Florida's House of Representatives passed HB 1557, also known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, on Thursday. The Republican-backed bill, which would restrict teachers and school districts from openly discussing gender identity and topics surrounding sexuality in the classroom, passed 69-47 and now ...
and hours of testimony from LGBTQ families, Republican legislators voted to pass the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill and ‘Stop WOKE’ Act in the Florida House. If signed into law, these bills will have disastrous impacts on classrooms and workplaces,” the LGBTQ+ advocacy group Equality Florida...
House District:59 First Elected:2022 Terms Out:2030 Party:Republican Delegations:Pinellas District Information:District map Legislative Service:Elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2022, reelected subsequently PERSONAL INFO Born:Port-au-Prince, Haiti Moved to Florida:1994 Religious Affiliatio...
The Florida House of Representatives on Thursday gave final passage to a bill that would dissolve Walt Disney World'sprivate government, handing Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis a victory in his feud with the entertainment giant over its opposition to a measure that critics have dubbed the "Don't ...
The e-cigarette company Juul sent the Florida House of Representatives a letter supporting those bills. Stefanie Miller, Juul’s Head of Government Affairs, says that’s partially because Juul wants to protect consumers who use the products and partially because they want to keep the products away...
The bills are different – the house version includes penalties for those who violate the sanctuary city ban – but the state senator who sponsored the senate version doesn’t think there will be a problem reconciling the two, The Gainesville Sun reported. ...
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a first reading. On March 29, 2023, the bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee. On April 11, 2023, the bill was favorably reported out of the Judiciary Committee and was added to the Second Reading Calendar. On May 2, 2023, the CS passed in the Florida House of Representatives. ...
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Reports that in Florida, the legislature is considering two shield bills that would create either an absolute or a qualified statutory reporter's privilege. Information on the bill introduced by Senator Don Sullivan (R-Seminole) in the Senate; Information on the bill introduced by Representatives ...