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FL S0450
Bill
AI Summary
- Expands Florida's hate crime law (s. 775.085) to add gender and gender identity as protected categories for penalty reclassification, alongside existing categories such as race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, homeless status, and advanced age
- Defines "gender identity" as a person's gender-related identity, appearance, or behavior, regardless of whether it differs from that traditionally associated with the person's physiology or assigned sex at birth
- Broadens the disability-based hate crime statute (s. 775.0863) by replacing "mental or physical disability" with "disability," redefined as a physical, psychological, or intellectual impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities
- Lowers the evidentiary threshold for penalty enhancement by specifying that a crime need only be motivated in whole or in part by prejudice against a protected characteristic, and changes references from "the victim" to "any person" targeted
- Requires the Department of Law Enforcement to expand hate crime data collection and reporting to include incidents based on gender, gender identity, and disability, with an effective date of July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Crimes Evidencing Prejudice
Last Action
Died in Criminal Justice
6/16/2025
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