FL SB 1642
deadGender Identity Employment Practices
Florida · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did FL SB 1642 pass?
No. FL SB 1642 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-13): Died in Judiciary
What is FL SB 1642 about?
Gender Identity Employment Practices; 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; providing applicability; prohibiting employees and contractors of certain employers from being required to use certain pronouns or requiring such employers to use a pronoun that does not correspond to the employee’s or contractor’s sex; prohibiting the inclusion on certain forms of specified options relating to an applicant’s sex; providing that it is an unlawful employment practice for certain employers to require certain training, instruction, or activity as a condition of employment, etc.
Who sponsors FL SB 1642?
McClain, Governmental Oversight and Accountability are the primary sponsors of FL SB 1642.
Description
Gender Identity Employment Practices; 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; providing applicability; prohibiting employees and contractors of certain employers from being required to use certain pronouns or requiring such employers to use a pronoun that does not correspond to the employee’s or contractor’s sex; prohibiting the inclusion on certain forms of specified options relating to an applicant’s sex; providing that it is an unlawful employment practice for certain employers to require certain training, instruction, or activity as a condition of employment, etc.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-22
- Latest action
- 2026-03-13 — Died in Judiciary
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- McClainprimary
- Governmental Oversight and Accountabilityprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-13
Died in Judiciary
failure
2026-02-04
CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
2026-02-04
Now in Judiciary
2026-02-03
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-02-02
CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 6 NAYS 3
2026-01-28
On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
2026-01-22
Introduced
introduction
2026-01-16
Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Rules
referral-committee
2026-01-09
Filed
filing
Versions
Documents
Votes
Favorable with Committee Substitute
2026-02-02 · pass · 6-3
Member-level votes (9)
- Brodeur: yes
- Grall: yes
- McClain: yes
- Rodriguez: yes
- DiCeglie: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Arrington: no
- Bracy Davis: no
- Polsky: no
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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