Florida adds late amendment to SB1438 to effectively outlaw public Pride events.

[NullTuples]

First, the amendment extends the ban on drag to any permitted event.
But second, if drag occurs the person issued the permit automatically commits a misdemeanor.

Amendment: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1438/Amendment/533606/HTML

3 Before line 37
4 insert:
5 Section 1. Section 255.70, Florida Statutes, is created to
6 read:is liable to be charged with a
7 255.70 Public permitting.—
8 (1) As used in this section, the term “governmental entity”
9 means any state, county, district, or municipal officer,
10 department, division, board, bureau, commission, or other
11 separate unit of government created or established by law and
12 any other public or private agency, person, partnership, or
13 corporation or business entity acting on behalf of any public
14 agency.
15 (2) A governmental entity may not issue a permit or
16 otherwise authorize a person to conduct a performance in
17 violation of s. 827.11.
18 (3) If a violation of s. 827.11 occurs for a lawfully
19 issued permit or other authorization, the individual who was
20 issued the permit or other authorization commits a misdemeanor
21 of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
22 775.083.

[FalloutShelter]

1. Is it time to boycott Florida yet?

[Meadowoak]

3. Yes it is. And the best pride parade I've ever been to was in Key West.

But I won't go back to Florida, ever.

[Stargleamer]

4. What an oasis Key West is

Away from the idiocy plaguing other areas of Florida

[ShazzieB]

2. Those assholes! 🤬

[PortTack]

5. If challenged it won't stand...not even in FL

[NullTuples]

7. So long as they can stretch it out past the 2024 elections, do they care if it falls?

[bahboo]

6. try enforcing this in Key West....assholes...