Bill saying public-sector workers don’t need to use people’s preferred pronouns advances

By: Mitch Perry

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: February 5, 2026

Words: 774

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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A measure to impose state regulations on pronoun use for public-sector employees and contractors was approved in its first committee stops in both the Florida Senate and House this week.

The “Freedom of Conscience in the Workplace Act” (SB 1642/HB 641) says that state and local government employers and contractors can’t take disciplinary action against an employee or contractor because of their “deeply held religious, moral, conscience-based, or biology-based beliefs against …

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