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SB 430: Prohibited Discrimination

GENERAL BILL by Rouson ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Berman ; Taddeo ; Rader ; Stewart ; Farmer ; Book ; Braynon ; Pizzo ; Cruz ; Rodriguez ; Montford ; Thurston ; Powell ; Gibson ; Bracy ; Torres

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; providing an exception for constitutionally protected free exercise of religion; revising the purposes of the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992 to conform to changes made by the act; defining the terms “gender identity” and “sexual orientation”, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2019
 Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/22/2019 Senate • Filed
2/1/2019 Senate • Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 62
3/5/2019 Senate • Introduced -SJ 62
5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability