Kelly HayesFebruary 25, 2021
7min1152
The measure doesn't have a fiscal impact, yet it was reassigned to Appropriations.
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Kelly HayesFebruary 25, 2021Kelly HayesFebruary 23, 2021
4min933
Reporters have been facing increased hostility, in part due to rhetoric from the former President.
Scott PowersFebruary 16, 2021
7min1228
Transgender individuals are not currently included in hate crime definitions.
Sarah MuellerJanuary 14, 2020
5min531
Sen. Tom Lee said he's open to adding language on white nationalism back.
Ryan NicolJanuary 8, 2020
9min555
Geller listed those measures as among his top priorities for Session, which convenes Jan. 14.
Jim RosicaOctober 3, 2017
3min445
Legislation filed in the Florida House would add violence against an individual based on “gender or gender identity” to the state’s list of hate crimes. Rep. Joseph Geller, an Aventura Democrat, filed the bill (HB 211) Tuesday. “Florida has recently seen an increase in hate-crimes, from 73 committed in 2014 to 102 in 2015,” according to […]
Jim RosicaSeptember 28, 2017
3min332
A House member has filed proposed legislation to add violence based on “political affiliation or beliefs” to the state’s list of hate crimes. Rep. Joe Gruters, a Sarasota Republican, first filed his 1-page bill Thursday. The bill is being redrafted to correct some technical errors and will be re-filed shortly, he said. The measure as filed (HB […]
Mitch PerryJuly 8, 2016
5min453
Following the killing of five officers and wounding of seven others at a protest in Dallas Thursday night against police shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana, two Florida House Republicans running for office this fall proposed “Blue Lives Matter” legislation on Friday that would alter the state’s definition of a hate crime to include law enforcement officers and […]
Martin DyckmanJuly 1, 2015
10min181
Those who flaunt the Confederate flag insist that it symbolizes “heritage,” not hate. Call it what they will, but that heritage is a heritage of hate. The slave owners and their politicians fancied themselves good, decent, God-fearing people. How could they square that with the countless hideous brutalities they inflicted on their human chattels? They […]
Bill PrescottJune 30, 201511min243
Those who flaunt the Confederate flag insist that it symbolizes “heritage,” not hate. Call it what they will, but that heritage is a heritage of hate. The slave owners and their politicians fancied themselves good, decent, God-fearing people. How could they square that with the countless hideous brutalities they inflicted on their human chattels? They […]