The Florida Senate

SB 1340: Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses

GENERAL BILL by Smith

Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses; Citing this act as the "Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses Prohibition Act"; prohibiting individuals from using a nonviolent sexual advance or specified perceptions or beliefs about another individual as a defense to a criminal offense, to excuse or justify an individual’s conduct, or to mitigate the severity of an offense, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/26/2025	Senate	• Filed

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• SB 1340, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/26/2025 at 11:50 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 1235	Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses	Harris	Identical	Last Action: 2/26/2025 H Filed

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  900.06		Page 1 (pdf)

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