[mansion7]

From the article you linked:

"the legislation — passed Wednesday by the Legislature — makes it a felony for hate groups to harass people for their religion or ethnicity. Florida had the fourth-highest number of antisemitic incidents last year, according to the Anti-Defamation League."

He signed away his constituents' right to harass Jews?

And wasn't this bill already approved by the legislature?

One can already imagine the headlines if he DIDN'T sign it. "Desantis vetoes bill protecting Jews from white supremacists".

Huh, that's not too different than the headlines one sees right now.

[Bran_son]

When the summary of a new law is comprised entirely of saying it bans things that are already illegal (such as harassment [1]), that's a good sign they're lying through omission.

In this case, the law makes it a 1st class misdemeanor (up to 1 year jail time and $1000 fine [2]) to "display or project, using any medium, an image onto a building, structure, or other property without the written consent of the owner of the building, structure, or property" [3].

I.e. even if the display is not harassing or threatening in any way, and even if the owner does not complain, you can go to jail for up to a year. That includes any structure (such as a bridge or billboard), and any medium (unfurl a banner or use a projector).

In other words, it makes illegal to spread a message through anything but official channels they can pressure and control.

[1] https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/crime-penalties/federa...

[2] https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/florida-misd...

[3] https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/269/BillText/er/P...

[Runepika]

The bill essentially bans political billeting on the grounds that someone would be offended by the speech. It is an anti-speech bill.