No. HB 111
Antisemitism Task Force; Creates Antisemitism Task Force within Office of Civil Rights of DLA for specified purpose; requires department to provide administrative & staff support to task force; provides for appointment & terms of members; provides for per diem & travel expenses; provides membership & duties of task force; requires report to Governor & Legislature by specified date; provides for future review & repeal of task force.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThis creates an 18-member Antisemitism Task Force inside the Department of Legal Affairs' Office of Civil Rights. Members include legislative and gubernatorial appointees, the Attorney General, the Education Commissioner, and representatives named by local-government and law-enforcement groups.
The task force must meet at least quarterly and, by January 31 each year, report policy recommendations to the Governor and top legislative leaders. Its first report must specifically examine antisemitism in schools and universities.
Its duties include reviewing hate-crime statutes, advising on law-enforcement training, and studying digital-media-literacy education. The task force automatically ends on October 2, 2029, unless the Legislature reviews and renews it first.
AIA new task force is created within the Department of Legal Affairs' Office of Civil Rights, dedicated to combating antisemitism in Florida. The department must provide it administrative and staff support.
AIMembership is fixed by statute: three Senate and three House appointees, one legislator named by each chamber's minority leader, two gubernatorial appointees, several ex officio officials, and representatives from named local-government and law-enforcement associations.
AIBefore January 31 each year, the task force must send a report and policy recommendations to the Governor, top legislative leaders, and two named committee chairs. The first report must focus on schools and universities.
AIAmong its duties, the task force must assess whether Florida's existing hate-crime statutes should be amended to better protect residents from antisemitism, and recommend legislation.
AIThe task force and its authorizing statute automatically repeal on October 2, 2029, unless the Legislature reviews it and votes to save it from repeal before then.