A bill to ban transgender Floridians from using the same bathroom as the sex they identify with made its way through the House Government Operations Subcommittee on Tuesday, much to the dismay of transgender activists across the state. Read about it...
CS/HB 583 - Single-Sex Public Facilities
General Bill by Civil Justice Subcommittee and Artiles (CO-SPONSORS) Baxley; Campbell; Gaetz; Hill; Moraitis; Rodrigues, R.; Stone
Single-Sex Public Facilities: Provides purpose & legislative findings; requires that use of single-sex public facilities be restricted to persons of sex for which facility is designated; prohibits knowingly & willfully entering single-sex public facility designated for or restricted to persons of other sex; provides criminal penalties; provides private cause of action against violators; provides exemptions; provides applicability with respect to other laws; provides for preemption.
Effective Date: July 1, 2015
Last Event:
Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda on Friday, March 13, 2015 4:18 PM
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