The Florida Senate

HB 317: Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses

GENERAL BILL by Harris

Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses; Prohibits use of nonviolent sexual advance or specified perceptions or beliefs about another person as defense to criminal offense, to excuse or justify person's conduct, or to mitigate severity of offense.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  11/4/2025	House	• Filed
  11/12/2025	House	• Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

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• HB 317, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/4/2025 at 2:44 PM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 336	Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses	Smith	Identical	Last Action: 11/17/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  900.06		Page 1 (pdf)

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