FL S0156 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-08 - Died in Criminal Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-08 - Died in Criminal Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
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.
Title
Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses
Sponsors
| Sen. Lauren Book [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-08 | Senate | Died in Criminal Justice |
| 2024-01-09 | Senate | Introduced |
| 2023-10-17 | Senate | Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules |
| 2023-10-10 | Senate | Filed |
Same As/Similar To
H137 (Same As) 2024-03-08 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Code Citations
Florida State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/156 |
| Text | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/156/BillText/Filed/HTML |
