New laws ban salts, regulate pants

Although the Legislature certainly kept itself busy with issues like growth management, property insurance reform and, oh yeah, cutting nearly $4 billion from the state's annual budget, it nonetheless took time to discuss other items of dire importance, such as how high high schoolers pants should be, and whether Jack Nicklaus should design Florida golf courses. Not all were passed, but here are a few of our favorite odd-ball bills considered during the latest session:

• SB 1886/HB 1039 bans bath salts.

• HB 1255/SB 1696, the “Droopy Drawers” bill, requires school districts to prohibit students from wearing clothes showing their underwear or body parts with punishment of in-school suspension.

• SB 722/HB 4075 gives potentially dangerous dogs a break when found to be part of an animal-fighting ring, by not automatically classifying them as dangerous.

• HB 1239/SB 1846 requires the Division of Recreation and Parks to hire Jack Nicklaus Design to build golf courses in state parks in all regions of the state, creating a Jack Nicklaus Golf Trail.

• SB 1246 bans photographing farms without the owner's consent with exceptions for state investigators, law enforcement and property appraisers.

• HB 105/SB 746 places harsher penalties on adults who violate house party laws.

• HB 7131 repeals a law that requires businesses to offer seats to employees.

• HB 7251 repeals “potty parity” law that requires a certain number of female restrooms for every men's room in public places.