Florida 2023 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0305 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to protection of medical freedom; 2
16	16	amending s. 381.003, F.S.; prohibiting the Department 3
17	17	of Health from requiring enrollment in the state's 4
18	18	immunization registry or otherwise requiring persons 5
19	19	to submit to immunization tracking; prohibiting the 6
20	20	department from including a person's immunization 7
21	21	records in any interstate or federal immunization 8
22	22	tracking system or otherwise giving an entity access 9
23	23	to a person's immunization records without first 10
24	24	obtaining written informed consent from the person or 11
25	25	person's parent or guardian, as applicable; amending 12
26	26	s. 381.00316, F.S.; prohibiting business and 13
27	27	governmental entities from requiring individuals to 14
28	28	provide proof of vaccination or postinfection recovery 15
29	29	from any disease to gain access to, entry upon, or 16
30	30	service from such entities; prohibiting educational 17
31	31	institutions from requiring students or residents to 18
32	32	provide proof of vaccination or postinfection recovery 19
33	33	from any disease for attendance or enrollment or to 20
34	34	gain access to, entry upon, or service f rom such 21
35	35	entities; providing an exception; prohibiting health 22
36	36	care providers from making the provision of any health 23
37	37	care service contingent upon patients' vaccination or 24
38	38	postinfection recovery from any disease; creating s. 25
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52	52	from refusing employment to, or discharging, 27
53	53	disciplining, demoting, or otherwise discriminating 28
54	54	against, an individual solely on the basis of 29
55	55	vaccination or immunity status; creating a right of 30
56	56	action for aggrieved individuals; provid ing for 31
57	57	relief; creating ss. 626.9708, 627.6441, 627.6614, and 32
58	58	641.31078, F.S.; defining the term "vaccination or 33
59	59	immunity status"; specifying prohibited discriminatory 34
60	60	practices in the provision of life and disability 35
61	61	insurance policies, health insurance policies, group 36
62	62	health insurance policies, and health maintenance 37
63	63	contracts, respectively; providing construction; 38
64	64	amending s. 760.01, F.S.; revising the purposes of the 39
65	65	Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992 to include 40
66	66	discrimination protection for vaccination or immunity 41
67	67	status; reordering and amending s. 760.02, F.S.; 42
68	68	defining the term "vaccination or immunity status"; 43
69	69	amending s. 760.05, F.S.; revising the functions of 44
70	70	the Florida Commission on Human Relations to conform 45
71	71	to changes made by the act; amending s . 760.07, F.S.; 46
72	72	revising provisions regarding remedies for unlawful 47
73	73	discrimination to conform to changes made by the act; 48
74	74	amending s. 760.08, F.S.; prohibiting places of public 49
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88	88	vaccination or immunity statu s; amending s. 760.10, 51
89	89	F.S.; prohibiting employers from engaging in specified 52
90	90	discriminatory employment practices on the basis of a 53
91	91	person's vaccination or immunity status; providing an 54
92	92	exception; amending s. 760.22, F.S.; defining the term 55
93	93	"vaccination or immunity status"; amending ss. 760.23, 56
94	94	760.24, 760.25, and 760.26, F.S.; prohibiting 57
95	95	discrimination on the basis of a person's vaccination 58
96	96	or immunity status in the sale or rental of housing, 59
97	97	the provision of brokerage services, the financing of 60
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99	99	land use decisions or permitting of development, 62
100	100	respectively; amending s. 760.29, F.S.; revising an 63
101	101	exemption from the Fair Housing Act regarding the 64
102	102	appraisal of real property to conform to changes made 65
103	103	by the act; amending s. 760.60, F.S.; prohibiting 66
104	104	certain clubs from engaging in specified 67
105	105	discriminatory practices on the basis of a person's 68
106	106	vaccination or immunity status; amending s. 1003.22, 69
107	107	F.S.; prohibiting the department from requiring 70
108	108	children to receive immunizations approved only for 71
109	109	emergency use as a school -entry requirement; providing 72
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126	126	Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section 77
127	127	381.003, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 78
128	128	381.003 Communicable disease and AIDS prevention and 79
129	129	control.— 80
130	130	(1) The department shall conduct a communicable disease 81
131	131	prevention and control program as part of fulfilling its public 82
132	132	health mission. A communicable disease is any dis ease caused by 83
133	133	transmission of a specific infectious agent, or its toxic 84
134	134	products, from an infected person, an infected animal, or the 85
135	135	environment to a susceptible host, either directly or 86
136	136	indirectly. The communicable disease program must include, but 87
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138	138	(e) Programs for the prevention and control of vaccine -89
139	139	preventable diseases, including programs to immunize school 90
140	140	children as required by s. 1003.22(3) -(11) and the development 91
141	141	of an automated, electronic, and centralized database an d 92
142	142	registry of immunizations. The department may not require 93
143	143	enrollment in the immunization registry or otherwise require 94
144	144	persons to submit to any form of immunization tracking. The 95
145	145	department shall ensure that all children in this state are 96
146	146	immunized against vaccine-preventable diseases. The immunization 97
147	147	registry must allow the department to enhance current 98
148	148	immunization activities for the purpose of improving the 99
149	149	immunization of all children in this state. 100
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162	162	1. Except as provided in subparagraph 2., the dep artment 101
163	163	shall include all children born in this state in the 102
164	164	immunization registry by using the birth records from the Office 103
165	165	of Vital Statistics. The department shall add other children to 104
166	166	the registry as immunization services are provided. 105
167	167	2. The parent or guardian of a child may refuse to have 106
168	168	the child included in the immunization registry by signing a 107
169	169	form obtained from the department, or from the health care 108
170	170	practitioner or entity that provides the immunization, which 109
171	171	indicates that the parent or gu ardian does not wish to have the 110
172	172	child included in the immunization registry. Each consent to 111
173	173	treatment form provided by a health care practitioner or by an 112
174	174	entity that administers vaccinations or causes vaccinations to 113
175	175	be administered to children from bir th through 17 years of age 114
176	176	must contain a notice stating that the parent or guardian of a 115
177	177	child may refuse to have his or her child included in the 116
178	178	immunization registry. The parent or guardian may either submit 117
179	179	the opt-out form directly to the department or must provide it 118
180	180	such opt-out form to the health care practitioner or entity upon 119
181	181	administration of the vaccination. Such health care practitioner 120
182	182	or entity shall submit the form to the department. If a parent 121
183	183	or guardian has refused to have his or her c hild included in the 122
184	184	immunization registry, A parent or guardian may submit the opt -123
185	185	out form directly to the department. any records or identifying 124
186	186	information pertaining to the child must shall be removed from 125
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200	200	or her child included in the immunization registry . 127
201	201	3. A college or university student, from 18 years of age 128
202	202	to 23 years of age, who obtains a vaccination from a college or 129
203	203	university student health center or clinic in this the state may 130
204	204	refuse to be included in the immunization registry by signing a 131
205	205	form obtained from the department, health center, or clinic 132
206	206	which indicates that the student does not wish to be included in 133
207	207	the immunization registry. The student may either submit the 134
208	208	form directly to the department or must provide it such opt-out 135
209	209	form to the health center or clinic upon administration of the 136
210	210	immunization vaccination. Such health center or clinic shall 137
211	211	submit the form to the department. If the student has refused to 138
212	212	be included in the immunization registry, A student may submit 139
213	213	the opt-out form directly to the department. any records or 140
214	214	identifying information pertaining to the student must shall be 141
215	215	removed from the registry if the student has refused to be 142
216	216	included in the immunization registry . 143
217	217	4. The immunization registry shall allow for immunization 144
218	218	records to be electronically available to entities that are 145
219	219	required by law to have such records, including, but not limited 146
220	220	to, schools and licensed child care facilities. However, the 147
221	221	department may not include a person's immunization records in 148
222	222	any interstate or federal immunization tracking system or 149
223	223	otherwise allow an entity not required by law to have such 150
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238	238	a minor, to release the immunization records for such purpose. 153
239	239	5. A health care practitioner licensed under chapter 458, 154
240	240	chapter 459, or chapter 464 in this state who administers 155
241	241	vaccinations or causes vaccinations to be administered to 156
242	242	children from birth through 17 years of age is required to 157
243	243	report vaccination data to the immunization registry, unless a 158
244	244	parent or guardian of a child has refused to have the child 159
245	245	included in the immunization registry by meeting the 160
246	246	requirements of subparagraph 2. A health care practitioner 161
247	247	licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, or chapter 464 in this 162
248	248	state who administers vaccinations or causes vaccinations to be 163
249	249	administered to college or university student s from 18 years of 164
250	250	age to 23 years of age at a college or university student health 165
251	251	center or clinic is required to report vaccination data to the 166
252	252	immunization registry, unless the student has refused to be 167
253	253	included in the immunization registry by meeting the 168
254	254	requirements of subparagraph 3. Vaccination data for students in 169
255	255	other age ranges may be submitted to the immunization registry 170
256	256	only if the student consents to inclusion in the immunization 171
257	257	registry. The upload of data from existing automated systems i s 172
258	258	an acceptable method for updating immunization information in 173
259	259	the immunization registry. The information in the immunization 174
260	260	registry must include the child's name, date of birth, address, 175
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276	276	or absence of any adverse reaction or contraindication related 179
277	277	to the immunization. Information received by the department for 180
278	278	the immunization registry retains its status as confidential 181
279	279	medical information and the department must maintain the 182
280	280	confidentiality of that information as otherwise required by 183
281	281	law. A health care practitioner or other agency that obtains 184
282	282	information from the immunization registry must maintain the 185
283	283	confidentiality of any medical records in accordance with s. 186
284	284	456.057 or as otherwise required by law. 187
285	285	Section 2. Section 381.00316, Florida Statutes, is amended 188
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287	287	381.00316 COVID-19 Vaccine documentation.— 190
288	288	(1) A business entity, as defined in s. 768.38 to include 191
289	289	any business operating in this state, may not require patrons or 192
290	290	customers to provide any documentation certifying COVID-19 193
291	291	vaccination or postinfection recovery from any disease to gain 194
292	292	access to, entry upon, or service from the business operations 195
293	293	in this state. This subsection does not otherwise restrict 196
294	294	businesses from instituting screening protocols consistent with 197
295	295	authoritative or controlling government -issued guidance to 198
296	296	protect public health. 199
297	297	(2) A governmental entity as defined in s. 768.38 may not 200
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313	313	operations in this state. This subsection does not otherwise 204
314	314	restrict governmental entities from instituting screening 205
315	315	protocols consistent with authoritative or controlling 206
316	316	government-issued guidance to protect public health. 207
317	317	(3) An educational institution as defined in s. 768.38 may 208
318	318	not require students or residents to provide any documentation 209
319	319	certifying COVID-19 vaccination or postinfection recovery from 210
320	320	any disease for attendance or enrollment, or to gain access to, 211
321	321	entry upon, or service from such educational institution in this 212
322	322	state. This subsection does not otherwise restrict educational 213
323	323	institutions from instituting screening protocols consistent 214
324	324	with authoritative or controlling government -issued guidance to 215
325	325	protect public health. This subsection does not apply to 216
326	326	immunizations required by s. 1003.22(3). 217
327	327	(4) The department may impose a fine not to exceed $5,000 218
328	328	per violation. 219
329	329	(5) This section does not apply to a health care provider 220
330	330	as defined in s. 768.38; a servi ce provider licensed or 221
331	331	certified under s. 393.17, part III of chapter 401, or part IV 222
332	332	of chapter 468; or a provider with an active health care clinic 223
333	333	exemption under s. 400.9935. However, such providers may not 224
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348	348	having recovered from infection from a particular disease. 227
349	349	(6) The department may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536 228
350	350	and 120.54 to implement this section. 229
351	351	Section 3. Section 448.077, Florida Statutes, is created 230
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353	353	448.077 Employment discrimination on the basis of 232
354	354	vaccination or immunity status prohibited. — 233
355	355	(1) As used in this section, the term: 234
356	356	(a) "Employee" means any individual who performs services 235
357	357	for and under the direction and control of an employer for wages 236
358	358	or other remuneration. The term includes independent 237
359	359	contractors. 238
360	360	(b) "Employer" means any individual, firm, partnership, 239
361	361	institution, corporation, or association that employs two or 240
362	362	more employees. The term includes governmental entities as 241
363	363	defined in s. 768.38. 242
364	364	(c) "Vaccination or immunity status," with respect to an 243
365	365	individual, means whether he or she has been administered a 244
366	366	vaccine for or is otherwise immune to a particular disease. 245
367	367	(2) It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer 246
368	368	to refuse to employ an individual, or to discharge, discipline, 247
369	369	demote, or otherwise discriminate against an employee with 248
370	370	respect to wages or terms, conditions, or privileges of 249
371	371	employment, based on the individual's vaccination or immunity 250
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385	385	(3) An individual who is refused employment or 252
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387	387	status in violation of this section may file a civil action in a 254
388	388	court of competent jurisdict ion for relief as set forth in 255
389	389	subsection (4). 256
390	390	(4) In any action brought pursuant to subsection (3), the 257
391	391	court may order any of the following relief, as applicable: 258
392	392	(a) An injunction restraining continued violation of this 259
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394	394	(b) Employment or reinstatement of the employee to the 261
395	395	same position applied for or held, as applicable, before the 262
396	396	violation occurred or to an equivalent position. 263
397	397	(c) Compensation for lost wages, benefits, and other 264
398	398	remuneration. 265
399	399	(d) Reasonable attorney fees. 266
400	400	(e) Any other relief the court deems appropriate. 267
401	401	Section 4. Section 626.9708, Florida Statutes, is created 268
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403	403	626.9708 Discrimination on the basis of vaccination or 270
404	404	immunity status prohibited. — 271
405	405	(1) As used in this section, the term "vaccination or 272
406	406	immunity status," with respect to an individual, means whether 273
407	407	he or she has been administered a vaccine for or is otherwise 274
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421	421	(2) An insurer authorized to transact insurance in this 276
422	422	state may not do any of the following: 277
423	423	(a) Require proof of vaccination or immunity status for 278
424	424	any disease from an applicant or a policyholder. 279
425	425	(b) Refuse to issue or renew any policy of life insurance 280
426	426	or disability insurance solely on the basis of the applicant's 281
427	427	or policyholder's vaccinati on or immunity status. 282
428	428	(c) Impose a higher premium rate or charge or otherwise 283
429	429	discriminate in coverage in a life insurance policy or 284
430	430	disability insurance policy solely on the basis of the 285
431	431	applicant's or policyholder's vaccination or immunity status. 286
432	432	(3) This section may not be construed to require an 287
433	433	insurer to provide insurance coverage for a medical condition 288
434	434	that the applicant or policyholder has already sustained. 289
435	435	Section 5. Section 627.6441, Florida Statutes, is created 290
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437	437	627.6441 Discrimination on the basis of vaccination or 292
438	438	immunity status prohibited. — 293
439	439	(1) As used in this section, the term "vaccination or 294
440	440	immunity status," with respect to an individual, means whether 295
441	441	he or she has been administered a vaccine for or is otherwise 296
442	442	immune to a particular disease. 297
443	443	(2) A health insurer may not do any of the following: 298
444	444	(a) Require proof of vaccination or immunity status for 299
445	445	any disease from an applicant or a policyholder. 300
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460	460	vaccination or immunity status. 303
461	461	(c) Impose a higher premium rate or charge or otherwise 304
462	462	discriminate in the coverage of care in a health insurance 305
463	463	policy solely on the basis of the applicant's or policyho lder's 306
464	464	vaccination or immunity status. 307
465	465	(3) This section may not be construed to require a health 308
466	466	insurer to provide coverage for a medical condition that the 309
467	467	applicant or policyholder has already sustained. 310
468	468	Section 6. Section 627.6614, Florida Statut es, is created 311
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470	470	627.6614 Discrimination on the basis of vaccination or 313
471	471	immunity status prohibited. — 314
472	472	(1) As used in this section, the term "vaccination or 315
473	473	immunity status," with respect to an individual, means whether 316
474	474	he or she has been administ ered a vaccine for or is otherwise 317
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476	476	(2) An insurer offering coverage under a group, blanket, 319
477	477	or franchise health insurance policy in this state may not do 320
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479	479	(a) Require proof of vaccination or immunity status for 322
480	480	any disease from an applicant or a policyholder. 323
481	481	(b) Refuse to issue or renew a health insurance policy 324
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496	496	(c) Impose a higher premium rate or charge or o therwise 327
497	497	discriminate in the coverage of care in a health insurance 328
498	498	policy solely on the basis of the applicant's or policyholder's 329
499	499	vaccination or immunity status. 330
500	500	(3) This section may not be construed to require an 331
501	501	insurer to provide coverage for a medi cal condition that the 332
502	502	applicant or policyholder has already sustained. 333
503	503	Section 7. Section 641.31078, Florida Statutes, is created 334
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505	505	641.31078 Discrimination on the basis of vaccination or 336
506	506	immunity status prohibited. — 337
507	507	(1) As used in this sec tion, the term "vaccination or 338
508	508	immunity status," with respect to an individual, means whether 339
509	509	he or she has been administered a vaccine for or is otherwise 340
510	510	immune to a particular disease. 341
511	511	(2) A health maintenance organization providing coverage 342
512	512	under a health maintenance contract in this state may not do any 343
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514	514	(a) Require proof of vaccination or immunity status for 345
515	515	any disease from an applicant or a subscriber. 346
516	516	(b) Refuse to issue or renew a health maintenance contract 347
517	517	solely on the basis of the applicant's or subscriber's 348
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533	533	contract solely on the basis of the applicant's or subscriber's 352
534	534	vaccination or immunity status. 353
535	535	(3) This section may not be construed to require a health 354
536	536	maintenance organization to provide coverage for a medical 355
537	537	condition that the applicant or subscriber has already 356
538	538	sustained. 357
539	539	Section 8. Subsection (2) of section 760.01, Florida 358
540	540	Statutes, is amended to read: 359
541	541	760.01 Purposes; construction; title. — 360
542	542	(2) The general purposes of the Florida Civil Rights Act 361
543	543	of 1992 are to secure for all individuals within this the state 362
544	544	freedom from discrimination because of race, c olor, religion, 363
545	545	sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, handicap, vaccination or 364
546	546	immunity status, or marital status and thereby to protect their 365
547	547	interest in personal dignity, to make available to the state 366
548	548	their full productive capacities, to secure this the state 367
549	549	against domestic strife and unrest, to preserve the public 368
550	550	safety, health, and general welfare, and to promote the 369
551	551	interests, rights, and privileges of individuals within this the 370
552	552	state. 371
553	553	Section 9. Section 760.02, Florida Statutes, is reordered 372
554	554	and amended to read: 373
555	555	760.02 Definitions. —For the purposes of ss. 760.01 -760.11 374
556	556	and 509.092, the term: 375
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569	569	(7)(1) "Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992" means ss. 376
570	570	760.01-760.11 and 509.092. 377
571	571	(2) "Commission" means the Florida Commission on Human 378
572	572	Relations created by s. 760.03. 379
573	573	(3) "Commissioner" or "member" means a member of the 380
574	574	commission. 381
575	575	(4) "Discriminatory practice" means any practice made 382
576	576	unlawful by the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992. 383
577	577	(9)(5) "National origin" includes ancestry. 384
578	578	(10)(6) "Person" includes an individual, association, 385
579	579	corporation, joint apprenticeship committee, joint -stock 386
580	580	company, labor union, legal representative, mutual company, 387
581	581	partnership, receiver, trust, trustee in bankruptcy, or 388
582	582	unincorporated organization; any ot her legal or commercial 389
583	583	entity; the state; or any governmental entity or agency. 390
584	584	(5)(7) "Employer" means any person employing 15 or more 391
585	585	employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar 392
586	586	weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, and an y agent 393
587	587	of such a person. 394
588	588	(6)(8) "Employment agency" means any person regularly 395
589	589	undertaking, with or without compensation, to procure employees 396
590	590	for an employer or to procure for employees opportunities to 397
591	591	work for an employer, and includes an agent of su ch a person. 398
592	592	(8)(9) "Labor organization" means any organization which 399
593	593	exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective 400
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607	607	terms or conditions of employment, or other mutual aid or 402
608	608	protection in connection with employment. 403
609	609	(1)(10) "Aggrieved person" means any person who files a 404
610	610	complaint with the Human Relations Commission. 405
611	611	(11) "Public accommodations" means places of public 406
612	612	accommodation, lodgings, facilities principally engaged in 407
613	613	selling food for consumption on the premises, gasoline stations, 408
614	614	places of exhibition or entertainment, and other covered 409
615	615	establishments. Each of the following establishments which 410
616	616	serves the public is a place of public accommodation within the 411
617	617	meaning of this section: 412
618	618	(a) Any inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment which 413
619	619	provides lodging to transient guests, other than an 414
620	620	establishment located within a building which contains not more 415
621	621	than four rooms for rent or hire and which is actually occupied 416
622	622	by the proprietor of such establishment as his or her residence. 417
623	623	(b) Any restaurant, cafeteria, lunchroom, lunch counter, 418
624	624	soda fountain, or other facility principally engaged in selling 419
625	625	food for consumption on the premises, including, but not limited 420
626	626	to, any such facility located on the premises of any retail 421
627	627	establishment, or any gasoline station. 422
628	628	(c) Any motion picture theater, theater, concert hall, 423
629	629	sports arena, stadium, or other place of exhibition or 424
630	630	entertainment. 425
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643	643	(d) Any establishment which is phy sically located within 426
644	644	the premises of any establishment otherwise covered by this 427
645	645	subsection, or within the premises of which is physically 428
646	646	located any such covered establishment, and which holds itself 429
647	647	out as serving patrons of such covered establishment . 430
648	648	(12) "Vaccination or immunity status," with respect to an 431
649	649	individual, means whether he or she has been administered a 432
650	650	vaccination for or is otherwise immune to a particular disease. 433
651	651	Section 10. Section 760.05, Florida Statutes, is amended 434
652	652	to read: 435
653	653	760.05 Functions of the commission. —The commission shall 436
654	654	promote and encourage fair treatment and equal opportunity for 437
655	655	all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, 438
656	656	national origin, age, handicap, vaccination or immunity status, 439
657	657	or marital status and mutual understanding and respect among all 440
658	658	members of all economic, social, racial, religious, and ethnic 441
659	659	groups; and shall endeavor to eliminate discrimination against, 442
660	660	and antagonism between, religious, racial, and ethnic groups and 443
661	661	their members. 444
662	662	Section 11. Section 760.07, Florida Statutes, is amended 445
663	663	to read: 446
664	664	760.07 Remedies for unlawful discrimination. —Any violation 447
665	665	of any Florida statute that makes unlawful discrimination 448
666	666	because of race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, nat ional 449
667	667	origin, age, handicap, vaccination or immunity status, or 450
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680	680	marital status in the areas of education, employment, or public 451
681	681	accommodations gives rise to a cause of action for all relief 452
682	682	and damages described in s. 760.11(5), unless greater damages 453
683	683	are expressly provided for. If the statute prohibiting unlawful 454
684	684	discrimination provides an administrative remedy, the action for 455
685	685	equitable relief and damages provided for in this section may be 456
686	686	initiated only after the plaintiff has exhausted his or her 457
687	687	administrative remedy. The term "public accommodations" does not 458
688	688	include lodge halls or other similar facilities of private 459
689	689	organizations which are made available for public use 460
690	690	occasionally or periodically. The right to trial by jury is 461
691	691	preserved in any case in which the plaintiff is seeking actual 462
692	692	or punitive damages. 463
693	693	Section 12. Section 760.08, Florida Statutes, is amended 464
694	694	to read: 465
695	695	760.08 Discrimination in places of public accommodation. —466
696	696	All persons are entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the 467
697	697	goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and 468
698	698	accommodations of any place of public accommodation without 469
699	699	discrimination or segregation on the ground of race, color, 470
700	700	national origin, sex, pregnancy, handicap, vaccination or 471
701	701	immunity status, familial status, or religion. 472
702	702	Section 13. Subsections (1) and (2), paragraphs (a) and 473
703	703	(b) of subsection (3), subsections (4), (5), and (6), and 474
704	704	paragraph (a) of subsection (9) of section 760.10, Florida 475
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717	717	Statutes, are amended to read: 476
718	718	760.10 Unlawful employm ent practices.— 477
719	719	(1) It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer: 478
720	720	(a) To discharge or to fail or refuse to hire any 479
721	721	individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual 480
722	722	with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges 481
723	723	of employment, because of such individual's race, color, 482
724	724	religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, handicap, 483
725	725	vaccination or immunity status, or marital status. 484
726	726	(b) To limit, segregate, or classify employees or 485
727	727	applicants for employment in any way w hich would deprive or tend 486
728	728	to deprive any individual of employment opportunities, or 487
729	729	adversely affect any individual's status as an employee, because 488
730	730	of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, 489
731	731	national origin, age, handicap, vaccination or immunity status, 490
732	732	or marital status. 491
733	733	(2) It is an unlawful employment practice for an 492
734	734	employment agency to fail or refuse to refer for employment, or 493
735	735	otherwise to discriminate against, any individual because of 494
736	736	race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, nati onal origin, age, 495
737	737	handicap, vaccination or immunity status, or marital status or 496
738	738	to classify or refer for employment any individual on the basis 497
739	739	of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, 498
740	740	handicap, vaccination or immunity status, or marital status. 499
741	741	(3) It is an unlawful employment practice for a labor 500
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754	754	organization: 501
755	755	(a) To exclude or to expel from its membership, or 502
756	756	otherwise to discriminate against, any individual because of 503
757	757	race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ag e, 504
758	758	handicap, vaccination or immunity status, or marital status. 505
759	759	(b) To limit, segregate, or classify its membership or 506
760	760	applicants for membership, or to classify or fail or refuse to 507
761	761	refer for employment any individual, in any way that would 508
762	762	deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment 509
763	763	opportunities, or adversely affect any individual's status as an 510
764	764	employee or as an applicant for employment, because of such 511
765	765	individual's race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national 512
766	766	origin, age, handicap, vaccination or immunity status, or 513
767	767	marital status. 514
768	768	(4) It is an unlawful employment practice for any 515
769	769	employer, labor organization, or joint labor -management 516
770	770	committee controlling apprenticeship or other training or 517
771	771	retraining, including on -the-job training programs, to 518
772	772	discriminate against any individual because of race, color, 519
773	773	religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, handicap, 520
774	774	vaccination or immunity status, or marital status in admission 521
775	775	to, or employment in, any program established to provide 522
776	776	apprenticeship or other training. 523
777	777	(5) Whenever, in order to engage in a profession, 524
778	778	occupation, or trade, it is required that a person receive a 525
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791	791	license, certification, or other credential, become a member or 526
792	792	an associate of any club, association, or other organization, or 527
793	793	pass any examination, it is an unlawful employment practice for 528
794	794	any person to discriminate against any other person seeking suc h 529
795	795	license, certification, or other credential, seeking to become a 530
796	796	member or associate of such club, association, or other 531
797	797	organization, or seeking to take or pass such examination, 532
798	798	because of such other person's race, color, religion, sex, 533
799	799	pregnancy, national origin, age, handicap, vaccination or 534
800	800	immunity status, or marital status. 535
801	801	(6) It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer, 536
802	802	labor organization, employment agency, or joint labor -management 537
803	803	committee to print, or cause to be printed or publi shed, any 538
804	804	notice or advertisement relating to employment, membership, 539
805	805	classification, referral for employment, or apprenticeship or 540
806	806	other training, indicating any preference, limitation, 541
807	807	specification, or discrimination, based on race, color, 542
808	808	religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, absence of 543
809	809	handicap, vaccination or immunity status, or marital status. 544
810	810	(9) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, 545
811	811	it is not an unlawful employment practice under ss. 760.01 -546
812	812	760.10 for an employer, employm ent agency, labor organization, 547
813	813	or joint labor-management committee to: 548
814	814	(a) Take or fail to take any action on the basis of 549
815	815	religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, handicap, 550
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829	829	certain instances in which religion, sex, condition of 552
830	830	pregnancy, national origin, age, absence of a particular 553
831	831	handicap, vaccination or immunity status, or marital status is a 554
832	832	bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary for 555
833	833	the performance of the particu lar employment to which such 556
834	834	action or inaction is related. 557
835	835	Section 14. Subsection (11) is added to section 760.22, 558
836	836	Florida Statutes, to read: 559
837	837	760.22 Definitions. —As used in ss. 760.20 -760.37, the 560
838	838	term: 561
839	839	(11) "Vaccination or immunity status," with r espect to an 562
840	840	individual, means whether he or she has been administered a 563
841	841	vaccination for or is otherwise immune to a particular disease. 564
842	842	Section 15. Subsections (1) through (5) of section 760.23, 565
843	843	Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 566
844	844	760.23 Discrimination in the sale or rental of housing and 567
845	845	other prohibited practices. — 568
846	846	(1) It is unlawful to refuse to sell or rent after the 569
847	847	making of a bona fide offer, to refuse to negotiate for the sale 570
848	848	or rental of, or otherwise to make unavailable or deny a 571
849	849	dwelling to any person because of race, color, national origin, 572
850	850	sex, disability, vaccination or immunity status, familial 573
851	851	status, or religion. 574
852	852	(2) It is unlawful to discriminate against any person in 575
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865	865	the terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or rental of a 576
866	866	dwelling, or in the provision of services or facilities in 577
867	867	connection therewith, because of race, color, national origin, 578
868	868	sex, disability, vaccination or immunity status, familial 579
869	869	status, or religion. 580
870	870	(3) It is unlawful to make, print, or publish, or c ause to 581
871	871	be made, printed, or published, any notice, statement, or 582
872	872	advertisement with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling 583
873	873	that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination 584
874	874	based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, 585
875	875	vaccination or immunity status, familial status, or religion or 586
876	876	an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or 587
877	877	discrimination. 588
878	878	(4) It is unlawful to represent to any person because of 589
879	879	race, color, national origin, sex, disability, vaccination or 590
880	880	immunity status, familial status, or religion that any dwelling 591
881	881	is not available for inspection, sale, or rental when such 592
882	882	dwelling is in fact so available. 593
883	883	(5) It is unlawful, for profit, to induce or attempt to 594
884	884	induce any person to sell or rent any dwelling by a 595
885	885	representation regarding the entry or prospective entry into the 596
886	886	neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular race, color, 597
887	887	national origin, sex, disability, vaccination or immunity 598
888	888	status, familial status, or religion. 599
889	889	Section 16. Section 760 .24, Florida Statutes, is amended 600
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902	902	to read: 601
903	903	760.24 Discrimination in the provision of brokerage 602
904	904	services.—It is unlawful to deny any person access to, or 603
905	905	membership or participation in, any multiple -listing service, 604
906	906	real estate brokers' organization, or o ther service, 605
907	907	organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or 606
908	908	renting dwellings, or to discriminate against him or her in the 607
909	909	terms or conditions of such access, membership, or 608
910	910	participation, on account of race, color, national origin, sex , 609
911	911	disability, vaccination or immunity status, familial status, or 610
912	912	religion. 611
913	913	Section 17. Subsection (1) and paragraph (a) of subsection 612
914	914	(2) of section 760.25, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 613
915	915	760.25 Discrimination in the financing of housing or in 614
916	916	residential real estate transactions. — 615
917	917	(1) It is unlawful for any bank, building and loan 616
918	918	association, insurance company, or other corporation, 617
919	919	association, firm, or enterprise the business of which consists 618
920	920	in whole or in part of the making of commer cial real estate 619
921	921	loans to deny a loan or other financial assistance to a person 620
922	922	applying for the loan for the purpose of purchasing, 621
923	923	constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining a dwelling, 622
924	924	or to discriminate against him or her in the fixing of the 623
925	925	amount, interest rate, duration, or other term or condition of 624
926	926	such loan or other financial assistance, because of the race, 625
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940	940	status, familial status, or religion of such person or of any 627
941	941	person associated with him or her in connection with such loan 628
942	942	or other financial assistance or the purposes of such loan or 629
943	943	other financial assistance, or because of the race, color, 630
944	944	national origin, sex, disability, vaccination or immunity 631
945	945	status, familial status, or religion of the present or 632
946	946	prospective owners, lessees, tenants, or occupants of the 633
947	947	dwelling or dwellings in relation to which such loan or other 634
948	948	financial assistance is to be made or given. 635
949	949	(2)(a) It is unlawful for any person or entity whose 636
950	950	business includes engaging in residential real estate 637
951	951	transactions to discriminate against any person in making 638
952	952	available such a transaction, or in the terms or conditions of 639
953	953	such a transaction, because of race, color, national origin, 640
954	954	sex, disability, vaccination or immunity status, familial 641
955	955	status, or religion. 642
956	956	Section 18. Section 760.26, Florida Statutes, is amended 643
957	957	to read: 644
958	958	760.26 Prohibited discrimination in land use decisions and 645
959	959	in permitting of development. —It is unlawful to discriminate in 646
960	960	land use decisions or in the permitting of development based on 647
961	961	race, color, national origin, sex, disability, vaccination or 648
962	962	immunity status, familial status, religion, or, except as 649
963	963	otherwise provided by law, the source of financing of a 650
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977	977	Section 19. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section 652
978	978	760.29, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 653
979	979	760.29 Exemptions.— 654
980	980	(5) Nothing in ss. 760.20 -760.37: 655
981	981	(a) Prohibits a person engaged in the business of 656
982	982	furnishing appraisals of real property from taking into 657
983	983	consideration factors other than race, color, national origin, 658
984	984	sex, disability, vaccination or immunity status, familial 659
985	985	status, or religion. 660
986	986	Section 20. Subsection (1) of section 760.60, Florida 661
987	987	Statutes, is amended to read: 662
988	988	760.60 Discriminatory practices of certain clubs 663
989	989	prohibited; remedies. — 664
990	990	(1) It is unlawful for a person to discriminate against 665
991	991	any individual because of race, color, religion, gender, 666
992	992	national origin, handicap, vaccination or immunity statu s, age 667
993	993	above the age of 21, or marital status in evaluating an 668
994	994	application for membership in a club that has more than 400 669
995	995	members, that provides regular meal service, and that regularly 670
996	996	receives payment for dues, fees, use of space, facilities, 671
997	997	services, meals, or beverages directly or indirectly from 672
998	998	nonmembers for business purposes. It is unlawful for a person, 673
999	999	on behalf of such a club, to publish, circulate, issue, display, 674
1000	1000	post, or mail any advertisement, notice, or solicitation that 675
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1014	1014	advantages, facilities, membership, or privileges of the club 677
1015	1015	are denied to any individual because of race, color, religion, 678
1016	1016	gender, national origin, handicap, vaccination or immunity 679
1017	1017	status, age above the age of 2 1, or marital status. This 680
1018	1018	subsection does not apply to fraternal or benevolent 681
1019	1019	organizations, ethnic clubs, or religious organizations where 682
1020	1020	business activity is not prevalent. 683
1021	1021	Section 21. Subsection (3) of section 1003.22, Florida 684
1022	1022	Statutes, is amended to read: 685
1023	1023	1003.22 School-entry health examinations; immunization 686
1024	1024	against communicable diseases; exemptions; duties of Department 687
1025	1025	of Health.— 688
1026	1026	(3) The Department of Health may adopt rules necessary to 689
1027	1027	administer and enforce this section. The Depar tment of Health, 690
1028	1028	after consultation with the Department of Education, shall adopt 691
1029	1029	rules governing the immunization of children against, the 692
1030	1030	testing for, and the control of preventable communicable 693
1031	1031	diseases. The rules must include procedures for exempting a 694
1032	1032	child from immunization requirements. Immunizations must shall 695
1033	1033	be required for poliomyelitis, diphtheria, rubeola, rubella, 696
1034	1034	pertussis, mumps, tetanus, and other communicable diseases as 697
1035	1035	determined by rules of the Department of Health ; however, any 698
1036	1036	immunization approved by the United States Food and Drug 699
1037	1037	Administration only for emergency use may not be required . The 700
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1050	1050	manner and frequency of administration of the immunization or 701
1051	1051	testing must shall conform to recognized standards of medical 702
1052	1052	practice. The Department of Health shall supervise and secure 703
1053	1053	the enforcement of the required immunization. Immunizations 704
1054	1054	required by this section must shall be available at no cost from 705
1055	1055	the county health departments. 706
1056	1056	Section 22. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 707