TALLAHASSEE – While similar-sex marriage has been legal in Florida for just about 8 decades simply because of courtroom rulings, a ban has remained in state legislation.
But Sen. Tina Polsky, D-Boca Raton, submitted a monthly bill Wednesday that would modify that. The monthly bill (SB 80), submitted for thing to consider throughout the 2023 legislative session, would repeal a area of legislation that consists of the ban.
Exact-intercourse marriages began in Florida in January 2015 soon after U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle dominated that the ban was unconstitutional.
The U.S. Supreme Court afterwards in 2015 ruled that exact-sex couples have a appropriate to marry nationwide.
Whilst the Florida ban has not been in outcome, the Republican-controlled Legislature has not removed it from condition legislation.
The 2023 session will begin in March.
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