Nearly 150 laws went into effect in Florida on July 1, including a wide variety of new crimes, harsher penalties, and changes to law enforcement.

Ron DeSantis on June 27.) It's been a roller coaster of a legislative session in Florida this year. Republican-led lawmakers, who have for years been in lockstep with Gov. Ron DeSantis, pushed back on or ignored his requests on some issues,

Florida has a series of new laws going into effect on July 1 including Dexter’s Law on animal cruelty to the Gulf of America in schools.