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Nineteen new Florida laws related to crime and law enforcement go into effect on Oct. 1.

Several new laws aim to protect children by increasing penalties for human trafficking, luring, and sexual cyber-harassment.

Creating nonconsensual "deepfake" pornography is now a felony, closing a previous loophole in state law.

Out of going into effect on Oct. 1, 19 of them are related to crime and law enforcement.

Some of them take direct aim at protecting children, close a deepfake pornography loophole, increase penalties against sexual cyber-harassment, and create a new capital crime for anyone trafficking children or people with mental incapacitation.

There are also more reporting requirements for sexual predators and offenders and new mandatory minimum sentences for rep

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