Floor Vote for

Vote After Roll Call:

Yeas

• Casello
  03/09/2024 01:19:51 PM
• Giallombardo
  03/18/2024 11:46:49 AM
• Griffitts
  03/08/2024 05:05:54 PM
• Melo
  03/28/2024 04:08:29 PM
• Rudman
  03/11/2024 09:37:12 AM
• Salzman
  03/08/2024 11:38:16 AM
• Skidmore
  03/14/2024 02:29:55 PM
• Steele
  03/08/2024 10:36:23 PM

Nays

• Gantt
  03/08/2024 01:50:58 PM

Explanations of Vote:

• Eskamani -
  I fully support the reauthorization of the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking and voted for this bill in its original format. However, the Florida Senate added an amendment that will not reduce human trafficking and may even push more people into trafficking. That amendment prevents strippers under the age 21 from working in adult-entertainment establishments. Currently the required minimum age is 18. By setting this new restriction, those aged between 18-20 who work in adult-entertainment establishments are likely to turn towards unsafe work environments that are unregulated, putting these individuals in harm's way. I could not support this amendment.
• Gantt -
  The underlying bill was and still is great policy. I supported it with my initial vote and will continue to support it. The amendment that was added to this bill that seeks to legislate morality is what I vehemently object to. The sponsor of that bill, which ultimately became the amendment, only seeks to impose her individual beliefs on the entire state. There is no educational initiatives, programs for support, or anything that would actually curb, discourage, or eliminate the danger of human trafficking. It is simply a prohibition on adults.