Some of the bad bills being considered by the Florida legislature

House billSenate companion billa few words description or highlighting the most egregious partstatus of HOUSE bill as of 3/15/2023 unless indicated otherwisestatus of Senate bill as of 3/15/2023 unless indicated otherwise
no house bill1316bloggers must register with the state if they get paid to criticize DeSantis et alreferred to 3 committees
1202Provide universal vouchers to any Florida student including billionaires with very little accountability and no cap on the total dollarsPassed by the Housepassed all its committees on 3/16/2023
3302DeSantis’ efforts to force private banks to lend to his friendsPassed all committees as of 3/16/23referred to 2 committees
7300bans abortion at 6 weeks and abortion pills. It also gives dollars to fake clinics.passed 1 committee, 1 to go as of 3/16/2023Health Policy committee 3/20/2023 at 3:30 pm
3194turn school-board elections into partisan racespassed all its committeespassed 1 committee, two to go
305222Doesn’t allow businesses to require vaccinationsreferred to 4 committeesreferred to 3 committees
37952CS SB 52 also includes this part of HB 379 beginning on line 202 : may authorize a teacher to withhold a student’s wireless communications device.
CS SB 52 still doesn’t say this part of HB 379 beginning on line 77: Prohibit the use of the TikTok platform as a platform to communicate or promote any district school, school-sponsored club, extracurricular organization, or athletic team.
passed all its committeespassed 2 committees, 1 to go
411444revise the requirement so school board candidates have to live in the districts at the time they assume office rather than when they qualifypassed 2 committees, 1 to gopassed 1 committee, two to go
443986restricts what types of rules the sponsor may impose on charter schools;referred to 3 committeesreferred to 3 committees
543similar 150eliminates requirement for a license to carry a gun in publicpassed all committeespassed all committees
931958It seems to prohibit affirmative action hiring to achieve diversity. It requires a survey which many feared under DeSantis authoritarian regime would be used to target professorspassed 2 committees, 1 to goreferred to 3 committees
9911220Defamation includes claims that the plaintiff has discriminated against another person or group because of their race, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity and provides that journalist’s privilege does not apply to defamation claims. A statement by an anonymous source is presumptively false for purposes of a defamation action. Someone who sues a journalist and wins would get their legal costs covered. Meanwhile, if that person loses, the journalist would have to cover their own legal expenses.passed 1 committee and 1 to goreferred to 2 committees
999266HB 999 instructs Florida’s Board of Governors to regularly examine the academic offerings at schools in the state university system to make sure there are no majors or minors in critical race theory, gender studies, intersectionality, or any related subjects.passed 1 committee and 2 to gopassed 1 committee, two to go
1069is similar to 1223passed 1 committee and 1 to gosee 1320
12231320“Sex” means the classification of a person as either female or male based on the organization of the body for a specific reproductive role. A person’s sex is an
immutable biological trait with certain exceptions, Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in prekindergarten kindergarten through grade 8.
passed 1 committee and 1 to goOn agenda for 3/20/23
1445256harms the teachers unionpassed 1 committee and 1 to go as of 3/16/2023Passed all committees as of 3/16/23
1543none as of 3/15/2023lowers age to buy long gun to 18passed 1 committee and 1 to gonone as of 3/15/2023
16071096Takes away a community’s right to remove Confederate monuments that glorify slavery. Monuments could be relocated but only to areas that have “similar prominence and access to the public”referred to 3 committeespassed 1 committee and 2 to go as of 3/16/2023

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Susan joined the First Coast Freethought Society in 2008 after hearing about the organization on NPR. Susan has coordinated the FCFS book group since 2016. She retired in 2018 after working as a CPA for 42 years! Now, she is a member of the Advocacy Overview Committee for FCFS.