Amid the latest Legislative session in Florida, state lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis have approved dozens of new laws.

Two new state laws aimed at protecting animals and increasing accountability for abusers are set to take effect in Florida, following the recent signing of Dexter’s Law and ...

Florida has taken a significant step to combat animal cruelty with the enactment of "Dexter's Law," a new piece of ...

Governor Ron DeSantis has signed two new animal welfare laws aimed at preventing severe cases of cruelty and neglect.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed two new bills aimed at strengthening Florida's animal protection laws — a move hailed as a ...

Trooper's Law is named after a bull terrier that grabbed the state’s heart when a video went viral of Florida Highway Patrol ...

PHOENIX — Arizona lawmakers agreed Tuesday to close what some consider to be loopholes in state laws on animal cruelty. But not everyone is on board. On a 41-13 vote Tuesday, the state House ...

(Florida statutes had considered this a second-degree misdemeanor.) The bill also makes resisting or obstructing an animal control officer from enforcing the law a first-degree misdemeanor.

On May 14, 2025, Midpoint welcomed Teresa Potter, President of the League of Women Voters of Hillsborough and Pasco Counties, and Nick Biscardi, a lead volunteer with People Power Florida ... which ...

Other changes specific to Florida’s child welfare system likely also helped. In 2023, Florida ended a more than two-decade experiment that saw child protective investigators employed and ...

Other changes specific to Florida’s child welfare system likely also helped. In 2023, Florida ended a more than two-decade experiment that saw child protective investigators employed and ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Hope Florida helped more than 21,000 families referred to it by child protective investigators, according to the Florida Department of Children and Families. During a recent ...