WUSF | By Meghan Bowman
It’s an important day in the Sunshine State. Not only does the 2026-27 budget go into effect, but so does a bunch of legislation covering safety, the environment, healthcare, education and more.
About 140 new laws take effect in Florida on Wednesday. They cover research on diseases like Alzheimer’s and diabetes to protecting owners of former phosphate mines from being responsible for pollution.
A majority of the laws are related to safety, the environment, government functions and education — including the plan to transfer the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus to New College of Florida.
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