2025 Regular Session • Florida Legislature
H1235: Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses
Legislative Summary
Prohibits individuals from using nonviolent sexual advance or specified perceptions or beliefs about another individual as defense to criminal offense, to excuse or justify conduct of an individual who commits criminal offense, or to mitigate severity of criminal offense.
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Overall analysis of equity impact
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Bill History
2/26/2025
Filed
House of Representatives
3/4/2025
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
House of Representatives
3/5/2025
Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
House of Representatives
3/5/2025
Referred to Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
3/5/2025
Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
House of Representatives
5/3/2025
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/26/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
