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The Facility Requirements Based on Sex Act, also known as Committee Substitute for House Bill 1521 (CS/HB 1521), is a 2023 Florida anti-trans bathroom law which mandates that individuals must use restrooms, locker rooms, and changing facilities that correspond to their sex assigned at birth in some public, private and state-licensed facilities.
The legislation approved 79-34 by the House had been roundly criticized by ethics officials, who say the change – coupled with another limiting the power of city and county ethics panels ...
In 1974 the Florida Legislature created the Florida Commission on Ethics "to serve as guardian of the standards of conduct" for state and local public officials. [4] [5] The commission is tasked with investigating complaints alleging breaches of public trust by public officers and employees in Florida, other than judges. [5]
Voters had just approved a 2018 amendment to the Florida Constitution that, combined with a groundbreaking 2013 law, gave the Sunshine State the toughest ethics laws in the nation, based on a ...
State ethics commissions are a pillar of American democracy and any attack on an ethics commission’s ability to do its job must be viewed as an attack on the rule of law. | Opinion New Florida ...
On October 31, 2022, the Florida Medical Board implemented the new rule that requiring a 24 hour waiting period for adults before they can undergo sexual reassignment surgery and to ban minors from any gender-affirming healthcare. [118] On November 4, 2022, the new rule was approved by the Florida Board of Medicine.
“We would be sitting on our hands,” said Jose Arrojo, the executive director of the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust. Government watchdogs warn Florida legislation would have ...
The Florida Constitution, in Article V, Section 2(a), vests the power to adopt rules for the "practice and procedure in all courts" in the Florida Supreme Court, which has adopted the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. Although Title VI of the Florida Statutes is labeled "Civil Practice and Procedure", the statutes it contains are limited to ...