Excerpted from author Orion Rummler (see link below).

A new state rule by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) will no longer allow a trans person to update their license with their preferred gender identity. This is for license renewals only. The DHSMV argues that "issuing a replacement license that match ones internal sense of gender or sex identification...violates Florida state code. Gender on a license is equated with sex assigned at birth and one can face potential legal consequences (e.g. Fraud) by not stating it as such. Kansas is the the only other state which has such a rule.

Click here for the original article: 19thnews.org/2024/01/florida-trans-drivers-license-update/

Two important bills, both focused on addressing problems associated with young peoples online activity, are working their way through the Florida legislature. The first, FL HB1 (24R), is attempting to pass strict social media restrictions which would not allow those younger than 16 years old to hold an account and to delete existing accounts of these same minors. Age verification would be required to open/maintain an account on certain platforms. There is much debate on which platforms and type of services would be included and what freedom of speech issues are at hand. Legislators base their creating and support of the bill in that social media access has damaging effects on the mental health of our youth. Please click here to read the bill: www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1/BillText/e1/PDF

FL HB3 (24R), the second bill, also addresses concerns about problems associated with the mental health of our young people. This bill focuses on access to online pornography and would require users to submit to 3rd party age verification. For the full text of the bill, please click here: www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/3/BillText/c2/PDF