HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS/SB 1214
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representatives Gannon, Gelber, and Rich offered the following:
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14	Amendment to Amendment (009889) (with title amendment)
15	Remove line(s) 100, and insert:
16	Section 6. Subsection (2) of section 110.105, Florida
17	Statutes, is amended to read:
18	110.105 Employment policy of the state.--
19	(2) All appointments, terminations, assignments and
20	maintenance of status, compensation, privileges, and other terms
21	and conditions of employment in state government shall be made
22	without regard to age, sex, pregnancy status, as defined in s.
23	760.10,race, religion, national origin, political affiliation,
24	marital status, or handicap, except when a specific sex, age, or
25	physical requirement constitutes a bona fide occupational
26	qualification necessary to proper and efficient administration.
27	Section 7. Subsection (1) of section 110.233, Florida
28	Statutes, is amended to read:
29	110.233 Political activities and unlawful acts
30	prohibited.--
31	(1) No person shall be appointed to, demoted, or dismissed
32	from any position in the career service, or in any way favored
33	or discriminated against with respect to employment in the
34	career service, because of race, color, national origin, sex,
35	pregnancy status, as defined in s. 760.10,handicap, religious
36	creed, or political opinion or affiliation.
37	Section 8. Subsection (1) of section 112.042, Florida
38	Statutes, is amended to read:
39	112.042 Discrimination in county and municipal employment;
40	relief.--
41	(1) It is against the public policy of this state for the
42	governing body of any county or municipal agency, board,
43	commission, department, or office, solely because of the race,
44	color, national origin, sex, pregnancy status, as defined in s.
45	760.10,handicap, or religious creed of any individual, to
46	refuse to hire or employ, to bar, or to discharge from
47	employment such individuals or to otherwise discriminate against
48	such individuals with respect to compensation, hire, tenure,
49	terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, if the
50	individual is the most competent and able to perform the
51	services required.
52	Section 9. Subsection (10) of section 760.10, Florida
53	Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (11) and a new subsection
54	(10) is added to said section to read:
55	760.10 Unlawful employment practices.--
56	(10) As used in this section, the terms "because of sex"
57	and "on the basis of sex" include because or on the basis of
58	pregnancy status. Pregnancy status does not require an employer
59	to pay for health insurance benefits for abortion, except where
60	the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were
61	carried to term or except where medical complications have
62	arisen from an abortion.
63	Section 10. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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67	Remove line(s) 123, and insert:
68	accommodation; amending ss. 110.105, 110.233, 112.042, and
69	760.10, F.S.; revising provisions relating to state
70	employment policy, career service appointments, county and
71	municipal employment, and unlawful employment practices,
72	to provide that discrimination on the basis of sex
73	includes discrimination on the basis of pregnancy,
74	childbirth, or related medical conditions; providing a
75	limitation with respect to employer health insurance
76	benefits; providing an effective date.
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