Bill > H1233

Introduced Session

An act relating to biological sex; amending s. 1.01, F.S.; defining terms relating to the sex of an individual in the context of the construction of the Florida Statutes; amending s. 103.091, F.S.; providing that a certain birth certificate statement determines whether a person is male or female and may serve as a committeeman or committeewoman, respectively; amending ss. 322.051, 322.08, and 322.14, F.S.; revising provisions related to applications for disability identification cards, application requirements for driver licenses and identification cards, and requirements for issued driver licenses, respectively, to replace references to the term "gender" with the term "sex"; creating s. 322.195, F.S.; prohibiting the department from issuing original or replacement driver licenses or identification cards that contain specified information; requiring the department to require applicants to sign an affidavit certifying specified information submitted on the application for a new or replacement driver license or identification card; requiring the department to revoke a driver license or identification card if it determines that an applicant made a false attestation; creating s. 627.6411, F.S., and amending ss. 627.657, 627.6699, and 641.31, F.S.; requiring that individual health insurance policies, group health insurance policies, health benefit plans, and health maintenance contracts, respectively, providing coverage for sex- reassignment prescriptions or procedures must also provide coverage for treatment to detransition from such sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures; defining the term "detransition"; requiring health insurers, insurance carriers, and health maintenance organizations providing coverage of sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures to also offer policies, plans, and contracts, as applicable, that do not provide such coverage; providing that policies, plans, and contracts may not prohibit coverage of certain mental health and therapeutic services; amending s. 760.02, F.S.; defining the term "sex" for purposes of the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992; amending s. 760.07, F.S.; revising provisions related to remedies for unlawful discrimination to include protection on the basis of sex, rather than gender; creating s. 760.09, F.S.; defining terms and providing construction for the application of specified provisions; specifying the standard of scrutiny for specified provisions; providing construction; requiring certain governmental entities to identify specified information for data-gathering purposes; amending ss. 760.60 and 760.80, F.S.; revising provisions related to discriminatory practices of certain clubs and minority representation on boards, commissions, councils, and committees, respectively, to replace references to the term "gender" with the term "sex"; amending s. 627.6475, F.S.; conforming cross-references; providing severability; providing an effective date.

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Dean Black (R)*, 

Died in Health & Human Services Committee (on 03/08/2024)

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