Ron DeSantis

HB 1069, signed in 2023, required a book to be pulled from a school on objection if it described sexual conduct at all. A federal judge held the provision unconstitutional, finding it "mandates the removal of books that contain even a single reference to the prohibited subject matter, regardless of the holistic value of the book", and rejected the state's argument that a school library is government speech. Among the titles removed under it were The Handmaid's Tale, Beloved and The Color Purple.

Advanced a plan to have Florida National Guard judge advocates serve as immigration judges.

Removed State Attorney Andrew Warren, twice elected in Hillsborough County, in August 2022 after Warren signed statements opposing the criminalisation of abortion and of gender-affirming care, and replaced him with an appointee of his own party. The Eleventh Circuit held the suspension unconstitutional: "The First Amendment prevents DeSantis from identifying a reform prosecutor and then suspending him to garner political benefit."

Florida refused to approve the College Board's Advanced Placement course in African American Studies for its high schools. The governor said the course inserted "a political agenda" on students: "We believe in teaching kids facts and how to think but we don't believe they should have an agenda imposed on them." Among the material objected to were queer theory, the Movement for Black Lives, Black feminism and reparations. The College Board called the state's characterization of the course slander.