Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill granting $20 million to survivors of the Dozier School for Boys abuse, addressing long-standing demands for compensation. Survivors described the moment as 'bittersweet.' DeSantis also signed SB 7014, which weakens the state's ethics laws by requiring all future ethics complaints to be based on 'personal knowledge' and restricting local government ethics offices from self-initiating investigations. Critics argue that this will lead to increased public corruption in Florida, a state already plagued by such scandals. DeSantis signed the ethics bill late on a Friday night, a move seen as an attempt to minimize media coverage.
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ICYMI: DeSantis quietly signed a bill Friday night making it harder to bring ethics complaints against elected officials. Local watchdog groups have warned it will be will likely result in less government oversight. https://t.co/ZB1RUjuWfe
DeSantis quietly signed a bill Friday night making it harder to bring ethics complaints against local officials. by @anaceballos_: https://t.co/r1rOX0Ji7t
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DeSantis quietly signs bill pulling teeth from state, local ethics watchdogs https://t.co/LDJTThaK01 https://t.co/mAAzSoZsiI
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs legislation that makes it harder to file ethics complaints https://t.co/98qiz3DdHX
DeSantis just signed a bill which restricts the ability for ethics boards to launch their own investigations, giving a green-light to public corruption in a state already plagued by public corruption scandals. He also did it late on a Friday night to minimize media coverage. https://t.co/6EDfAf4FaY
DeSantis just signed a bill passed by the Florida Legislature which restricts ability for ethics boards to launch their own investigations, giving a green-light to public corruption in a state that’s already seeing an epidemic of public corruption scandals. https://t.co/6EDfAf4FaY
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis just signed a bill weakening the state's ethics laws. SB 7014 will require all future ethics complaints to be based upon "personal knowledge." It will also stop any local government ethics office from ever again self-initiating investigations.
DeSantis signed the Dozier bill today https://t.co/xT8mJi7PyS
“The people that caused this also were the people that decided how much our pain was worth. And that’s bittersweet.” DeSantis signs bill granting $20M to survivors of Dozier school abuse. Some have sought this for more than a decade. via @romyellenbogen https://t.co/tsEb1aEx1T