Gender Identity Employment Practices
- Introduced Feb 28, 2025
- In committee Mar 7, 2025
- Passed the Senate
- Passed the House
- To the governor
- Became law Jul 1, 2025
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Citing this act as the "Freedom of Conscience in the Workplace Act"; specifying an employment policy of this state relating to a person’s sex; prohibiting employees and contractors of certain employers from being required to use certain pronouns or requiring such employer to use a pronoun that does not correspond to the employee’s or contractor’s sex; providing that it is an unlawful employment practice for the state or any county, municipality, special district, or other political subdivision to require certain training, instruction, or activity as a condition of employment, etc.
Every action
11 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
- SenateFiled
- CommitteeReferred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy · Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- SenateIntroduced
- CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/18/25, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building --Not Considered · Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building · Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- CommitteeCS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 5 NAYS 2 · Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability5–2 vote
- SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- CommitteeNow in Judiciary · Senate Judiciary
- CommitteeCS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time · Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
- CommitteeDied in Judiciary · Senate Judiciary
Roll calls
1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.
Committee votes
| Date | Where | Question | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2025 | Senate committee | CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 5 NAYS 2 | Passed 5–2 |
Sponsors
The member who introduced it.
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Stan McClainR Primary sponsor · District 9
- GO Governmental Oversight and Accountability Sponsoring committee
From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.