# Florida SB 1096: Florida Civil Rights Act

Florida SB 1096, Florida Civil Rights Act, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Danny Burgess (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-03-09 (Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1407 (Ch. 2026-116) -SJ 691) (as of 2026-10-12).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1096-2026
- As of: 2026-10-12
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 1096
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Florida Civil Rights Act
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-05
- Last action: 2026-03-09, Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1407 (Ch. 2026-116) -SJ 691
- Sponsor: Danny Burgess (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Appropriation, Judiciary, Governmental Oversight and Accountability, Rules
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (42 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Danny Burgess (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rules

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-03 | Senate | Rules Vote | pass | 22 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | Governmental Oversight and Accountability Vote | pass | 9 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-03 | Senate | Judiciary Vote | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (18)

- 2026-03-09: Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1407 (Ch. 2026-116) -SJ 691 (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Substituted CS/HB 1407 -SJ 691 (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Read 2nd time -SJ 691 (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: CS by Rules read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/26 (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: CS by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Now in Rules (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-06: On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/11/26, 3:00 pm, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/03/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-01-12: Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules (Senate)
- 2026-01-05: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- c1, 2026-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1096/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1096/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2026-01-05: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1096/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1096/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)
- HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation (signed)
- HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg (signed)
- HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County (signed)

## Sources
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1096/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1096/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1096/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1096/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026)
- [HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6509-2026)
- [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026)
- [HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6517-2026)
- [HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB4103-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1096-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).