SB 374 Florida Senate · 2022 Regular Session

Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses

Summary
Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses; 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.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Last action Mar 14, 2022
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Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Oct 13, 2021
Committee
Referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Lauren Book
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FL
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