SB 120 (2016) -  Prohibited Discrimination

General Bill by Abruzzo (CO-SPONSORS) Sobel; Soto; Latvala; Margolis; Hutson; Bullard; Ring; Thompson; Clemens; Gibson
Prohibited Discrimination: Creating the “Florida Competitive Workforce Act”; revising provisions to include sexual orientation and gender identity or expression and the perception of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, handicap, or marital status as impermissible grounds for discrimination; providing an exception for constitutionally protected free exercise of religion, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2016
Last Event: 02/11/16 S Unfavorable by Judiciary, laid on Table; YEAS 5 NAYS 5 -SJ 402 on Thursday, February 11, 2016 10:05 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Judiciary
    • On agenda for: 02/09/16 4:00 PM
    • Unfavorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 5
  • Governmental Oversight and Accountability
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government
  • Fiscal Policy

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 45 Subject: Prohibited Discrimination Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

  • Original Filed Version
    • D 828464 , Judiciary, Bean Date Filed: 02/05/16, Line#: 0
    • AA 744324 , Judiciary, Stargel Date Filed: 02/08/16, Line#: 253
    • D 873568 , Judiciary, Soto Date Filed: 02/05/16, Line#: 0
    • AA 906078 , Judiciary, Stargel Date Filed: 02/08/16, Line#: 255 Senate(c): Unfavorable 02/09/2016 09:03 AM
    • D 131762 , Judiciary, Simmons Date Filed: 02/08/16, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Unfavorable 02/10/2016 10:03 AM
    • AA 978134 , Judiciary, Stargel Date Filed: 02/08/16, Line#: 255 Senate(c): Unfavorable 02/10/2016 10:03 AM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Judiciary 2/11/2016 9:24:35 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Judiciary 1/25/2016 10:28:23 AM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Unfavorable by Judiciary, laid on Table; YEAS 5 NAYS 5 -SJ 402 Time: 02/11/2016 - 10:05 AM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/09/16, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building --Motion to Reconsider Abandoned Time: 02/09/2016 - 6:21 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/08/16, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Office Building --Pending Reconsideration (Unfavorable; YEAS 5 NAYS 5) Time: 02/03/2016 - 4:44 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/26/16, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed Time: 01/21/2016 - 2:44 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 12 Time: 01/12/2016 - 8:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Fiscal Policy -SJ 12 Time: 08/21/2015 - 7:56 AM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 08/11/2015 - 5:04 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
419.001 HB 45, CS/HB 885, CS/SB 1174
509.092 HB 45, CS/HB 637, SB 900
760.01 HB 45
760.02 HB 45
760.05 HB 45
760.07 HB 45, CS/HB 339, CS/SB 7008
760.08 HB 45
760.10 HB 45, SB 384, HB 603
760.22 HB 45
760.23 HB 45
760.24 HB 45
760.25 HB 45
760.26 HB 45
760.29 HB 45
760.60 HB 45