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SB 242: Racial and Sexual Discrimination

GENERAL BILL by Gruters ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Perry

Racial and Sexual Discrimination; Requiring each agency head to take certain measures to prevent the use of training for agency employees which espouses certain concepts; authorizing municipalities to provide certain training, workshops, or programming; prohibiting municipalities from providing mandatory employee training that espouses certain concepts; requiring contracts with an agency which are entered into or renewed on or after a specified date to include the option to terminate if the contractor provides workforce training that espouses certain concepts; requiring public K-20 educational institutions to ensure certain diversity and inclusion efforts and to prohibit certain discrimination, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Senate - Died in Judiciary, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7 (Ch. 2022-72)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    9/16/2021 Senate • Filed
    10/13/2021 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules -SJ 14
    1/11/2022 Senate • Introduced -SJ 14
    3/12/2022 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    3/14/2022 Senate • Died in Judiciary, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7 (Ch. 2022-72)

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  • SB 242, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 9/16/2021 at 1:56 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 57 Racial and Sexual Discrimination Fine, Fischer Identical Last Action: 3/14/2022 H Died in Education & Employment Committee; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7 (Ch. 2022-72)
    H 7 (er) Individual Freedom Education and Employment Committee Compare Last Action: 4/22/2022 Chapter No. 2022-72; companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2524 (Ch. 2022-154)

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    110.1222 Page 3 (pdf)
    125.01 Powers and duties. Page 6 (pdf)
    166.021 Powers. Page 8 (pdf)
    287.0741 Page 11 (pdf)
    1000.05 Discrimination against students and employees in the Florida K-20 public education system prohibited; equality of access required. Page 14 (pdf)

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