Florida 2023 3rd Special Session

Florida House Bill H0013 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to antisemitism; creating s. 1.015, 2
16	16	F.S.; providing legislative intent; defining the term 3
17	17	"antisemitism"; providing contemporary examples of 4
18	18	antisemitism; providing an effective date. 5
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20	20	WHEREAS, in 1998, Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson 7
21	21	initiated the Task Force for International Cooperation on 8
22	22	Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research, and 9
23	23	WHEREAS, an international forum was held January 27-29, 10
24	24	2000, and was attended by representatives of 46 governments, 11
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26	26	prime ministers or ministers, and 13
27	27	WHEREAS, the task force issued the Declaration of the 14
28	28	Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust, also known as 15
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30	30	WHEREAS, the Stockholm Declaration is the founding document 17
31	31	for the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), the 18
32	32	successor organization to the Task Force for International 19
33	33	Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research, 20
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35	35	WHEREAS, in 2016, the IHRA adopted a working definition of 22
36	36	antisemitism to assist governments, organizations, and 23
37	37	individuals in their efforts to identify antisemitism, and 24
38	38	WHEREAS, as a part of this working definition, the IHRA 25
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53	53	WHEREAS, the IHRA's adoption of a working definition has 28
54	54	empowered many governments, organizations, and individuals to 29
55	55	identify and address the ris e in hate and discrimination against 30
56	56	Jewish individuals, NOW, THEREFORE, 31
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58	58	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 33
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60	60	Section 1. Section 1.015, Florida Statutes, is created to 35
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62	62	1.015 Antisemitism. — 37
63	63	(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to adopt the 38
64	64	working definition developed by the International Holocaust 39
65	65	Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) of the term "antisemitism" to assist 40
66	66	in the monitoring and reporting of anti -Semitic hate crimes and 41
67	67	discrimination and to make residents aware of and to combat such 42
68	68	incidents in this state. 43
69	69	(2) As adopted by the IHRA on May 26, 2016, and as used in 44
70	70	these statutes, the term "antisemitism" means a certain 45
71	71	perception of Jewish individuals which may be expressed as 46
72	72	hatred toward such individuals. Rhetorical and physical 47
73	73	manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish and 48
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75	75	community institutions and religious facilities. 50
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88	88	(3) Contemporary examples of antisemitism include, but are 51
89	89	not limited to, all of the following: 52
90	90	(a) Calling for, aiding, or justifying the killing or 53
91	91	harming of Jewish individuals in the name of a radical ideology 54
92	92	or an extremist view of a religion. 55
93	93	(b) Making mendacious, dehumanizing, demonizing, or 56
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95	95	the power of Jewish people as a collective, such as the myth of 58
96	96	a worldwide Jewish conspiracy or of Jewish individuals 59
97	97	controlling the media, economy, government, or other societal 60
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99	99	(c) Accusing Jewish people as a collective of being 62
100	100	responsible for real or imagined wrongdoing committed by a 63
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102	102	Jewish individuals. 65
103	103	(d) Denying the fact, scope, and mechanisms, such as gas 66
104	104	chambers, or the intentionality of the genocide of the Jewish 67
105	105	people at the hands of Nazi Germany and its supporters and 68
106	106	accomplices during the Holocaust. 69
107	107	(e) Accusing Jewish people as a collective, or Israel as a 70
108	108	state, of inventing or exaggerating the Holo caust. 71
109	109	(f) Accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to 72
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111	111	worldwide, than to the interests of their respective nations. 74
112	112	(g) Denying the Jewish people their right to self -75
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125	125	determination, such as claiming that the existence of a State of 76
126	126	Israel is a racist endeavor. 77
127	127	(h) Applying double standards by requiring of the Jewish 78
128	128	State of Israel a standard of behavior not expected or demanded 79
129	129	of any other democratic nation. 80
130	130	(i) Using the symbols and i mages associated with classic 81
131	131	antisemitism, such as claims of Jews killing Jesus or blood 82
132	132	libel, to characterize Israel or Israelis. 83
133	133	(j) Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to 84
134	134	that of the Nazis. 85
135	135	(k) Holding Jewish individuals collectivel y responsible 86
136	136	for actions of the State of Israel. 87
137	137	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 88