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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to antisemitism; creating s. 1.015, 2
F.S.; providing legislative intent; defining the term 3
"antisemitism"; providing contemporary examples of 4
antisemitism; providing an effective date. 5
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WHEREAS, in 1998, Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson 7
initiated the Task Force for International Cooperation on 8
Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research, and 9
WHEREAS, an international forum was held January 27-29, 10
2000, and was attended by representatives of 46 governments, 11
including 23 heads of state or prime ministers and 14 deputy 12
prime ministers or ministers, and 13
WHEREAS, the task force issued the Declaration of the 14
Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust, also known as 15
the Stockholm Declaration, and 16
WHEREAS, the Stockholm Declaration is the founding document 17
for the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), the 18
successor organization to the Task Force for International 19
Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research, 20
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WHEREAS, in 2016, the IHRA adopted a working definition of 22
antisemitism to assist governments, organizations, and 23
individuals in their efforts to identify antisemitism, and 24
WHEREAS, as a part of this working definition, the IHRA 25
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included contemporary examples of antisemitism from around the 26
globe, and 27
WHEREAS, the IHRA's adoption of a working definition has 28
empowered many governments, organizations, and individuals to 29
identify and address the ris e in hate and discrimination against 30
Jewish individuals, NOW, THEREFORE, 31
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 33
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Section 1. Section 1.015, Florida Statutes, is created to 35
read: 36
1.015 Antisemitism. — 37
(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to adopt the 38
working definition developed by the International Holocaust 39
Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) of the term "antisemitism" to assist 40
in the monitoring and reporting of anti -Semitic hate crimes and 41
discrimination and to make residents aware of and to combat such 42
incidents in this state. 43
(2) As adopted by the IHRA on May 26, 2016, and as used in 44
these statutes, the term "antisemitism" means a certain 45
perception of Jewish individuals which may be expressed as 46
hatred toward such individuals. Rhetorical and physical 47
manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish and 48
non-Jewish individuals and their property and toward Jewish 49
community institutions and religious facilities. 50
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(3) Contemporary examples of antisemitism include, but are 51
not limited to, all of the following: 52
(a) Calling for, aiding, or justifying the killing or 53
harming of Jewish individuals in the name of a radical ideology 54
or an extremist view of a religion. 55
(b) Making mendacious, dehumanizing, demonizing, or 56
stereotypical allegations about Jewish individuals as such or 57
the power of Jewish people as a collective, such as the myth of 58
a worldwide Jewish conspiracy or of Jewish individuals 59
controlling the media, economy, government, or other societal 60
institutions. 61
(c) Accusing Jewish people as a collective of being 62
responsible for real or imagined wrongdoing committed by a 63
single Jewish person or group or for acts committed by non -64
Jewish individuals. 65
(d) Denying the fact, scope, and mechanisms, such as gas 66
chambers, or the intentionality of the genocide of the Jewish 67
people at the hands of Nazi Germany and its supporters and 68
accomplices during the Holocaust. 69
(e) Accusing Jewish people as a collective, or Israel as a 70
state, of inventing or exaggerating the Holo caust. 71
(f) Accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to 72
Israel, or to the alleged priorities of Jewish individuals 73
worldwide, than to the interests of their respective nations. 74
(g) Denying the Jewish people their right to self -75
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determination, such as claiming that the existence of a State of 76
Israel is a racist endeavor. 77
(h) Applying double standards by requiring of the Jewish 78
State of Israel a standard of behavior not expected or demanded 79
of any other democratic nation. 80
(i) Using the symbols and i mages associated with classic 81
antisemitism, such as claims of Jews killing Jesus or blood 82
libel, to characterize Israel or Israelis. 83
(j) Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to 84
that of the Nazis. 85
(k) Holding Jewish individuals collectivel y responsible 86
for actions of the State of Israel. 87
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 88