DeSantis prefiled the oath of office with the Florida secretary of state and became governor at midnight , January 8 , 2019 . The official swearing in ceremony was held at noon that day . On January 11 , 2019 , DeSantis posthumously pardoned the Groveland Four , four black men falsely convicted of rape in 1949 . That same day , DeSantis officially suspended Broward County sheriff Scott Israel for his response to the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Ron DeSantis