Animals | Opportunity For All Floridians

 Florida Legislator Score

How often did your lawmaker vote to help Floridians?
We selected bills that help or hurt Floridians in a variety of areas: Economic Opportunity, Democracy, Protecting Florida’s animals and natural environment, and preserving Home Rule. Lawmakers get credit when they vote for a bill that helps Floridians, or against a bill that hurts Floridians.

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Ending Local Freedoms

These bills would allow any business to sue the local government in opposition to an ordinance, and would require the local government to stop all enforcement of the ordinance while litigation was underway. It would…

Ending Local Freedoms

These bills would allow any business to sue the local government in opposition to an ordinance, and would require the local government to stop all enforcement of the ordinance while litigation was underway. It would…

Seagrass Restoration

These bills aim to restore seagrass, an important food source for marine animals like manatees. By reducing the pollution runoff from fertilizers and the sugar cane industry that is causing the decline in seagrass, we…

Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative

These bills aim to restore seagrass, an important food source for marine animals like manatees. By reducing the pollution runoff from fertilizers and the sugar cane industry that is causing the decline in seagrass, we…

Ends the Retail Sale of Domestic Dogs and Cats

These bills prohibit pet stores from selling or offering for sale domestic dogs & cats and provide for penalties….

Veterinarian Telemedicine

These bills allow licensed veterinarians to practice veterinary telemedicine as long as they establish a veterinarian/client/patient relationship, provide the client with certain information, and employ professional judgment regarding the use of veterinary telemedicine. The bill…

Endangered and Threatened Species

These bills Instruct the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to keep endangered or threatened species safe, no matter if they are classified as endangered or threatened by the federal government. Changes the rules for deciding…

Retail Sale of Domestic Dogs and Cats

These bills prohibit pet stores from selling or offering for sale domestic dogs & cats and provide for penalties….

Endangered and Threatened Species

These bills instruct the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to keep endangered or threatened species safe, no matter if they are classified as endangered or threatened by the federal government. Changes the rules for deciding…

Raises the Public Support Threshold from 60% to 66% for Constitutional Amendments

These bills propose an amendment to the State Constitution that would increase the percentage of elector votes required to approve any amendments or revisions to the Constitution. Currently, it stands at 60 percent, but this…

Veterinarian Telemedicine

These bills allow licensed veterinarians to practice veterinary telemedicine as long as they establish a veterinarian/client/patient relationship, provide the client with certain information, and employ professional judgment regarding the use of veterinary telemedicine. The bill…

Raises the Public Support Threshold from 60% to 66% for Constitutional Amendments

These bills propose an amendment to the State Constitution that would increase the percentage of elector votes required to approve any amendments or revisions to the Constitution. Currently, it stands at 60 percent, but this…

Mangrove Replanting and Restoration

These bills require DEP to adopt certain rules for mangrove replanting & restoration….