{"id":35929,"date":"2023-04-27T11:30:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T15:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/?p=35929"},"modified":"2023-04-27T16:47:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T20:47:42","slug":"the-new-florida-law-that-combats-acts-of-hatred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/2023\/04\/27\/the-new-florida-law-that-combats-acts-of-hatred\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Florida Law that Combats Acts of Hatred"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35935 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/aece690f-1320-4b61-8365-654cd5d946b3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/aece690f-1320-4b61-8365-654cd5d946b3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/aece690f-1320-4b61-8365-654cd5d946b3-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/aece690f-1320-4b61-8365-654cd5d946b3-400x270.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>We are thrilled, grateful and proud of the groundbreaking, bipartisan bill that Florida&#8217;s governor signed into state law.<\/h2>\n<p>During his visit to Israel, Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Public Nuisance Act into law. This significantly increases the punishment for many hate crimes to a third-degree felony, helping to address Florida\u2019s 42% increase in antisemitic incidents. Florida ranks #4 among all states for the most incidents targeting Jews in the country.<\/p>\n<p>We applaud the governor for signing this historic law, the first of its kind and a model for other states. The law received extraordinary, bipartisan support, passing unanimously in the State Senate and House. We commend the bill\u2019s sponsors: Rep. Mike Caruso (who conceptualized the bill), Rep. Vicki Lopez and Rep. Randy Fine in the House; Sen. Alexis Calatayud in the Senate; and Kenneth Marcus, Founder &amp; Chairman of The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, who provided invaluable constitutional law expertise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Federation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/2018\/11\/01\/jcrc\/\">Jewish Community Relations Counci<\/a>l (JCRC) \u2013 including Lynn Peseckis, Chair, and Josephine Gon, Vice President<\/strong> \u2013 played a substantial leadership role in guiding the legislation from its beginnings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Providing consultation and guidance to the legislation\u2019s drafting<\/li>\n<li>Traveling to Tallahassee and advocating to state lawmakers together with community partners, including Alpert Jewish Family Service<\/li>\n<li>Participating in conversations with local civic leaders to garner support<\/li>\n<li>Writing <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/letter-to-Gov-DeSantis-Rre-HB-269-4.26.2023.pdf\">this letter<\/a> to the governor, co-signed by 22 supporting Jewish organizations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is a source of incredible pride for our local community that we have been an active player in this momentous effort from the beginning \u2013 reinforcing the Palm Beaches as a national center for Jewish life, innovation and leadership. This historic accomplishment is one for which we can all be truly proud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are thrilled, grateful and proud of the groundbreaking, bipartisan bill that Florida&#8217;s governor signed into state law. During his visit to Israel, Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Public Nuisance<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/2023\/04\/27\/the-new-florida-law-that-combats-acts-of-hatred\/\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35929"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35963,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35929\/revisions\/35963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishpb.org\/fed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}