FL S0374 | 2022 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 14 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-14 - Died in Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 14 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-14 - Died in Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Citing this act as the "Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses Prohibition Act"; providing legislative findings; defining terms; 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 the conduct of an individual who commits a criminal offense, or to mitigate the severity of a criminal offense, etc.
Title
Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses
Sponsors
| Sen. Lauren Book [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-14 | Senate | Died in Judiciary |
| 2022-03-12 | Senate | Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration |
| 2022-01-11 | Senate | Introduced |
| 2021-10-13 | Senate | Referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice; Rules |
| 2021-09-28 | Senate | Filed |
Same As/Similar To
H205 (Same As) 2022-03-14 - Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
Code Citations
Florida State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/374 |
| Text | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/374/BillText/Filed/HTML |
