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Florida · 2025 Regular Session

H1495 Gender Identity Employment Practices

Direction

Transgender educationAI label

Restricts transgender recognition & access model confidence 90%

Prohibits state-funded employers from requiring training on gender identity as a condition of employment and bars adverse actions against employees for disagreeing with gender ideology or holding biology-based beliefs about sex, so less workplace recognition of or requirements around transgender or

It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer who receives funding from the state to require, as a condition of employment, any training, instruction, or other activity on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

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Transgender otherAI label

Restricts transgender recognition & access model confidence 85%

Defines 'gender identity' and 'gender ideology' negatively, states that sex is immutable and pronouns must match biological sex, prohibits requiring use of preferred pronouns that do not match sex, limits job forms to binary sex options, and protects employees from adverse actions for biology-based,

It is the policy of this state that a person's sex is an immutable biological trait and that it is false to ascribe to a person a pronoun that does not correspond to such person's sex.

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Transgender id documentsAI label

Restricts transgender recognition & access model confidence 80%

Limits job applications and employment forms to only male or female options for sex, prohibiting nonbinary or other choices, so less recognition of nonbinary gender identities on state employer records.

A job application or other related employment form that requires an applicant to mark his or her sex may only inquire if the applicant is male or female and may not provide a nonbinary or other option.

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Status: Failed

Last action
2025-06-16: Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
Filed
2025-02-28
Sponsor
Rachel Plakon R + 2 cosponsors (2 R)

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill substantively addresses transgender issues by restricting recognition of gender identity in state employment practices, including pronoun usage, training requirements, definitions that prioritize biological sex, and limiting forms to binary sex options. No provisions address firearms, abortion, immigration enforcement, or custody/support topics.

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History (8 actions)
DateChamberAction
2025-06-16HDied in Government Operations Subcommittee
2025-05-03HIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2025-03-05HNow in Government Operations Subcommittee
2025-03-05HReferred to State Affairs Committee
2025-03-05HReferred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
2025-03-05HReferred to Government Operations Subcommittee
2025-03-04H1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2025-02-28HFiled