SB 1642 Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Gender Identity Employment Practices

Summary
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.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2026 Last action Mar 13, 2026
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What changed between versions

S 1642 Filed S 1642 c1 · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was revised from an original filing to a committee substitute, moving the legislative process forward. The most significant change is the shift in the statute being created, which alters the specific section of the Florida Statutes where the new rules on gender identity and personal pronouns will be codified.
Scope change
The bill's scope changed by updating the specific Florida Statute section from 110.1051 to 112.0456, indicating a reorganization or reassignment of the law within the state code.
TECHNICAL

The statute section number changed from 110.1051 to 112.0456, reflecting a reorganization of the law within the Florida Statutes.

The document title was updated from 'Original Filed Version' to 'Committee Substitute 1', indicating the bill has been amended by the committee.

TIMELINE

The filing timestamp was updated from January 9, 2026, to February 3, 2026, reflecting the date of the committee's revision.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
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Feb 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Jan 22, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 16, 2026
Committee
Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Stan McClain
RRepublican
FL
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