Thread by @FCVoters

After a nightmarish session that ended in May, your legislators' new laws take effect today. Thread:

#FCVoters #FlaPol

Gov. DeSantis raised your taxes. Lawmakers approved a sales tax on Floridians for every online purchase made from an out-of-state online retailer.

A deadly blow to direct democracy: lawmakers place $3,000 limit on contributions to political committees for constitutional amendments on the ballot.

“Right to Farm” law that provides additional legal protections to farmers and takes away residents' and workers ability to collect damages for harmful water and air quality health impacts.

SB 1128/HB 919 – Preemption on Restriction of Utility Services
This bill locks in Florida’s fossil-fuel dependent status quo, which has failed to respond to the demands of our changing climate.

SB 896/HB 539 - Renewable Energy - includes an amendment that would change all existing local zoning laws so that monopoly utilities can now site massive commercial-sized solar facilities on all agricultural land without the consent or approval of the local government.

SB 426/HB 267 - nullifies Key West voters' wishes and prevents other local communities with seaports from taking proactive measures to protect their water and unique ecosystems.

(Despite strong public testimony from anglers, boat captains, residents, and environmental organizations, the legislature tacked this bad preemption language on a broader transportation bill (SB 1194))

.@GovRonDeSantis' pet project HB 1, a censorship and repression bill that criminalizes protest.

SB 90/HB 7041 - another DeSantis favorite - bills that roll back voting access. This voter suppression bill
passed on a party-line vote.

Read about the good and bad of the 2021 Legislative Session (spoiler: it's mostly bad) in our annual legislative report!
📖 fcvoters.org/2021-legislati…