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Simpson played a leading role throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in
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January of 2023, with Simpson’s support, the Florida legislature passed Senate Bill 214, the Florida Firearms and Ammo Act.” This legislation created increased limitations on how financial institutions tracked firearm purchases in Florida. Simpson said after the legislation was signed into law,
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Florida Supreme Court noted in the opinion that “for the first time since the voters adopted the existing procedural framework for judicial review of apportionment in 1968, no one appeared to oppose the Legislature’s plans.”
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Despite media controversy, Simpson passed Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act, which banned sexual education in Florida’s K-3 classrooms. While signing the bill into law, Governor Ron DeSantis said that the bill “empowers Florida parents and safeguards our children.”
367:(formerly Pasco–Hernando Community College) in 1997. Simpson has worked for his family's businesses, Simpson Environmental Services and Simpson Farms. For over four decades, he owned and managed a large-scale egg-laying operation that supplied families across the state.
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Another cancer treatment center, The Moffitt Cancer Center, honored Simpson in 2023 by dedicating a new wing to the Florida politician at their new campus. The “W.E. Simpson Concourse for Cures” will be able to provide advanced treatment to the surrounding community.
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Simpson has become notable in Hernando and Pasco Counties for his philanthropic work in the area. In 2012, the Simpson Breast Health Center opened in Zephyrhills, Florida. The center provides numerous services for women and breast cancer patients.
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1183:Cooper, Amber (November 9, 2022).
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16:American politician (born 1966)
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