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CS/SB 566: Prohibited Discrimination

GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs ; Bracy

Prohibited Discrimination; Citing this act as the "Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act” or “CROWN Act"; providing that it is unlawful for sponsors under the Florida Housing Finance Corporation Act to discriminate against any person or family because of traits historically associated with race, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
 Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Judiciary
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    10/17/2019 Senate • Filed
    11/1/2019 Senate • Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 44
    1/6/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/13/20, 3:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
    1/13/2020 Senate • CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 3 NAYS 1 -SJ 155
    1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 44
    1/15/2020 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    1/16/2020 Senate • Now in Judiciary
    1/22/2020 Senate • CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 186
    3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Judiciary

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  • CS/SB 566, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/15/2020 at 11:45 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 761 Prohibited Discrimination Brown, Driskell Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died in Civil Justice Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    420.5087 State Apartment Incentive Loan Program. Page 5 (pdf)
    420.516 Discrimination prohibited. Page 2 (pdf)
    760.02 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    1000.21 Systemwide definitions. Page 5 (pdf)

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  • SB 566, Original Filed Version Posted 10/17/2019 at 3:47 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 1/10/2020 (pdf)
    Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) 1/15/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 761 Prohibited Discrimination Brown, Driskell Identical Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died in Civil Justice Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    370398 - Amendment
    Delete lines 72 - 419 and insert:     		Community Affairs
    (Bracy)     		1/10/2020
    1:07 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    1/14/2020     		Web Page
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    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    1/13/2020 3:30 PM Community Affairs 3 Yeas - 1 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (11)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    420.5087 State Apartment Incentive Loan Program. Page 15 (pdf)
    420.516 Discrimination prohibited. Page 3 (pdf)
    760.01 Purposes; construction; title. Page 3 (pdf)
    760.02 Definitions. Page 4 (pdf)
    760.05 Functions of the commission. Page 6 (pdf)
    760.07 Remedies for unlawful discrimination. Page 6 (pdf)
    760.10 Unlawful employment practices. Page 7 (pdf)
    760.23 Discrimination in the sale or rental of housing and other prohibited practices. Page 10 (pdf)
    760.25 Discrimination in the financing of housing or in residential real estate transactions. Page 12 (pdf)
    1000.05 Discrimination against students and employees in the Florida K-20 public education system prohibited; equality of access required. Page 13 (pdf)
    1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights. Page 15 (pdf)

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