Today, the Senate Rules Committee temporarily postponed Senate Bill 476 (SB 476). This bill would make it harder for Floridians to access abortion care by subjecting healthcare providers and people assisting loved ones in accessing abortion care to frivolous lawsuits for monetary damages.
Today, the Florida House Infrastructure Strategies Committee voted to advance House Bill 1639 (HB 1639), which seeks to deny the legal existence of transgender individuals by requiring individuals to identify as their sex assigned at birth instead of their gender on driver’s licenses and ID cards.
Today, the Florida Senate passed House Bill 1 (HB 1), a broad censorship bill aimed at stifling freedom of expression online by requiring all users, including adults, to verify their age by providing age verification documentation before using existing social media accounts or creating new ones.
Yesterday, committees in both the House and Senate passed bills prohibiting counties and municipalities from accepting certain community identification cards or documents as a form of identification.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to advance House Bill 757 (HB 757), which would make it easier for public officials to bring defamation lawsuits for damages against their critics.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to advance House Bill 651 (HB 651), which would allow civil lawsuits for damages against health care practitioners providing abortion care.