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This bill, titled the "Freedom of Conscience in the Workplace Act," establishes new employment practices in Florida concerning gender identity and expression. It defines "sex" as an immutable biological trait based on chromosomes, hormones, and genitalia at birth, and defines "gender ideology" as the belief that gender identity can replace biological sex. The bill prohibits employers, defined as state or local government entities, from requiring employees or contractors to use pronouns that do not correspond to a person's sex, and also prohibits employees or contractors from being required to use preferred pronouns if they don't align with their sex. Furthermore, it restricts job application forms to only ask if an applicant is male or female, excluding nonbinary options. The bill also prohibits adverse personnel actions, which are defined as negative employment consequences like firing or demotion, against employees or contractors for holding sincerely held religious, moral, conscience-based, or biology-based beliefs against gender ideology. Additionally, it makes it an unlawful employment practice for state-funded employers to mandate training on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression as a condition of employment. The bill provides administrative and civil remedies for violations, including attorney fees for the prevailing party, and authorizes the Department of Management Services to create rules to implement these provisions, with an effective date of July 1, 2026.

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https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1642