutes.
State lawmakers filed 1,902 bills, memorials or resolutions for consideration this year, including duplicate proposals filed by the House and Senate. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed just 299 of those into law; he vetoed 14.
There were fewer red-meat culture-war bills that sailed through the Legislature this year, but the highlights for everyday working people in the state were just a faint glimmer. These laws offered no real solutions, for instance, to Florida’s unaffordable property insurance market, high rents or steep condo costs, all of which are pricing Floridians out of “paradise.”
In case you missed any of these — we wouldn’t blame you — we put together a review of the best and worst laws that Gov. DeSantis gave his final OK to this year. One list was easier to put together than the other.
Buckle up, because here we go (in no particular order):