A Florida bill protecting homeowners’ right to fly certain flags outside of their homes cleared its second Senate committee Wednesday morning.
with the city for displaying military flags on its property.
“The law enforcement community has been talking about this for a long time,” Steve Zona, President of the Florida State Fraternal Order of Police, said. The bill specifically protects homeowners’ right to display the US and Florida Flags, flags supporting law enforcement and other first responders, as well as the flags of the country’s military branches.
In 2020, a Jacksonville resident filed suit against his HOA after it told him he couldn’t fly a Black Lives Matter flag on his home.Couple, HOA battle over flag honoring woman’s son killed in workplace shooting
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