When Florida legislators kick off their 2023 legislative session, expect a number of bills that will be red meat for the majority's Republican base. Among them are measures that shed light on the direction of a prospective presidential bid by DeSantis.
would, if enacted, ban requiring students, educators and other school employees from using pronouns that"do not correspond with that person’s sex." It would also ban school employees from sharing their own pronouns if they do not “correspond” with their sex and from asking students for their preferred pronouns.
Those same two bills would also expand the"Parental Rights in Education" law that critics call the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by extending a ban on teaching students about sexual orientation and gender identity through the eighth grade . Andres Malave, an aide to Republican House Speaker Paul Renner, disputed that any focus by legislators on high-profile culture war-related legislation like HB 999 was coming from the governor’s office.
“These proposals are all member-driven, and they will move their way through the appropriate processes,” he said in an interview.The bill, HB 991, would limit the “actual malice” requirement that has traditionally allowed journalists some room for error so they’re not pressured to self-censor while holding powerful people accountable. The term “actual malice” refers to the idea that people acted on information they knew to be false or with reckless disregard for its accuracy.
Notably, the bill would also classify allegations of discrimination against other people on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity as defamation.about the bill’s constitutionality and legality, given that it includes several provisions that would seem to contradict landmark Supreme Court rulings on First Amendment rights.and its movement through the Legislature would advance the DeSantis administration’s combative approach to the news media.
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