According to an article in Florida Today, freshman state legislator, Rep. Tom Goodson from Titusville told a crowd Wednesday, June 8, that he led a push of support for House Bill 105 – Open House Parties – to crack down on parents who hold house parties and serve alcohol to minors. The bill raises the penalty for a second and subsequent house party violation from a second-degree misdemeanor to a first-degree misdemeanor. If underage drinkers die or suffer serious injury resulting from the house party, the penalty is increased to a first-degree misdemeanor. The measure was prompted, in part, by the death of two teenagers in Titusville who died in 2006 after leaving a house party where alcohol was served. The bill was signed by officers and presented to Gov. Rick Scott for his signature on June 9.
Locally, a St. Augustine woman got a slap on the wrist last October for hosting teen house parties in 2009 that two teens attended before crashing their car in a fireball, killing bo [...]
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