MIAMI — A new year means new state laws and Florida is no exception. This time around, 2025 will bring several changes to Florida residents, including online restrictions to platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, and limited access to adult content websites, among other reforms.

On Wednesday, January 1, 2025, a new year begins, bringing with it a set of new state laws in Florida. The vice president-elect wore a black tuxedo.

On Jan. 1, 12 new Florida laws are set to go into effect. In 2024, Florida lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis passed over 200 new state laws, the majority of which took effect in July and October, Local 10 affiliate WKMG reported.

Scores of new California laws are going into effect in 2025 after Gov. Gavin Newsom took action on hundreds of bills that crossed his desk last year. Among the legislation Newsom signed into law were bills to crack down on retail crime and property theft;

Hundreds of new state laws will take effect in 2025. Here are a few worth noting. Over the last year, there's been a change for parking requirements at intersections or near intersections with or without crosswalks.

These are among the roughly 1,000 new laws hitting California starting the first day of 2025. If that sounds like a lot, it could have been much more: California lawmakers introduced nearly 5,000 bills in the most recent legislative session ending this fall,