7 Republican lawmakers in Florida filed anti-LGBTQ bills, just hours before the deadline to file new bills for the coming legislative session.
NBC News reached out to the legislators behind the bills but did not receive any responses before press time. After initial publication, however, Sen. Gruters responded saying his Senate bill — unlike its companion in the House —"includes protections" in the preamble by stating that “nothing in this act is intended to alter” local policies prohibiting employment discrimination.
"The bill certainly does not authorize an employer to discriminate against employees who are members of protected classes, whether protected by federal or state law or local ordinance," Sen. Gruters told NBC News in an email.
However, Joe Saunders, Equality Florida's senior political director, said the preamble is just the bill's introduction and is not considered part of the law. “We appreciate that Sen. Gruters put that in,” Saunders said, but “it’s not policy; it’s not considered part of the bill.”
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