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SB 666: Prohibited Discrimination

GENERAL BILL by Clemens ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Powell ; Rouson ; Hutson ; Farmer ; Rodriguez ; Stewart ; Young ; Rader ; Torres ; Flores ; Garcia ; Book ; Bracy ; Gibson ; Braynon ; Montford ; Thurston

Prohibited Discrimination; Citing this act as the “Florida Competitive Workforce Act;”adding sexual orientation and gender identity as impermissible grounds for discrimination in public lodging establishments and public food service establishments; defining the terms “gender identity” and “sexual orientation”; adding sexual orientation and gender identity as impermissible grounds for discrimination with respect to the sale or rental of housing, provision of brokerage services, financing of housing or in residential real estate transactions, and land use decisions and in permitting of development, respectively, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2017
Last Action: 5/5/2017 Senate - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  2. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  3. Judiciary (JU)
  4. Rules (RC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/2/2017 Senate • Filed
2/16/2017 Senate • Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 85
3/7/2017 Senate • Introduced -SJ 85
5/5/2017 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability