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In April 2023, both houses of the Florida state legislature passed a bill codifying the ban on gender affirming care for minors, and allowing the state to modify or nullify parental custody agreements from other states if the child involved is allowed access to or is “threatened with” being allowed access to gender affirming care. [134]
Nelson "for want of a substantial federal question" in a state court case where two men challenged Minnesota's refusal to approve their application for a marriage license. It was the first legal challenge for same-sex marriage. [81] In October, Maryland became the first U.S. state to pass a statute banning marriage between homosexual couples [82]
FDLE is the State of Florida's investigative arm. They are considered more of a state police than Florida's highway patrol, which specializes in traffic enforcement and vehicle-related homicide. All investigation into any crimes, including crimes committed by law enforcement can only be initiated by a government agency and all citizen requests ...
(The Center Square) – Florida surpassed giving 6,400 bonuses to new law enforcement recruits this month. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that Florida was making 300 new bonus awards to law ...
A new state law set the stage for ending the state’s 21 panels. In essence, civilians in Florida will no longer be able to complain about alleged police brutality outside of the department’s ...
The first openly bisexual judge in the United States is Mike Jacobs, a state court judge in DeKalb County, Georgia, who came out publicly in 2018. [152] State judge of compensation claims: Rand Hoch, Flagler, Seminole and Volusia counties, Florida – appointed 1992 [153]
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As of mid-2011, the state's sodomy law, though unenforceable, had not been repealed by Florida legislators. [13] Since the passage of the Florida Amendment 2 on November 4, 2008, by a vote of 61.9% in favor and 38.1% opposed, both same-sex marriage and civil union had been banned by Florida's state constitution. Despite that temporary setback ...