Relating to: adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE)
AB 314 updates state statutes to replace gendered terms like "husband and wife" with gender-neutral language across numerous legal provisions. The bill specifically amends fishing license statutes (such as 29.219(4), 29.228(5), and 29.228(6)) to use inclusive terms like "spouses" instead of gendered language. It also makes similar changes to marriage and parentage rights throughout the statutes. The bill does not create new rights but ensures consistent gender-neutral terminology in existing legal language. This affects how state agencies and legal documents refer to family relationships in multiple areas of law.
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Introduced Jun 6, 2025
Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Snodgrass, Stroud, Udell, Cruz, Neubauer, Phelps, Rivera-Wagner, Arney, Clancy, Anderson, Andraca, Bare, Brown, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Hong, Hysell, Joers, Madison, Mayadev, McCarville, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Prado, Roe, Sheehan, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio, Vining and Johnson;
cosponsored by Senators Spreitzer, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Roys, Ratcliff, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff and W
lower
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Alex Joers
DDemocratic
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Amaad Rivera-Wagner
DDemocratic
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Andrew Hysell
DDemocratic
P
Angela Stroud
DDemocratic
P
Angelina Cruz
DDemocratic
P
Angelito Tenorio
DDemocratic
P
Ann Roe
DDemocratic
P
Ben DeSmidt
DDemocratic
P
Brienne Brown
DDemocratic
P
Christian Phelps
DDemocratic
P
Clint Anderson
DDemocratic
P
Darrin Madison
DDemocratic
P
Deb Andraca
DDemocratic
P
Francesca Hong
DDemocratic
P
Greta Neubauer
DDemocratic
P
Joan Fitzgerald
DDemocratic
P
Jodi Emerson
DDemocratic
P
Joe Sheehan
DDemocratic
P
Karen DeSanto
DDemocratic
P
Lee Snodgrass
DDemocratic
P
Lisa Subeck
DDemocratic
P
Lori Palmeri
DDemocratic
P
Margaret Arney
DDemocratic
P
Maureen McCarville
DDemocratic
P
Mike Bare
DDemocratic
P
Priscilla Prado
DDemocratic
P
Randy Udell
DDemocratic
P
Renuka Mayadev
DDemocratic
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Robyn Vining
DDemocratic
P
Ryan Clancy
DDemocratic
P
Shelia Stubbs
DDemocratic
P
Supreme Moore Omokunde
DDemocratic
P
Sylvia Ortiz-Velez
DDemocratic
P
Tara Johnson
DDemocratic
P
Vinnie Miresse
DDemocratic
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