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Several anti-dei law templates that occur in Florida's legislation

The legislators in Florida pursue a large number of legislation to block Dei or diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

Three proposals could reduce the effort of diversity in local governments and state authorities. They come when the Trump government leaves Dei at the federal level.

One of the legislative templates in Florida, SB 420, would prevent local governments from spending ordinances, programs or money in order to promote the preferred or different treatment. The Republican Senator of Jacksonville, Clay Yarborough, the sponsor of the draft law, said in the discussion about the draft law on Tuesday, which includes preventing the prevention of preventing a money for celebrations such as Black History Month.

“It does not prevent one of these celebrations.

The Democratic Senator of Miami Gardens, Shevrin Jones, said that the legislation regarded the state government as a presentation of the state government during the committee meeting.

“We are struggling with the districts and cities with which we do not agree.” It is not a democracy.

The Democratic Senator of Hollywood, Jason Pizzo, argued that the legislation would prevent local governments from getting into possession of scholarship programs for minorities or companies in women. He believes that this is hypocritical in the same year in which the Senate wants to support rural communities with its “rural Renaissance” package.

“We bend backwards to prepare attention, to carry out supplies for handouts for tax -restricted or economically under -provisioned communities.

Former Senate President Kathleen Passidomo supported the draft law in the committee, but believes that changes have to come. She has concerns how part of the legislation that speaks about preferred and differential language could be interpreted.

“Som, if we offer a person based on sex, offer different treatment that could cause a problem with a program that was intended for abused women, which nobody wants to get rid of,” she said. “I think we need some work there because the differential versus is challenging.”

In the meantime, the legislators also talk about a legislative template, SB 1710, which prevents state authorities from creating the office or hiring private contractors with the practices. And another measure, SB 440, would do it in such a way that employers and employees of government funds are not obliged to use the preferred pronouns of a person in the workplace.

These invoices have their first committee on Tuesday afternoon. This story is updated with developments from these meetings.