FL H0137 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Failed on March 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-08 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Failed on March 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-08 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
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.
Title
Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses
Sponsors
| Rep. Jennifer Harris [D] | Rep. Kristen Arrington [D] | Rep. Robin Bartleman [D] | Rep. Anna Eskamani [D] |
| Rep. Johanna Lopez [D] | Rep. Michele Rayner-Goolsby [D] | Rep. Kelly Skidmore [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-08 | House | Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| 2024-01-09 | House | 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) |
| 2023-10-17 | House | Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| 2023-10-17 | House | Referred to Judiciary Committee |
| 2023-10-17 | House | Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| 2023-10-10 | House | Filed |
Same As/Similar To
S156 (Same As) 2024-03-08 - Died in Criminal Justice
Code Citations
Florida State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/137 |
| Text | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/137/BillText/Filed/PDF |
