Bill Text: FL S0592 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Face Covering Mandates

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Failed) 2022-03-14 - Died in Judiciary [S0592 Detail]

Download: Florida-2022-S0592-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2022                                     SB 592
       
       
        
       By Senator Perry
       
       
       
       
       
       8-00884A-22                                            2022592__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to face covering mandates; amending s.
    3         381.0016, F.S.; prohibiting counties and
    4         municipalities from requiring that a citizen of the
    5         United States wear a face covering; defining the term
    6         “face covering”; providing that any such requirement
    7         is void; creating s. 1001.4201, F.S.; prohibiting
    8         district school boards from adopting, implementing, or
    9         enforcing a policy, a rule, a code of conduct, or an
   10         order requiring the wearing of a face covering;
   11         defining the term “face covering”; providing that any
   12         such policy, rule, code of conduct, or order is void;
   13         creating s. 1001.5101, F.S.; prohibiting a district
   14         school superintendent from implementing or enforcing a
   15         policy, a rule, a code of conduct, or an order
   16         requiring the wearing of a face covering; defining the
   17         term “face covering”; providing that any such policy,
   18         rule, code of conduct, or order is void; creating s.
   19         1001.55, F.S.; prohibiting a school principal from
   20         implementing or enforcing a policy, a rule, a code of
   21         conduct, or an order requiring the wearing of a face
   22         covering; defining the term “face covering”; providing
   23         that any such policy, rule, code of conduct, or order
   24         is void; providing an effective date.
   25          
   26  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   27  
   28         Section 1. Section 381.0016, Florida Statutes, is amended
   29  to read:
   30         381.0016 County and municipal regulations and ordinances.
   31  Any county or municipality may enact, in a manner prescribed by
   32  law, health regulations and ordinances not inconsistent with
   33  state public health laws and rules adopted by the department,
   34  except that a county or municipality may not require that any
   35  citizen of the United States wear a face covering. For purposes
   36  of this section, the term “face covering” means any item
   37  attached to a person’s face or head which is intended to slow or
   38  prevent the transmission of any illness or disease, including,
   39  but not limited to, personal protective equipment, respirators,
   40  face shields, or cloth masks. Any such requirement is void.
   41         Section 2. Section 1001.4201, Florida Statutes, is created
   42  to read:
   43         1001.4201 District school board; prohibited actions.—A
   44  district school board may not adopt, implement, or enforce a
   45  policy, a rule, a code of conduct, or an order that requires any
   46  person to wear a face covering unless the policy is authorized
   47  by a specific enabling statute that references this section. For
   48  purposes of this section, the term “face covering” means any
   49  item attached to a person’s face or head which is intended to
   50  slow or prevent the transmission of any illness or disease,
   51  including, but not limited to, personal protective equipment,
   52  respirators, face shields, or cloth masks. Any such policy,
   53  rule, code of conduct, or order is void.
   54         Section 3. Section 1001.5101, Florida Statutes, is created
   55  to read:
   56         1001.5101 District school superintendent; prohibited
   57  actions.—A district school superintendent may not implement or
   58  enforce a policy, a rule, a code of conduct, or an order that
   59  requires any person to wear a face covering unless the policy is
   60  authorized by a specific enabling statute that references this
   61  section. For purposes of this section, the term “face covering”
   62  means any item attached to a person’s face or head which is
   63  intended to slow or prevent the transmission of any illness or
   64  disease, including, but not limited to, personal protective
   65  equipment, respirators, face shields, or cloth masks. Any such
   66  policy, rule, code of conduct, or order is void.
   67         Section 4. Section 1001.55, Florida Statutes, is created to
   68  read:
   69         1001.55 School principals; prohibited actions.—A school
   70  principal may not implement or enforce a policy, a rule, a code
   71  of conduct, or an order that requires any person to wear a face
   72  covering unless the policy is authorized by a specific enabling
   73  statute that references this section. For purposes of this
   74  section, the term “face covering” means any item attached to a
   75  person’s face or head which is intended to slow or prevent the
   76  transmission of any illness or disease, including, but not
   77  limited to, personal protective equipment, respirators, face
   78  shields, or cloth masks. Any such policy, rule, code of conduct,
   79  or order is void.
   80         Section 5. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.