State Legislature

“Too many people out there see the Second Amendment for conservatives and the First Amendment for liberals and progressives. And neither is true. Those amendments are for all Americans.”

The Ocoee senator secured a $4 million compensation package from the Florida Senate for the families of the exonerated Groveland Four while the House failed to take up the bill. But even as the main 2026 legislative session ended Friday, Sen. LaVon Bracy Davis tells VoxPopuli redress may still be possible.

Ocoee Rep. RaShon Young attempted to replace the bill in committee with the Harry T. and Harriett V. Moore Florida Voting Rights Act.

One bill seeks to ban books with any mention of sex from schools — looking at you Romeo & Juliet! — while the other would punish exposing oneself while observing children.

Potential measures include students testing in their native language, inmates earning diplomas through FLVS; charter schools building on vacant land in districts with declining enrollment.

Legislation aims to right “one of the most painful injustices” in Florida’s history.

Bill would add four more vaccines to seven already mandated for public and private school entry.

Other bills target gay “panic defense," immigration agent masking, paid parental leave, hairstyle discrimination.

West Orange lawmakers also file bills to expand public records exemptions, regulate xylazine and e-bikes and mandate mediation for property insurance claims.

An open conversation about House Bill 119, The No Shari’a Act.