Florida SB 1250: Political Activities on School Grounds

Bill Text

1250 
Florida Commission on Human Relations 
2026-01-06T10:57:30Z 
Deleting the requirement that the Florida Commission on Human Relations send certain information to certain persons by registered mail, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1250 

 By Senator Davis 

 5-00630A-26 20261250__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the Florida Commission on Human 
 3 Relations; amending s. 760.11, F.S.; deleting the 
 4 requirement that the Florida Commission on Human 
 5 Relations send certain information to certain persons 
 6 by registered mail; making technical changes; 
 7 providing an effective date. 
 8 
 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 10 
 11 Section 1. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 760.11, 
 12 Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 
 13 760.11 Administrative and civil remedies; construction.— 
 14 (1) Any person aggrieved by a violation of ss. 760.01 
 15 760.10 may file a complaint with the commission within 365 days 
 16 after of the alleged violation, naming the employer, employment 
 17 agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee, 
 18 or, in the case of an alleged violation of s. 760.10(5), the 
 19 person responsible for the violation and describing the 
 20 violation. Any person aggrieved by a violation of s. 509.092 may 
 21 file a complaint with the commission within 365 days after of 
 22 the alleged violation, naming the person responsible for the 
 23 violation and describing the violation. The commission, a 
 24 commissioner, or the Attorney General may in like manner file 
 25 such a complaint. On the same day the complaint is filed with 
 26 the commission, the commission shall clearly stamp on the face 
 27 of the complaint the date the complaint was filed with the 
 28 commission. In lieu of filing the complaint with the commission, 
 29 a complaint under this section may be filed with the federal 
 30 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or with any unit of 
 31 government of the state which is a fair-employment-practice 
 32 agency under 29 C.F.R. ss. 1601.70-1601.80. If the date the 
 33 complaint is filed is clearly stamped on the face of the 
 34 complaint, that date is the date of filing. The date the 
 35 complaint is filed with the commission for purposes of this 
 36 section is the earliest date of filing with the Equal Employment 
 37 Opportunity Commission, the fair-employment-practice agency, or 
 38 the commission. The complaint must shall contain a short and 
 39 plain statement of the facts describing the violation and the 
 40 relief sought. The commission may require additional information 
 41 to be in the complaint. The commission, within 5 days after of 
 42 the complaint being filed, shall by registered mail send a copy 
 43 of the complaint to the person who allegedly committed the 
 44 violation. The person who allegedly committed the violation may 
 45 file an answer to the complaint within 25 days after of the date 
 46 the complaint was filed with the commission. Any answer filed 
 47 must shall be mailed to the aggrieved person by the person 
 48 filing the answer. Both the complaint and the answer must shall 
 49 be verified. 
 50 (3) Except as provided in subsection (2), the commission 
 51 shall investigate the allegations in the complaint. Within 180 
 52 days after of the filing of the complaint, the commission shall 
 53 determine whether if there is reasonable cause to believe that 
 54 discriminatory practice has occurred in violation of the Florida 
 55 Civil Rights Act of 1992. When the commission determines whether 
 56 or not there is reasonable cause, the commission by registered 
 57 mail shall promptly notify the aggrieved person and the 
 58 respondent of the reasonable cause determination, the date of 
 59 such determination, and the options available under this 
 60 section. 
 61 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.