DeSantis signs law blocking local governments from funding DEI

By: Mitch Perry

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: April 23, 2026

Words: 621

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed legislation (SB 1134) banning local governments from funding or promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, with local officials who are found to have violated the law subject to removal from office.

The bill defines DEI as any effort to “manipulate or otherwise influence the composition of employees with reference to race, color, sex, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation other than to ensure that hiring is …

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