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Florida-related events during the year 2023

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Governor: Ron DeSantis (R)

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January 23 – Donald Dillbeck becomes the first person executed in Florida since the execution of Gary Ray Bowles in 2019 and the 100th execution since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976.
April 13 – Governor Ron DeSantis signs a bill that shortened the restriction on abortion after 6 weeks of pregnancy. The bill has an exception to save the life of the woman and exceptions in the case of pregnancy caused by rape or incest until 15 weeks of pregnancy.
April 20 – Governor DeSantis signs a bill that ended jury unanimity for Death penalty cases.
April 28 – The Republican-led legislature passed a change to the Resign-to-run law that provided an exception to the resign-to-run law for any Florida official that runs in a presidential election.
May 7 – Governor DeSantis signs a bill to have the death penalty for child rapists, which has been speculated to serve as a future challenge to Kennedy v. Louisiana.
May 24
- Governor DeSantis signs a Resign-to-run law bill into law.
- Governor DeSantis Announces his 2024 presidential campaign.

References

"Florida executes Donald Dillbeck for 1990 Tallahassee murder". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
Sarkissian, Arek (Apr 13, 2023). "DeSantis signs Florida's 6-week abortion ban into law". Politico. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
Fineout, Gary. "DeSantis signs bill to end unanimous death sentence requirement". POLITICO. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
Kashiwagi, Sydney (20 April 2023). "DeSantis signs bill eliminating unanimous jury decisions for death sentences | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
Cohen, Miles. "Gov. DeSantis signs controversial death penalty legislation". ABC News. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
Fineout, Gary (2023-04-28). "Florida Legislature passes bill allowing DeSantis to run for president as governor". POLITICO. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
"Florida clears way for DeSantis to seek presidency while governor". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
Contorno, Steve (2023-04-28). "Florida GOP lawmakers clear path for DeSantis to run for president without resigning | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
Leonard, Kimberly. "Florida lawmakers just passed a bill for DeSantis to remain governor while running for president". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
"DeSantis signs law allowing death penalty for child rape, defying US Supreme Court ruling". USA TODAY. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
Ray, Siladitya. "DeSantis Signs New Death Penalty Bill—Setting Up Possible Supreme Court Clash". Forbes. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
Maher, Kit (1 May 2023). "DeSantis signs bill making child rapists eligible for death penalty at odds with US Supreme Court ruling | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
Reyes, Yacob. "DeSantis signs new death penalty bill, vowing Supreme Court showdown". Axios. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
A. O. L. Staff (2023-05-24). "Ron DeSantis signs law clearing the path for his presidential run". www.aol.com. Retrieved 2023-05-24.

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20th century	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

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