DeSantis is a scumbag! of course he hid, just like when he signed the 6 week abortion law...
But Florida businesses — led by the Florida Chamber of Commerce, which is funded by companies like Publix, U.S. Sugar, Disney and Florida Power & Light — didn’t want to be bothered with new regulations. Even those meant to keep workers safe or even alive.
So their lobbyists pushed a bill that would make such safety rules illegal. Aside from water and shade, the law also bans local rules requiring employers to offer “appropriate first-aid measures or emergency responses related to heat exposure.”
Yeah, they targeted first aid.
GOP legislators knew this bill looked heinous. So first of all, they cut off testimony for citizens who had traveled across the state to talk about how nasty it was. Then they waited until the last day of the session to pass it.
Most significantly, though, Gov. Ron DeSantis hid behind closed doors when signing House Bill 433 into law.
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