SB 336: Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses

GENERAL BILL by Smith

Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses; Citing this act as the “Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses Prohibition Act”; prohibiting individuals from using a nonviolent sexual advance or specified perceptions or beliefs about another individual as a defense to a criminal offense, to excuse or justify an individual’s conduct, or to mitigate the severity of an offense, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 11/4/2025 08:18 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 317 by Harris Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee	Identical

• Citations - Statute (1)

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  900.06

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• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  11/4/2025	S	• Filed
  11/17/2025	S	• Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced
  3/13/2026	S	• Died in Criminal Justice