2024 Regular SessionFlorida Legislature

S0156: Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses

Legislative Summary

Citing this act as the "Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses Prohibition Act"; prohibiting individuals from using a nonviolent sexual advance or specified perceptions or beliefs about another individual as a defense to a criminal offense, to excuse or justify an individual's conduct, or to mitigate the severity of an offense, etc.

Bill History

10/10/2023
Filed
Senate
10/17/2023
Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules
Senate
1/9/2024
Introduced
Senate
3/8/2024
Died in Criminal Justice
Senate

Status Information

Current Status
Failed(3/8/2024)
Chamber
Senate
Sine DiePrior Session

Sponsors

Democrat: 1

Primary Sponsor

Lauren Book
Lauren Book
Democrat

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text10/10/20233.9 KB