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Religious Liberty
- Citing this act as the "Florida Competitive Workforce Act"; adding sexual orientation and gender identity as impermissible grounds for discrimination in public lodging establishments and public food service establishments; providing an exception for constitutionally protected free exercise of religion, etc. 2019/09/19 Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Rules
- Specifying that certain communication between a member of the clergy and a certain person is not exempt from child abuse reporting requirements; deleting an exemption for privileged communications to clergy relating to child abuse, abandonment, or neglect, etc. 2019/09/19 Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules
- Citing this act as the "Holocaust Education Act of 2020"; requiring charter school instructional personnel to teach specified topics; requiring certain private school instructional personnel to teach specified topics; revising the requirements for instructional content relating to the Holocaust that members of public school instructional staff are required to teach; requiring the Department of Education […]
- Deleting exemptions from school-entry health examinations and immunization requirements for religious reasons; requiring the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine to jointly create a medical exemption review panel, etc. 2019/08/16 Referred to Health Policy; Education; Rules
Marriage
- Creates Marriage Education Committee; provides for creation of Florida Guide to a Healthy Marriage; provides for membership & terms of members; provides guide requirements; requires committee to submit completed guide to Governor & Legislature; requires committee to obtain private funds for design, layout, printing, & distribution costs; requires committee to provide report to Governor & […]
- Repeals provisions relating to marriages between persons of the same sex. 2019/09/23 Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
Sanctity of Life
- Providing a public records exemption for information that could identify a minor which is contained in a record held by the court relating to the minor's petition to waive consent requirements to obtain an abortion; providing for future legislative review and repeal under the Open Government Sunset Review Act; providing a statement of public necessity, […]
- Creating the "Parental Consent for Abortion Act"; prohibiting a physician from performing an abortion on a minor unless the physician has been presented with consent from the minor's parent or guardian, as appropriate; providing an exception for a medical emergency; authorizing a minor to petition any circuit court in which the minor resides for a […]
- Expands existing public records exemption to include information identifying pregnant minor that is contained in court records relating to such minor's petition to waive consent requirements to obtain abortion; provides for future legislative review & repeal of expanded exemption; provides for reversion of specified language if exemption is not saved from repeal; provides statement of […]
- Reclassifies criminal offense for specified violation; requires physician to obtain notarized written consent of parent or legal guardian before inducing or performing termination of pregnancy of minor; provides exceptions to consent requirement; provides criminal penalties. 2019/10/22 Placed on Calendar
- Creating the "Clinic Protection Act"; prohibiting a person from committing certain acts against reproductive health services clients, providers, or assistants; providing civil remedies for those aggrieved by specified violations against reproductive health services clients, providers, or assistants or against certain properties; requiring a court to take actions necessary to safeguard the health, safety, or privacy […]
- Prohibits termination of pregnancy if physician determines that preborn human being has detectable preborn intrauterine heartbeat; removes medical necessity exceptions; revises certain informed consent requirements; removes provisions relating to partial-birth abortions; removes certain civil remedies; provides criminal penalties. 2019/10/14 Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee; Health and Human Services Committee
- Proposes amendment to State Constitution to provide that neither house of Legislature may vote on bill that would affect access to abortion services unless at least half of members of that house are women. 2019/09/23 Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee; Judiciary Committee
- Requiring certain licensed facilities to provide to victims of sexual assault information regarding emergency contraception and its availability, if requested, etc. 2019/08/16 Referred to Health Policy; Criminal Justice; Rules
- Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to provide that neither house of the Legislature may vote on a bill that would affect access to abortion services unless at least half of the members of that house are women, etc. 2019/08/16 Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules
- Requiring certain licensed facilities to provide to victims of sexual assault information regarding emergency contraception and its availability, if requested, etc. 2019/08/02 Withdrawn prior to introduction
Gambling
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Adoption
- Revising the definition of the term "qualifying adoptive employee"; providing that certain adoptive veterans and servicemembers are eligible to apply for certain monetary benefits; defining the terms "veteran" and "servicemember", etc. 2019/11/13 Subcommittee Recommendation: CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- Provides eligibility to certain veterans & servicemembers for specified adoption benefits. 2019/11/07 Now in Health and Human Services Committee
Human Trafficking
- Revising the required health education in public schools to include information regarding the dangers and signs of human trafficking; requiring the Department of Legal Affairs to develop human trafficking awareness campaigns, etc. 2019/11/13 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) – (Committee Substitute)
- Revises required health education in public schools to include information regarding dangers & signs of human trafficking; authorizes student to opt out of specified portion of health education; & requires DLA to develop human trafficking awareness campaigns. 2019/09/23 Referred to PreK-12 Innovation Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Education Committee
Foster Care
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