Bob Rommel Co-Sponsored (Introduced) this Legislation.
Title: Defines "Antisemitism" into State Law
Vote to amend and pass a bill that defines "antisemitism" into state law and provides examples in the state of Florida.
Title: Defines "Antisemitism" into State Law
Vote to amend and pass a bill that defines "antisemitism" into state law and provides examples in the state of Florida.
Establishes that the legislature will adopt the working definition developed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance of the term “antisemitism” to assist in the monitoring and reporting of anti-Semitic hate crimes (Sec. 1).
Specifies contemporary examples of antisemitism as the following (Sec. 1):
Killing or harming of a Jewish individual;
Making mendacious, decimating, demonizing, or stereotypical allegation about Jewish individuals;
Accusing Jewish people as a collective of being responsible for real or imagined wrongdoings committed by a single Jewish person;
Denying the mechanisms of the holocaust, such as the gas chambers;
Accusing Jewish people as a collective of inventing the Holocaust
Accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to Israel than to the interests of their respective nations;
Denying Jewish people the right to their own self-determination;
Applying a double standard by requiring Jewish state of Israel a standard of behavior not expected of other democratic nations;
Using the symbol and images of antisemitism;
Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis; or
Holding Jewish individuals collectively responsible for actions of the State of Israel.
Establishes that “antisemitism” does not include criticism of Israel that is similar to cristim of any other country (Sec. 1).
Authorizes the act to take effect July 1, 2024 (Sec. 1).
Title: Defines "Antisemitism" into State Law
Title: Defines "Antisemitism" into State Law