Florida Senate - 2026 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1134
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Floor: WD/2R .
03/04/2026 05:20 PM .
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Senator Yarborough moved the following:
1 Senate Substitute for Amendment (648678)
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3 Delete lines 111 - 234
4 and insert:
5 4. Promoting or supporting a nonprofit entity that provides
6 single-sex programs for the homeless or education, counseling,
7 and rehabilitation of trauma-involved or at-risk youth.
8 5. Recognizing or honoring the individuals and groups
9 recognized and honored by the monuments, memorials, and museums
10 authorized by chapter 265 or chapter 267, or national monuments
11 or memorials designated by acts of Congress, or recognizing the
12 events and individuals forming the basis for such monuments,
13 memorials, or museums.
14 6. Owning, operating, maintaining, funding, or conducting
15 events at monuments and memorials listed in 54 U.S.C. s. 320301
16 and located in this state.
17 7. Issuing event permits in a content-neutral manner and
18 providing public safety services.
19 (c) This section does not prohibit the use of equal
20 opportunity or equal employment opportunity materials designed
21 to inform a person about the prohibition against discrimination
22 based on protected status under state or federal law.
23 (d) This section may not be construed to conflict with:
24 1. Section 553.865 or analogous state and federal laws
25 protecting the right of males and females to restrooms and
26 changing facilities corresponding to their biological sex.
27 2. Part XII of chapter 39 or analogous state and federal
28 laws ensuring that victims of domestic violence and their
29 dependents have access to emergency shelters.
30 3. Section 1000.05 or analogous state and federal laws
31 prohibiting discrimination based on biological sex in
32 educational programs, sports, activities, and employment.
33 4. Chapter 381 or analogous state and federal laws ensuring
34 males and females have access to public health services
35 corresponding to their biological sex.
36 5. State and federal laws ensuring access to public health
37 care services corresponding to a person’s race or ethnicity.
38 6. Any other state or federal laws recognizing the inherent
39 biological differences between males and females for the purpose
40 of ensuring their health, safety, and welfare.
41 (8) This section does not apply to:
42 (a) The actions of a body composed of nonelected
43 volunteers; or
44 (b) Basic administrative support provided to a body
45 composed of nonelected volunteers, unless such administrative
46 support is provided by a county employee whose sole function is
47 the provision of such administrative support.
48 Section 2. Section 166.04971, Florida Statutes, is created
49 to read:
50 166.04971 Prohibition of official actions of municipalities
51 relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion; penalty; remedy.—
52 (1) For purposes of this section, the term:
53 (a) “Acting in an official capacity” means performing or
54 purporting to perform a function, duty, or responsibility
55 assigned by law, rule, or policy to a public officer or public
56 employee, or otherwise exercising or claiming to exercise the
57 authority of such office or employment.
58 (b) “Diversity, equity, and inclusion” means any effort to:
59 1. Manipulate or otherwise influence the composition of
60 employees with reference to race, color, sex, ethnicity, gender
61 identity, or sexual orientation other than to ensure that hiring
62 is conducted in accordance with state and federal
63 antidiscrimination laws;
64 2. Promote or provide preferential treatment or special
65 benefits to a person or group based on that person’s or group’s
66 race, color, sex, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual
67 orientation; or
68 3. Promote or adopt training, programming, or activities
69 designed or implemented with reference to race, color, sex,
70 ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
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72 The term does not include the use of equal opportunity or equal
73 employment opportunity materials designed to inform a person
74 about the prohibition against discrimination based on protected
75 status under state or federal law.
76 (c) “Diversity, equity, and inclusion office” means any
77 office, division, department, agency, center, or other unit of a
78 municipality which coordinates, creates, develops, designs,
79 implements, organizes, plans, or promotes policies, programming,
80 training, practices, meetings, activities, procedures, or
81 similar actions relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
82 (d) “Diversity, equity, and inclusion officer” means a
83 person who is a full-time or part-time employee of, or an
84 independent contractor contracted by, a municipality whose
85 duties include coordinating, creating, developing, designing,
86 implementing, organizing, planning, or promoting policies,
87 programming, training, practices, meetings, activities,
88 procedures, or similar actions relating to diversity, equity,
89 and inclusion.
90 (2) A municipality may not fund or promote, directly or
91 indirectly, or take any official action, including, but not
92 limited to, the adoption or enforcement of ordinances,
93 resolutions, rules, regulations, programs, or policies, as it
94 relates to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Any such existing
95 ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations, programs, or
96 policies are void.
97 (3) A municipality may not expend any funds, regardless of
98 source, to establish, sustain, support, or staff a diversity,
99 equity, and inclusion office or to employ, contract, or
100 otherwise engage a person to serve as a diversity, equity, and
101 inclusion officer.
102 (4) Any member of the governing body of a municipality or
103 other municipal official acting in an official capacity who
104 violates this section commits misfeasance or malfeasance in
105 office.
106 (5) A municipality may not provide or authorize its funds
107 to be used by employees, contractors, volunteers, vendors, or
108 agents to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
109 (6) An action in circuit court may be brought by a resident
110 of the municipality against a municipality that violates this
111 section. The court may enter a judgment awarding declaratory and
112 injunctive relief, damages, and costs.
113 (7)(a) This section does not prohibit any official action
114 by the governing body of a municipality required for compliance
115 with state or federal laws or regulations.
116 (b) This section does not prohibit a municipality from
117 doing any of the following:
118 1. Recognizing or promoting holidays designated by federal
119 law, including those designated in 5 U.S.C. s. 6103.
120 2. Recognizing or promoting state holidays and special
121 observances designated by state law, including those designated
122 in chapter 683.
123 3. Recognizing or promoting patriotic and national
124 observances recognized by federal law, including those
125 designated in 36 U.S.C. ss. 101-148, or recognizing the events
126 and individuals forming the basis for such observances.
127 4. Promoting or supporting a nonprofit entity that provides
128 single-sex programs for the homeless or education, counseling,
129 and rehabilitation of trauma-involved or at-risk youth.
130 5. Recognizing or honoring the individuals and groups
131 recognized and honored by the monuments, memorials, and museums
132 authorized by chapter 265 or chapter 267, or national monuments
133 or memorials designated by acts of Congress, or recognizing the
134 events and individuals forming the basis for such monuments,
135 memorials, or museums.
136 6. Owning, operating, maintaining, funding, or conducting
137 events at monuments and memorials listed in 54 U.S.C. s. 320301
138 and located in this state.
139 7. Issuing event permits in a content-neutral manner and
140 providing public safety services.