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Websites for Florida Judicial Circuits and Clerks of Court contain information about the Baker Act examination process, including how to pursue an ex-parte order. [17] The Baker Act allows for involuntary examination, which can be initiated by an ex-parte order of a judge, law enforcement officials, or certain health professionals.
In April 2023, the Minnesota Legislature formally passed a bill to codify and implement to legally ban conversion therapy practices on minors and vulnerable adults, and it was signed into law on April 27, 2023. The law will go into effect on August 1. [103] [104] 26. Pennsylvania: August 16, 2022: August 16, 2022: Executive order
Under Florida law, trans people are sent to prisons based of their assigned gender at birth. In men’s prisons, trans women frequently have their heads forcibly shaved and - due to “anti-woke” restrictions implemented in 2023 - are forcibly taken off hormone therapy, and instead put through psychiatric conversion therapy. [159] [160]
New year, new laws. These 5 new Florida laws take effect as of Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. HB 425: Expands Florida's "Move Over" law to include disabled vehicles.. HB 1275: Allows local law enforcement ...
The Florida Statutes are the codified, statutory laws of Florida; it currently has 49 titles. A chapter in the Florida Statutes represents all relevant statutory laws on a particular subject. [1] The statutes are the selected reproduction of the portions of each session law, which are published in the Laws of Florida, that have general ...
Wade became the law of the land, Florida’s Supreme Court declared the state’s 104-year-old abortion law unconstitutional, saying, “We emphasize that the emotional and explosive question on ...
The Laws of Florida are the session laws of the Florida Legislature, a verbatim publication of the general and special laws enacted by the Florida Legislature in a given year and published each year following the regular session of the legislature.
Florida courts practice judicial review, which means certain laws and regulations can be struck down (ruled unconstitutional) by the Florida state courts. The Florida Constitution, in Article V, Section 2(a), vests the power to adopt rules for the "practice and procedure in all courts" in the Florida Supreme Court, which has adopted the Florida ...