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FL S1532
Bill
AI Summary
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Requires state agency websites to be published in English with hyperlinks allowing viewers to access information in Spanish and Kreyol, excluding linked documents like laws and rules in portable document format.
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Mandates state agencies provide advertisements in languages spoken at home by more than 20 percent of residents age 5 or older in language-diverse counties, through media outlets that disseminate information in those languages.
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Defines "language-diverse county" as any county where at least 20 percent of residents age 5 or older speak a language other than English at home according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
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Designates 14 specific counties as language-diverse: Broward, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Hillsborough, Lee, Monroe, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie, plus Miami-Dade County where 72 percent speak a language other than English at home.
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Requires the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to publish a list of language-diverse counties on its website to assist state agencies with compliance, effective October 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Language Requirements for State Agency Websites and Advertisements
Last Action
Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
5/5/2017