SB 1340

  • Florida Senate Bill
  • 2025 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Mar 10, 2025
  • Senate
  • House
  • Governor

Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses

Bill Subjects

(Vetoed)

Abstract

Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses; Citing this act as the "Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses 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 an individual’s conduct, or to mitigate the severity of an offense, etc.

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Jun 16, 2025

Senate

Died in Criminal Justice

May 03, 2025

Senate

Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

Mar 10, 2025

Senate

Introduced

Mar 06, 2025

Senate

Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy

Feb 26, 2025

Senate

Filed

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