April 16 – During a traffic stop, Florida Highway Patrol troopers arrest dual Mexican-American citizen Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez in Leon County under an immigration law that bars undocumented immigrants from entering the state, despite a judge temporarily blocking its enforcement. A DHS official says Lopez-Gomez claimed he was in the United States illegally, though he did not speak English or Spanish, only Tzotzil. Lopez-Gomez is released the following day.[8]
May 1 – The state of Florida executes Jeffrey Hutchinson with lethal injection at the Florida State Prison. Hutchinson was sentenced to death for killing his girlfriend and her three children in 1998.[10]
A Canadian citizen dies in ICE custody at a detention center in Miami.[15]
June 26 – The Miami City Commission votes 3–2 to delay the city's elections by a year, thereby extending Mayor Francis Suarez and Commissioner Joe Carollo's terms by a year. State Attorney General James Uthmeier previously warned the city against delaying elections.[16] A judge later strikes down the postponement.[17]
July
July 1 – The city council of Key West votes to end their agreement between the Key West Police Department and federal immigration enforcement. Governor DeSantis threatens to suspend local officials in response.[18] The following week, the city reverses this vote.[19]
July 3 – The first detainees arrive at the new detention center in the Everglades, officially called Alligator Alcatraz. Five Democratic Florida state legislators attempt to inspect the facility but are blocked by police.[20]
July 15 – Florida executes Michael Bernard Bell. It was Florida's 8th execution in 2025 and ties with the previous record reached in 1984 and in 2014.[21]
July 28 – A sailboat and a barge collide in the Biscayne Bay off Miami Beach. Two girls on the sailboat, which was part of a summer camp, die at the scene. A third girl dies days later.[23]
July 31 — Edward James Zakrzewski II is executed for the murders of his wife and two children. He is the 9th person executed in 2025 and his execution breaks Florida's record of most executions in a year.[24]
August
August 12 – Three people in a minivan are killed near Fort Pierce in a collision with a semi-truck that made an illegal U-turn. The driver of the truck is detained by ICE, who says the driver illegally crossed the border with Mexico in 2018.[25]
August 20 – The state of Florida paints over a rainbow crosswalk that was installed in Orlando as part of a memorial to the Pulse nightclub shooting victims.[26]
August 21 – Federal judge Kathleen Williams orders the closure of Alligator Alcatraz, citing severe environmental damage. The Trump administration is given 60 days to wind down the facility's operations.[27]
August 28 – Florida saw its 11th person executed in 2025.[28]
September
September 3 – Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announces the state is moving to end all vaccine mandates.[29]
September 10 – An appeals court rules Florida's open-carry ban is unconstitutional.[30]
Scheduled Events
September 30 — Minimum wage increases from $13 per hour to $14 per hour.[31]
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