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  "name": "Ron DeSantis",
  "office": null,
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      "slug": "2025-florida-halo-law-takes-effect",
      "title": "United States (Florida): Halo Law buffer zone around first responders, January 2025",
      "occurred_on": "2025-01-01",
      "occurred_on_precision": "day",
      "country": "US",
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      "continent": "north-america",
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      "outcome": "sustained",
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      "outcome_note": "In effect from 2025-01-01; the sources cited report no court order blocking it (as of 2026-09-22).",
      "era": "2020s",
      "granularity": "granular",
      "status": "in_effect",
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      "summary": "On January 1, 2025, the \"Halo Law\" took effect in Florida, a state in the south-eastern United States. It creates a 25-foot (7.6-metre) buffer zone around first responders, such as police officers, firefighters and paramedics, while they are performing their duties, and anyone who enters the zone \"to 'harass, impede or threaten' first responders after receiving a warning\" faces up to 60 days in prison and a fine of US$500. The law applies to journalists as well as the public. The governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, signed it in 2024.",
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