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A new Florida law, SB 180, is facing a second lawsuit from the advocacy group 1000 Friends of Florida.

The law prevents local governments from enacting new planning requirements deemed "restrictive or burdensome."

Dozens of Florida cities and counties have also filed a separate lawsuit, calling the law an overreach of state power.

A leading advocacy organization has filed the second lawsuit aimed at overturning a new state law which has blocked many local governments from enacting new planning requirements.

1000 Friends of Florida , which promotes what it calls smart growth, sued Oct. 8 in Leon County Circuit Civil court to stop provisions of SB 180 , approved on the final day of the 2025 session.

The move comes even as a Republican sponsor of the measure t

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