2025 Regular Session • Florida Legislature
S1340: 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.
Demographic Impact
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Bill History
2/26/2025
Filed
Senate
3/6/2025
Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
Senate
3/10/2025
Introduced
Senate
5/3/2025
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Senate
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/26/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Sponsors
Democrat: 1
Primary Sponsor
Carlos Smith
Democrat