Yahoo Autos DeSantis signs nearly 3 dozen bills, including banning smoking and giving grandparents more rights
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed 35 bills on Friday, including a law allowing local governments to ban smoking on beaches and in parks, and vetoed five, including legislation that would have made it easier for businesses to sue local governments over ordinances.
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Here’s a look at what some of the new laws will do:
— Require the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to issue, replace, or renew an identification card at no charge to anyone with a valid Florida voter registration card and who is experiencing financial hardship. It also will allow people 80 and older to have an identification card issued if they lose driving privileges due to a failed vision test.
— Allow religious institutions to conduct services during a state-declared emergency in some cases.
— Make it a felony to buy, sell or trade stolen sexually explicit images from someone’s phone or other digital devices. It will also make disseminating altered or created sexually explicit images, known as deepfakes, a felony, and strengthen child pornography, revenge porn and bestiality laws.
— Require local governments to hold referendums on tax issues on the same day as a general election.
— Make it easier for grandparents to receive visitation rights to spend time with grandchildren.
