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The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in the U.S. state of Florida, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred.
This year marked Florida's 181st anniversary as a state in the Union on March 3, 1845, and 205 years since Spain ceded Florida to the United States on February 22, 1821. This year also marked the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence of the United States from the British Empire on July 4, 1776. Florida announced special events and exhibits, representing Florida as the "14th colony."[1]
The Florida Legislature convened for its 2026 regular session between January 13, 2026, and March 13, 2026, amid a Republican trifecta, and passed around 235 bills.[2][3] A special legislative session between April 28, 2026, and May 1, 2026, resulted in a redistricted congressional map ahead of the 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida to give Republicans 4 more seats, leading to a 24-4 Republican-Democratic split.[4][5] Another special legislative session between May 12, 2026, and May 29, 2026, passed a $117.6 billion state budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. This was the second year in a row that the Florida Legislature had failed to pass the budget within the regular session.[6][7]
On January 13, 2026, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis delivered his final State of the State address, reflecting on his governorship.[8] On November 3, 2026, a new governor will be elected as DeSantis is term-limited.[9] For the Republican nomination, U.S. Representative Byron Donalds is the frontrunner,[10][11] in a field consisting of Florida Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins,[12] former Florida House speaker Paul Renner,[13] and hedge fund investor James Fishback.[14] For the Democratic nomination, former U.S. Representative David Jolly[15] is the presumptive nominee after Orange County mayor Jerry Demmings[16] suspended his campaign.[17][18][19]
Incumbents
[edit]State Government
[edit]- Executive Branch
- Legislative Branch
- Judicial Branch
- Chief Justice: John Couriel (since July 1, 2026)
- Chief Justice: Carlos Muñiz (until July 1, 2026)
Chairs of Major Political Parties
[edit]Events
[edit]January
[edit]- January 13 – Republican U.S. Representative Neal Dunn (FL-2) announces that he will not seek re-election.[20] Trump later reveals that Dunn has a terminal illness.[21]
- January 14 – DeSantis appoints Adam Tanenbaum to the Supreme Court of Florida, succeeding Charles Canady.[22]
- January 15 – The Florida Supreme Court removes the American Bar Association as the sole law school accreditor for Florida Bar admission.[23]
- January 17 – Multiple far-right and manosphere influencers attend a Miami Beach nightclub, including Nick Fuentes, Andrew Tate, Clavicular, Sneako, and Myron Gaines. Videos surface of the influencers dancing to "Heil Hitler" and making Nazi salutes.[24]
- January 19
- The 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship is played at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, where the Indiana Hoosiers defeat the Miami Hurricanes to claim their first title.[25]
- Uthmeier issues an attorney general opinion that race-based laws, including affirmative action, are unconstitutional and that his office will not enforce them.[26]
- January 25 – Albritton is hospitalized for chest pains, where physicians discover a small blood clot in his lung. He is discharged from the hospital three days later and intends to finish the regular legislative session.[27]
- January 27 – Republican U.S. Representative Vern Buchanan (FL-16) announces that he will not seek re-election.[28]
- January 28 – A Boca Raton nurse's license is suspended as a result of a TikTok video wishing harm on White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt during her pregnancy.[29]
- January 29 – A Miami nurse relinquishes his nursing license following Facebook posts saying he would refuse anesthesia to MAGA patients.[30]
February
[edit]- February 1 – The Florida Department of State announces that all 22 citizen initiatives for constitutional amendments are disqualified for the 2026 Florida general election ballot.[31]
- February 3 – Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas warns students that they will face discipline if they participate in protests during the school day, particularly protests against ICE.[32]
- February 4
- Ryan Wesley Routh, the man who attempted to assassinate Trump in 2024 while he was golfing at his club in West Palm Beach, is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.[33]
- Fishback meets with students at the University of Central Florida, making antisemitic statements.[34] Fishback's comments receive condemnation.[35][36]
- A mass shooting occurs in the Magnolia Gardens neighborhood in Jacksonville; 3 women and 1 teenage girl are wounded.[37]
- February 6 – The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles begins administering all driver's license knowledge and skills exams in English only.[38]
- February 8 – A mass shooting occurs overnight at the Paxon Shopping Center in Jacksonville; 4 people are injured.[39]
- February 9 – DeSantis declares a state of emergency due to severe weather conditions: a historic cold snap at the beginning of the month, wildfires, and a drought that affects 99% of the state.[40]
- February 10
- The Republican Party of Florida passes a rule limiting Power’s ability to fundraise in his congressional campaign to succeed Dunn. This rule followed criticism over Power using his position as chairman to unfairly gain an advantage.[41]
- Ronald Palmer Heath, a man convicted for murder of a traveling salesman during a Gainesville robbery in 1990, is executed via lethal injection at Florida State Prison; he is Florida's first execution of the year.[42]
- 51-year old Russel Kot kills his ex-girlfriend, his ex-girlfriend's family, and himself, in a spree killing between Fort Lauderdale and Bee Ridge.[43]
- February 12–13 – For the 2026-2027 state budget, the House appropriates $113.6 billion and the Senate appropriates $115 billion. Neither meet the $117.4 billion proposed by DeSantis.[44]
- February 14 – The University of Florida hires Uthmeier as adjunct faculty at the Levin College of Law teaching constitutional law, receiving a second six-figure salary from the government.[45]
- February 15
- Tyler Reddick of 23XI Racing wins the 2026 Daytona 500, Reddick's first victory in this race.[46]
- A mass shooting occurs in Parramore neighborhood of Orlando following a dispute; 4 juveniles are wounded.[47]
- February 17
- The U.S. Department of Justice files a denaturalization case against former North Miami Mayor Philippe Bien-Aime. The DOJ claims that he fraudulently entered the U.S. from Haiti under a false name and remained despite a 2000 removal order.[48]
- Palantir announces they are moving their headquarters from Denver to Miami.[49]
- February 20 – Fishback attempts to confront Donalds at Florida Gulf Coast University, and is removed by security.[50] Fishback has made racist statements towards Donalds, an African-American, throughout the gubernatorial campaign.[51][52]
- February 22 – Secret Service agents fatally shoot 21-year old Austin Tucker Martin of North Carolina, who attempted to enter Mar-a-Lago while holding a shotgun and gas canister. Trump is not present at Mar-a-Lago when the incident occurs.[53]
- February 24
- Melvin Trotter, a man convicted for murder of a Manatee County grocery-store owner in 1986, is executed via lethal injection at Florida State Prison; he is Florida's second execution of the year. [54]
- The Florida Department of Health changes eligibility requirements for the state's AIDS Drug Assistance Program in an effort to cut $120 million in state expenses.[55]
- February 25 – The Cuban coast guard exchange gunfire with ten passengers, all Cubans and Cuban Americans, on a stolen motor boat which departed from the Florida Keys. 5 passengers died and 5 are injured.[56]
March
[edit]- March 3 – Billy Leon Kearse, a man convicted of killing a Fort Pierce police officer during a traffic stop in 1991, is executed via lethal injection at Florida State Prison; he is Florida's third execution of the year.[57]
- March 4 – The Miami-Dade County Republican Party secretary is revealed to have started a group chat with Florida International University student conservative leaders which contained multiple instances of antisemitism and anti-Black racism.[58][59] FIU students sue the university over their disciplinary investigation on free speech grounds.[60]
- March 7 – Trump hosts the inaugural Shield of the Americas summit at Trump National in Doral.[61]
- March 10
- Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo scores 83 points in the Heat's victory over the Washington Wizards at the Kaseya Center. This is the second most points scored by a single player in an NBA game, second only to Wilt Chamberlain's 100 points scored in a 1962 game.[62]
- An explosive device is left outside MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa. Days later, two siblings are charged in connection to the device, though one suspect is reported to have flown to China and is not in custody.[63]
- March 13 – Boca Raton council member Andy Thomson wins the 2026 Boca Raton mayoral election by five votes (7,572 votes), defeating his Republican opponents, energy executive Mike Liebelson (7,567 votes) and Boca Raton Vice Mayor Fran Nachlas (3,967 votes). Thomson is the first Democrat elected as Boca Raton mayor in over 30 years.[64]
- March 14 – The University of Florida deactivate their chapter of College Republicans following a screenshot showing two students performing a Nazi salute.[65] The UF College Republicans sue the university on free speech grounds.[66]
- March 16 – A 19-year-old Mexican man dies while in ICE custody at the Glades County Detention Center in Moore Haven. ICE reports his death as a suicide.[67]
- March 17
- The 2026 World Baseball Classic championship is played at LoanDepot Park in Miami, where Venezuela defeat the United States 3-2 to claim their first title.[68]
- Michael Lee King, a man convicted of killing a 21-year-old woman in North Port in 2008, is executed via lethal injection at Florida State Prison; he is Florida's fourth execution of the year. This murder led Florida to enact laws in 2008 and 2010 requiring all 911 dispatchers to take mandatory training.[69]
- March 18 – Crews demolish the Pulse nightclub in Orlando to make way for a memorial to the victims of the 2016 shooting.[70]
- March 19 – DeSantis signs his first laws in 2026, two environmental bills: SB 302, streamlining the permit process for nature-based methods aimed at improving coastal resiliency, and HB 1417, abolishing the Environmental Regulation Commission within the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The laws take effect on July 1, 2026.[71]
- March 23
- DeSantis signs SB 290 (Florida's Farm Bill) into law as sweeping agricultural reform: preventing local restrictions on gas-powered equipment, restricting high-density development on agricultural land, limiting emergency recovery loans to citizens, making permanent a statewide food bank program for farmers, and establishing loan repayment for veterinarians who specialize in livestock and equine care. The law takes effect on July 1, 2026.[72]
- ICE agents are deployed to 14 airports nationwide, including Southwest Florida International Airport, amid a partial federal shutdown affecting funding for TSA.[73]
- March 24 – Democrats flip two state legislative seats in special elections. Emily Gregory defeats financial planner Jon Maples in HD87, a district covering part of Palm Beach County which includes Mar-a-Lago. Brian Nathan defeats state representative Josie Tomkow in SD14, a district covering parts of Brevard County and Volusia County.[74][75]
- March 26 – The Florida Board of Governors removes sociology as a core general education requirement at all public universities, effective for the 2026-2027 academic year. However, sociology may still be offered as an elective.[76]
- March 27 – Golfer Tiger Woods is charged with driving under the influence following a car crash on Jupiter Island; it is the fourth publicized car crash involving Woods.[77]
- March 30
- DeSantis signs SB 706 into law, preempting the naming of major commercial service airports to the state. The law renames Palm Beach International Airport to Donald J. Trump International Airport.[78]
- Trump and his son Eric unveil the plans for Trump's presidential library in Miami at Miami Dade College. Trump plans for the library to be a hotel.[79]
- March 31 – DeSantis signs HB 445 (Missy's Law) into law, prohibiting the release of convicted dangerous criminals awaiting sentencing. The bill is named after a 5-year-old girl who was murdered in Tallahassee by a sex offender released on bail while waiting sentencing. The law takes effect on July 1, 2026.[80]
April
[edit]- April 1
- Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen is killed at her home in a suspected domestic homicide. Her husband is arrested.[81]
- NASA launches Artemis II from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. Four astronauts (Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen) perform a flyby of the Moon and return to Earth on April 10.[82][83]
- DeSantis signs HB 991 into law, requiring voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship to vote. Supporters call this law the Florida version of the proposed federal SAVE Act. The law takes effect on January 1, 2027.[84]
- April 2 – Uthmeier issues an attorney general opinion that the Florida Constitution's prohibition on government funding of religious institutions violates the federal First Amendment, and that the Establishment Clause does not prohibit state governments from promoting Christianity.[85]
- April 6
- DeSantis signs HB 1471 into law, creating a procedure to designate domestic terrorist organizations. Critics worry the law will be used to infringe on free speech criticizing the government. The law takes effect on July 1, 2026.[86]
- Rapper Offset is shot and injured outside the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in Hollywood.[87]
- April 10 – Tallahassee transfers city-owned assets in Tallahassee Memorial Hospital to Florida State University.[88]
- April 12 – The implosion of the Mandarin Oriental on Brickell Key in Miami is to make way for a new, larger complex scheduled to be completed by 2030.
- April 14
- DeSantis signs SB 628 into law, renaming Florida State Road 80 after Trump and renaming Tallahassee International Airport after former Florida State Seminoles head coach Bobby Bowden. The law takes effect July 1, 2026.[89]
- Fishback's campaign prevents three Jewish students from attending an event at the University of South Florida. Fishback denies the incident occurred.[90] USF Dean Danielle McDonald later resigns amid scrutiny.[91]
- April 16
- The Florida Supreme Court unanimously elects John Couriel as Chief Justice, he will begin a two-year term on July 1st.[92]
- A Florida International University student is arrested and charged with threatening over messages she posted in a WhatsApp group chat for an engineering capstone. The messages included ones reading, "Netanyahu, if you can hear me, drop some bonbons for us capstone students in Ocean Bank Convention Center." and "There is going to be a bomb in the Ocean Bank Convocation Center, and it is going to be [another student]'s fault."[93]
- April 20 – DeSantis signs SB 182 into law as a broad education package. The bill requires every public school to place George Washington and Abraham Lincoln portraits, have students be proficient in cursive writing by the fifth grade, creates a teacher mentorship program for public schools, and allows small private schools to operate in commercial buildings without rezoning. The law takes effect July 1, 2026[94]
- April 21
- Democratic U.S. Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20) resigns from Congress before an expulsion hearing is held. The House Ethics Committee found that Cherfilus-McCormick committed 25 violations by laundering federal relief funds for her re-election campaign.[95][96]
- Uthmeier opens a criminal investigation into OpenAI over it “offering significant advice” to Phoenix Ikner, the suspect in the 2025 Florida State University shooting.[97]
- Chadwick Scott Willacy, a man convicted of the murder of a woman in Palm Bay during a burglary in 1990, is executed via lethal injection at Florida State Prison; he is Florida's fifth execution of the year.[98]
- April 22 – DeSantis signs SB 1134 and HB 1217 into law, prohibiting local governments from adopting diversity, equity, and inclusion and net-zero emission policies. SB 1134 takes effect January 1, 2027, and HB 1217 takes effect July 1, 2026.[99]
- April 28 – Republican U.S. Representative Daniel Webster (FL-211) announces that he will not seek re-election.[100]
- April 30 – James Ernest Hitchcock, a man convicted of the rape and murder of his stepniece in Winter Garden in 1976, is executed via lethal injection at Florida State Prison; he is Florida's six execution of the year.[101]
May
[edit]- May 1 – Former Republican U.S. Representative David Rivera and his associate Esther Nuhfer are convicted of failing to register as foreign agents for lobbying on behalf of the Venezuelan government during the first Trump administration.[102]
- May 3 – The 2026 Miami Grand Prix is held at the Miami International Autodrome in Miami Gardens. Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes wins.[103]
- May 4 – DeSantis signs HB 1-D into law, authorizing a new congressional map of Florida which gives Republicans 4 more seats ahead of the 2026 midterm election.[104]
- May 5 – DeSantis signs two bills into law affecting teachers: SB 1296 requires at least 50% participation in union certification elections for public workers unions and penalizes strikes, and HB 1279 provides immediate pay incentives to high-performing teachers at lower-performing schools without collective bargaining. Critics say the bills are intended to weaken teachers unions who criticize the government. The laws take effect on July 1, 2026.[105][106][107]
- May 6 – Google seeks approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to release millions of male mosquitos carrying Wolbachia into Florida to reduce the population of mosquitos that carry dengue, Zika and chikungunya.[108]
- May 7 – DeSantis signs SB 484 into law, allowing local governments to plan the development of data centers used in artificial intelligence and protecting consumers from paying public utilities for data centers. However, the bill does not restrict non-disclosure agreements between governments and data center companies. The bill is a watered down version the "AI Bill of Rights" that DeSantis proposed for heavier regulations on AI. The law takes effect on July 1, 2026.[109][110]
- May 9 – Eleven people are injured after a boat explosion near North Miami Beach.[111]
- May 10 – A wildfire is sparked in the Everglades, leading to road closures and the closure of Everglades Holiday Park.[112]
- May 12 – The New York Times reports that DeSantis plans to shut down Alligator Alcatraz due to lack of funding.[113]
- May 15 – DeSantis signs HB 757 into law as a sweeping school safety package. The bill mandates training to help faculty detect mental health issues, mandates that public colleges and universities create plans for active shooter responses, and allows trained public college and university faculty to carry firearms. Critics warn that arming faculty will not increase school safety. The law takes effect immediately.[114]
- May 19 – Joe Trippi, Howard Dean's former presidential campaign manager, joins David Jolly's gubernatorial campaign team.[115]
- May 21 – Richard Andrew Knight Jr., a man convicted of murdering a mother and her daughter in Coral Springs in 2002, is executed via lethal injection at Florida State Prison; he is Florida's seventh execution of the year.[116]
- May 22
- DeSantis signs SB 538 and SB 178 into law, allowing high school coaches to receive additional funding from support organization and spend up to $15,000 of their own money per year on their players. SB 178 is named after Teddy Bridgewater, an NFL quarterback who was suspended from coaching high schoolers in July 2025 for spending money on his players' meals and transportation. The laws take effect July 1, 2026.[117]
- DeSantis signs SB296 (Helping Abuse Victims Escape Now (HAVEN) Act) into law, formally defining “dating violence” in law and extending existing domestic violence safeguards. Additionally, Florida will adopt a silent alert system for victims unable to safely call 911, a first in the country.[118]
- May 26
- R. Fred Lewis, a Justice on the Florida Supreme Court between 1998 and 2019, dies at the age of 78.[119]
- The Bluey experience, Bluey's Wild World at Conservation Station, opens at Disney's Animal Kingdom.[120]
- May 28 – Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes during a hot-fire test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The rocket was scheduled to carry Amazon satellites into space.[121]
- May 29 – The Florida Supreme Court authorizes judges to sanction lawyers and pro-se litigants who file court documents with AI hallucinations.[122]
June
[edit]- June 1
- Uthmeier sues OpenAI in Highland County state court over security lapses under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.[123]
- Trump nominates Speaker Perez as U.S. Ambassador to Brazil.[124]
- June 2 – Andrew Richard Lukehart, a man convicted of the murder of his girlfriend's child in Jacksonville in 1996, is executed via lethal injection at Florida State Prison; he is Florida's eighth execution of the year.[125]
- June 4 – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opens an investigation into Boca Raton based Celsius, an energy drink company, over marketing dangerously high caffeine levels to children.[126] Uthmeier later responds on X with "come and take it."[127]
- June 5 – Jerry Demings suspends his gubernatorial campaign after a prostate cancer diagnosis.[128]
- June 8 – A 6.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cuba, the region’s strongest tremor in 150 years, is felt in Florida.[129]
- June 10 – The Florida Supreme Court allows the 2026 redistricting map to be used in the 2026 midterm elections.[130]
- June 11 – In Perlmutter v. Federal Insurance Company, the Florida Supreme Court unanimously rules that plaintiffs only need to show a reasonable evidentiary basis, a low burden of proof, to plead for punitive damages under Florida law.[131] The underlying case regards former Marvel Entertainment CEO Issac Perlmutter seeking punitive damages in a defamation lawsuit filed against his neighbor in Palm Beach.[132][133]
- June 11–July 19 – The United States hosts the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with a number of matches being held in Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.[134]
- June 12
- The Republican Party of Florida states cancels gubernatorial primary debates as Bryon Donalds is the only candidate who meets internal qualification criteria. DeSantis criticizes the decision as "engineering the outcome."[135]
- Republican James Uthmeier, the incumbent Attorney General, and Democrat José Javier Rodríguez, a former Assistant Secretary of Labor and state senator, become the main party nominees for the 2026 Florida Attorney General election by default as they were the only candidates to qualify for their respective primaries.[136][137]
- June 15
- The Florida Everblades defeat the Kansas City Mavericks 5–4 in game six after double overtime of the 2026 Kelly Cup Finals to win the series 4–2. It is their fourth title in five years.[138][139]
- Uthmeier sues TikTok in a St. Lucie County court for targeting and harming children.[140]
- June 16 – DeSantis signs SB 432 (Meg's Law) into law, prohibiting tobacco or nicotine dealers from selling nitrous oxide. The bill is named after a woman who died of nitrous oxide use outside of a smoke shop. The law takes effect on October 1, 2026.[141]
- June 25
- DeSantis announces that the immigration detention center Alligator Auschwitz has closed.[142]
- Dusty Ray Spencer, a man convicted of the murder of his wife in 1992, is executed via lethal injection at Florida State Prison; he is Florida's ninth execution of the year. At 74 years old, Spencer is the oldest person to be executed in Florida.[143]
- June 26
- DeSantis vetoes SB 382, setting speed limits of 10 mph on sidewalks for electric bikes and electric scooters, on grounds that it is government overreach. The Florida Legislature had unanimously passed the bill.[144]
- DeSantis vetoes HB 461, allowing high school students to get credit for volunteering as assistant poll workers, on grounds that the Southern Poverty Law Center would use the law to staff polling places with only their supporters. The Florida Legislature had unanimously passed the bill.[144]
- June 28
- DeSantis vetoes HB 325, allowing inmates to earn commercial drivers' licenses, on grounds that it will burden the Department of Corrections. The Florida Legislature had unanimously passed the bill.[145]
- DeSantis vetoes SB 688, creating a healthcare license and regulatory Board for naturopathic doctors, on grounds that healthcare practitioners can already provide alternative treatments and the bill would've required applicants to receive an N.D. degree from accredited schools which were all outside of the state.[145]
- June 29
- DeSantis signs HB 5011-E, the state budget of $117.6 billion for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, but issues a line-item veto against $1.6 billion.[146]
- Collins files a lawsuit in Leon County court seeking to disqualify Fishback from the gubernatorial race claiming that Fishback does not meet residency requirements.[147]
- June 30 – Paul Burns becomes interim Education Commissioner after Anastasios Kamoutsas leaves to become the 6th President of Polk State College.[148]
July
[edit]- July 1 – John Couriel is sworn in as the 58th Chief Justice of Florida.
- July 2
- The Florida Board of Education pass a rule prohibiting undocumented immigrants from attending the state's public colleges and universities, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year.[149] Critics denounce the decision as unconstitutional and potentially costing the state $15 million in lost tuition and fees.[150]
- Conservative podcaster Patrick Bet-David hosts a debate between Republican gubernatorial candidates Fishback, Collins and Rennner. The frontrunner Donalds declined to participate.[151][152]
- July 3
- Children and Families Secretary Taylor Hatch resigns following a report alleging that she mismanaged the state's food assistance program, which can result in a $1 billion penalty.[153][154]
- DeSantis aides accuse Collins's wife Layla of running anonymous accounts on X to promote Collins's gubernatorial campaign and criticize DeSantis. Layla has denied the allegations and the accounts were deleted.[155][156]
- July 6 – Republicans commissioners from St. Johns County are criminally charged with voter fraud regarding false guides claiming to be official endorsements of candidates sent to Republican voters ahead of the primaries for the 2024 U.S. elections.[157][158]
- July 7
- A federal appeals court strikes down Florida's Stop WOKE Act on free speech grounds.[159]
- Andrew Gillum, the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial candidate, is arrested on drug charges in Alabama.[160]
- July 8 – Former Republican state senator Jack Latava dies at the age of 74.[161]
- July 9 – In Bar v. Crowley, the Florida Supreme Court unanimously rules that The Florida Bar cannot discipline a lawyer for political speech under the First Amendment.[162] The underlying case regards an attorney who made several disparaging remarks towards his rival in a state attorney election.[163]
- July 10 – The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals refers lawyer and former state representative Anthony Sabatini for sanctions over filing court documents with AI hallucinations.[164]
- July 14 – A man is struck and killed by a semi-truck while fleeing ICE agents in St. Augustine.[165]
- July 15 – A Blue Angels pilot flies at a low altitude during a flight demonstration in Pensacola Beach, sending sand, chairs, and beach umbrellas into the air. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declines to punish the pilot, writing "Flyovers will continue until morale improves".[166][167]
- July 16
- U.S. Health Secretary RFK Jr. and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins tout a "Make Hospital Food Healthier" initiative at Tampa General Hospital.[168]
- The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees approves a 15% increase of out-of-state tuition for the 2026-2027 year, estimating the increase will bring an additional $9.8 million.[169]
- July 18 – Social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are arrested in Miami by the U.S. Marshals to be extradited to the United Kingdom, where they have been charged with rape and sex trafficking.[170]
- July 20 – Bloomberg announces that Miami’s cost of living has surpassed New York’s for the first time.[171]
- July 28 – The state of Florida executes James Aren Duckett and Dominick Occhicone five hours apart. This is the first double execution carried out in a single day in a U.S. death penalty state since Arkansas executed Jack Harold Jones and Marcel Wayne Williams in 2017 and the first in Florida since 1964. At the same time, Occhicone is the oldest person to be executed in Florida at the age of 80.[172]
August
[edit]- August 4 – Blogger Perez Hilton is hospitalized after harming himself on a TikTok livestream at his Miami home.[173]
Scheduled events
[edit]- August 18 – Democratic and Republican primaries for the 2026 Florida gubernatorial election and 2026 United States Senate special election in Florida.[174]
- November 3
- 2026 Florida gubernatorial election
- 2026 Florida Attorney General election
- 2026 Florida Chief Financial Officer election
- 2026 Florida Commissioner of Agriculture election
- 2026 Florida Senate election
- 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
- 2026 United States Senate special election in Florida
- October – Jury trial scheduled for Phoenix Ikner, the suspect in the 2025 Florida State University shooting.[175]
- December – The 2026 G20 Miami summit will be held at Trump National Doral Miami.[176]
See also
[edit]References
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