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SB 156: Prohibited Discrimination

GENERAL BILL by Abruzzo ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bullard ; Ring ; Margolis ; Soto

Prohibited Discrimination; Creating the “Florida Competitive Workforce Act”; revising provisions to include sexual orientation and gender identity or expression and the perception of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, handicap, or marital status as impermissible grounds for discrimination; adding sexual orientation and gender identity or expression as impermissible grounds for discrimination, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2015
 Last Action: 5/1/2015 Senate - Died in Judiciary
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  3. Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government (AGG)
  4. Fiscal Policy (FP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/25/2014 Senate • Filed
    12/17/2014 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Fiscal Policy -SJ 42
    3/3/2015 Senate • Introduced -SJ 42
    5/1/2015 Senate • Died in Judiciary

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  • SB 156, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/25/2014 at 4:53 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 33 Prohibited Discrimination Raschein Similar Last Action: 4/28/2015 H Died in Civil Justice Subcommittee
    Location: In committee/council (CJS)     		Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (15)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    419.001 Site selection of community residential homes. Page 17 (pdf)
    509.092 Public lodging establishments and public food service establishments; rights as private enterprises. Page 10 (pdf)
    760.01 Purposes; construction; title. Page 2 (pdf)
    760.02 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    760.05 Functions of the commission. Page 5 (pdf)
    760.07 Remedies for unlawful discrimination. Page 5 (pdf)
    760.08 Discrimination in places of public accommodation. Page 6 (pdf)
    760.10 Unlawful employment practices. Page 6 (pdf)
    760.22 Definitions. Page 11 (pdf)
    760.23 Discrimination in the sale or rental of housing and other prohibited practices. Page 12 (pdf)
    760.24 Discrimination in the provision of brokerage services. Page 14 (pdf)
    760.25 Discrimination in the financing of housing or in residential real estate transactions. Page 14 (pdf)
    760.26 Prohibited discrimination in land use decisions and in permitting of development. Page 15 (pdf)
    760.29 Exemptions. Page 15 (pdf)
    760.60 Discriminatory practices of certain clubs prohibited; remedies. Page 16 (pdf)

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