Breed-specific dog bans are prohibited in Florida. Section 767.14 lets local governments regulate dangerous dogs but bars any rule specific to breed, weight, or size. A 2023 amendment ended the last grandfathered ban, so St. Johns County cannot outlaw any breed.
Florida is home-rule for animal control, but the state expressly preempts breed-specific legislation. Section 767.14 lets St. Johns County place further restrictions on owners of dogs that have bitten or attacked, provided no regulation is specific to breed, weight, or size. A 2023 amendment removed the earlier exception that had let a pre-2019 ordinance, notably Miami-Dade's pit bull ban, survive, so no Florida jurisdiction may ban or restrict a breed today. Regulation is behavior-based under the Dangerous Dog Act, sections 767.11 and 767.12: a dog is declared dangerous only after specific conduct such as an unprovoked attack causing severe injury, and its owner then faces confinement, secure enclosure, muzzling, registration, and liability requirements.
A breed-specific local ordinance is preempted and unenforceable under section 767.14. A dog is restricted only through an individual dangerous-dog classification based on its own conduct, which carries confinement, muzzling, and registration duties.
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