Florida 2021 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 718 — Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses

Last action — Died in Judiciary

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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses; Citing this act as the “Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defense Prohibition Act”; prohibiting individuals from using a nonviolent sexual advance or specified perceptions or beliefs about another individual as a defense to a criminal offense, to excuse or justify the conduct of the individual who commits a criminal offense, or to mitigate the severity of a criminal offense, etc.

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Florida Senate - 2021 SB 718 By Senator Book 32-00204A-21 2021718__ A bill to be entitled An act relating to gay and transgender panic legal defenses;
Florida Senate - 2021 CS for SB 718 By the Committee on Criminal Justice;
and Senators Book and Stewart 591-03569-21 2021718c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to gay and transgender panic legal defenses;
(a) “Gay and transgender panic legal defense” means a legal strategy that asks a judge or a jury to find that a victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity is the cause of the defendant’s violent reaction and commission of a criminal offense.
(a) “Gay and transgender panic legal defense” means a legal strategy that asks a judge or a jury to find that a victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity is the cause of the defendant’s reaction and commission of a criminal offense.
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Action History

  1. Died in Judiciary

  2. Now in Judiciary

  3. CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time

  4. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  5. CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 2

  6. On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/30/21, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building

  7. Introduced

  8. Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules

  9. Filed

Sponsors

  • Book · Primary

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Book

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (163)

163 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

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Passed 6 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1000
Unaffiliated 4200
No Party Affiliation 1000
Total 6200
% of votes cast 75%25%0%0%
How each member voted (8)
Member Party Vote
Gainer — Yea
Powell — Yea
Taddeo — Yea
Brandes — Yea
Baxley — Nay
Perry — Nay
Pizzo, Jason W. B. No Party Affiliation Yea
Boyd, Jim Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 718 do?
Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses; Citing this act as the “Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defense Prohibition Act”; prohibiting individuals from using a nonviolent sexual advance or specified perceptions or beliefs about another individual as a defense to a criminal offense, to excuse or justify the conduct of the individual who commits a criminal offense, or to mitigate the severity of a criminal offense, etc.
Who sponsors SB 718?
SB 718 is sponsored by Book.
What is the current status of SB 718?
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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