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| 10 | 10 | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S | |
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| 14 | 14 | A bill to be entitled 1 | |
| 15 | 15 | An act relating to emergency orders prohibiting 2 | |
| 16 | 16 | religious services or activities; creating s. 252.64, 3 | |
| 17 | 17 | F.S.; defining the term "religious institution"; 4 | |
| 18 | - | providing that an emergency order may not | |
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| 18 | + | providing that an emergency order may not expressly 5 | |
| 19 | + | prohibit a religious institution from regular 6 | |
| 20 | + | religious services or activities; providing an 7 | |
| 21 | 21 | exception under certain circumstances; providing an 8 | |
| 22 | 22 | effective date. 9 | |
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| 24 | 24 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State o f Florida: 11 | |
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| 26 | 26 | Section 1. Section 252.64, Florida Statutes, is created to 13 | |
| 27 | 27 | read: 14 | |
| 28 | 28 | 252.64 Protection of religious institutions. — 15 | |
| 29 | 29 | (1) For purposes of this section, the term "religious 16 | |
| 30 | 30 | institution" has the same meaning as in s. 496.404. 17 | |
| 31 | 31 | (2) An emergency order authorized by this part may not 18 | |
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| 32 | + | expressly prohibit a religious institution from conducting 19 | |
| 33 | + | regular religious services or activities. However, a general 20 | |
| 34 | + | provision in an emergency order which applies uniformly to all 21 | |
| 35 | + | entities in the affected jurisdicti on may be applied to a 22 | |
| 36 | 36 | religious institution if the provision is in furtherance of a 23 | |
| 37 | 37 | compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive 24 | |
| 38 | 38 | means of furthering that compelling governmental interest. 25 | |
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| 47 | 47 | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S | |
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| 51 | 51 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 26 |