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FL H1495
Bill
Status
Failed
6/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
Rachel Plakon
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AI Summary
- Creates the "Freedom of Conscience in the Workplace Act" (s. 110.1051, F.S.), prohibiting state, county, municipal, and special district employers from requiring employees or contractors to use pronouns that do not correspond to a person's biological sex as a condition of employment
- Prohibits government job applications and employment forms from offering nonbinary or other gender identity options, limiting sex designation choices to male or female only
- Bars government employers from taking adverse personnel action (discharge, suspension, demotion, reduced pay/benefits, etc.) against employees or contractors for expressing deeply held religious, moral, conscience-based, or biology-based beliefs, including disagreement with gender ideology, whether expressed at or away from the worksite
- Amends s. 760.10, F.S., to make it an unlawful employment practice for any employer receiving state funding to require training, instruction, or other activity on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression as a condition of employment
- Provides aggrieved employees and contractors access to administrative and civil remedies under s. 760.11, F.S., including reasonable attorney fees and costs to the prevailing party; effective date of July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Gender Identity Employment Practices
Last Action
Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
6/16/2025
Committee Referrals
Government Operations Subcommittee3/5/2025
Full Bill Text
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