2025 Regular SessionFlorida Legislature

S0440: Gender Identity Employment Practices

Legislative Summary

Citing this act as the "Freedom of Conscience in the Workplace Act"; specifying an employment policy of this state relating to a person's sex; prohibiting employees and contractors of certain employers from being required to use certain pronouns or requiring such employer to use a pronoun that does not correspond to the employee's or contractor's sex; providing that it is an unlawful employment practice for the state or any county, municipality, special district, or other political subdivision to require certain training, instruction, or activity as a condition of employment, etc.

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Bill History

2/28/2025
Filed
Senate
3/7/2025
Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
Senate
3/10/2025
Introduced
Senate
3/13/2025
On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/18/25, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building --Not Considered
Senate
3/20/2025
On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
Senate
3/25/2025
CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 5 NAYS 2
Senate
3/26/2025
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Senate
3/26/2025
Now in Judiciary
Senate
3/26/2025
CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
Senate

Amendments

Senate Committee Amendment #693704

3/17/2025Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
3/25/2025
5
Yea
2
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(2/28/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Judiciary(Senate)

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Stan McClain
Stan McClain
Republican

Documents

Comm Sub
Bill Text3/26/202511.9 KB
Introduced
Bill Text2/28/202513.4 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter3/26/2025224.5 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter3/17/2025230.0 KB