Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (839518) for SR's 214 & 222
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  01/13/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Infrastructure and Security (Rodriguez and
       Cruz) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete line 27
    4  and insert:
    5  another on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex,
    6  sexual orientation, gender identity, or
    7  
    8  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
    9  And the title is amended as follows:
   10         Delete lines 2 - 14
   11  and insert:
   12         A resolution rejecting and condemning white
   13         nationalism, white supremacy, and any other philosophy
   14         that espouses the superiority of one group of people
   15         over another as hateful, dangerous, and morally
   16         corrupt expressions of intolerance, and affirming that
   17         such philosophies are contradictory to the values that
   18         define the people of Florida and the United States.
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   20         WHEREAS, white supremacy and white nationalism are contrary
   21  to the ideals of the United States, which was established
   22  according to the principle that all men are created equal as
   23  stated in the Declaration of Independence, a principle that
   24  eventually would be expanded to include women after the women’s
   25  suffrage movement, beginning with the Seneca Falls Convention in
   26  1848, and
   27         WHEREAS, white supremacy and white nationalism are contrary
   28  to the ideals of the State of Florida, as expressed in the State
   29  Constitution, which declares that “all natural persons, female
   30  and male alike, are equal before the law and have inalienable
   31  rights, among which are the right to enjoy and defend life and
   32  liberty, to pursue happiness, to be rewarded for industry, and
   33  to acquire, possess and protect property. No person shall be
   34  deprived of any right because of race, religion, national
   35  origin, or physical disability,” and
   36         WHEREAS, recent acts of domestic terror, including acts of
   37  mass violence, have shocked and saddened our nation, and
   38         WHEREAS, this murderous violence was perpetrated by
   39  individuals who embraced philosophies that espouse the
   40  superiority of one group of people over another on the basis of
   41  race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender
   42  identity, or religion, and