May 26, 2025
Florida’s Street Racing Law One Year Later: What Drivers Should Know Before Summer 2025

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida – As summer approaches, law enforcement agencies across Florida are expected to ramp up efforts to crack down on illegal street racing and stunt driving. These high-risk behaviors typically spike during the summer months, and under Florida’s expanded law, the consequences are now more severe than ever. Senate Bill 1764, which […]

May 26, 2025
Florida’s Social Media Law Targets Minors as Legal Battle Continues

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida –Florida’s social media restrictions for minors have been in effect since January 1, 2025, but the legal and practical questions are far from settled. Under the law, children under 14 are prohibited from having social media accounts altogether. For teens who are 14 or 15, platforms must obtain verified parental consent […]

May 26, 2025
Florida’s First Responder Protection Law: What It Means for Citizens in 2025

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida – Florida's new law enhancing protections for first responders took effect earlier this year. Under Senate Bill 184, it is a second-degree misdemeanor to approach or remain within 25 feet of a first responder after being warned to stay back. The restriction applies if the person’s intent is to impede, threaten, […]

May 23, 2025
Florida Gun Law Rollback Efforts Halt After Senate Ends Consideration of Key Bills

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida – Earlier this year, Florida lawmakers debated whether to roll back several gun control measures passed after the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Although some proposals advanced through the House, both were later withdrawn from consideration in the Senate, ending this session’s most aggressive efforts to scale […]

December 20, 2022
New Law Offers Floridians on Probation Opportunities to Shorten Probation Term

WEST PALM BEACH, FL – In 1841, John Augustus, a Boston bootmaker, posted bail for a man who would have otherwise received a jail sentence, took him under his wing, and later convinced the judge that the man was rehabilitated and should remain free. Little did Augustus realize that it was the beginning of an […]

December 14, 2022
Ronald S. Chapman, P.A. Weighs in on New Florida Victims of Crimes Bill

WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Criminal defense attorney Ronald S. Chapman weighs in on the passage of the Victims of Crimes Bill (Florida SB 1012) unanimously passed by the Florida legislature earlier this year to bolster crime victims’ rights. The Bill was sponsored by Senator Danny Burgess (R), and the House version was sponsored by […]

December 14, 2022
Attorney Ronald S. Chapman Says Florida New Law Wake-up Call for Cybercriminals

WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Criminal defense attorney Ronald S. Chapman weighs in on the passage of Cybersecurity legislation (Florida HB 7055) (Bill) unanimously passed by the Florida Legislature earlier this year amending portions of the State Cybersecurity Act (SCA). The new law establishes new cybersecurity requirements on Florida state, county and local government agencies, […]

April 6, 2022
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February 1, 2022
Florida’s Criminal Justice Laws Disappoint Criminal Attorney Ron Chapman

West Palm Beach, Florida - Changes to Florida's criminal justice laws were announced in 2019,  but some advocates are disappointed in the results. Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) is no exception. The group responded to the latest changes in Florida by calling the reforms, “a bad joke”. FAMM is a criminal justice policy and advocacy […]

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