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NEWS RELEASE: Transgender Discrimination Bill to get hearing Tuesday morning
Transgender Discrimination Bill to be heard again early Tuesday
Opponents and proponents are in both in town to lobby legislators
(March A bill that would discriminate against transgender Floridians and force employers and business-owners to police the use of their restrooms will get a second committee hearing in the Florida House on Tuesday morning.
The Government Operations Subcommittee will meet at 8 a.m. Tuesday in Webster Hall (212 Knott). H.B. 583 is the second item on the agenda.
NEWS RELEASE: Adoption bill removes ban on lesbian, gay parents from FL Statutes
House bill would remove unconstitutional adoption ban from Florida law
The Florida House of Representatives voted Wednesday to remove a statutory ban on lesbian and gay parents that was enacted in 1977 but declared unconstitutional by a state appeals court in 2010. Since then, state officials have declined to enforce the ban, but it has remained in Florida Statutes.
NEWS RELEASE: Bill would discriminate against transgender Floridians
Lawmakers could criminalize use of public facilities by transgender Floridians
Businesses would face fines and lawsuits for refusing to discriminate
NEWS RELEASE: Bill would discriminate against transgender Floridians
Lawmakers could criminalize use of public facilities by transgender Floridians
Businesses would face fines and lawsuits for refusing to discriminate
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