Equity and Inclusion

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how the changes will affect people or communities, nor what happens to the work previously done by the Center for Environmental Equity and Justice after its removal.

Equity and Inclusion Act

This bill removes certain rules about minority representation on boards and commissions and gets rid of the Center for Environmental Equity and Justice.

What This Bill Does

• Removes part IV of chapter 760, which had rules for minority representation on boards, commissions, councils, and committees.
• Gets rid of the Center for Environmental Equity and Justice.

Who It Names or Affects

• Boards, commissions, councils, and committees in Florida.
• The Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys within Florida Memorial University.

Terms To Know

minority representation

Having people from different racial or ethnic backgrounds serve on groups that make decisions for a community.

Center for Environmental Equity and Justice

An organization in Florida that worked to ensure environmental laws were fair and just for everyone.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how the changes will affect people or communities.
• It is unclear what happens to the work of the Center for Environmental Equity and Justice after it is removed.

Official Summary Text

Equity and Inclusion; Repealing a provision relating to minority representation on boards, commissions, councils, and committees; repealing a provision relating to the Center for Environmental Equity and Justice, etc.

Current Bill Text

Florida Senate
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2026

SB 1114

By
Senator Grall

29-00512A-26 20261114__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to equity and inclusion; repealing
3 part IV of chapter 760, F.S., consisting of s. 760.80,
4 F.S., relating to minority representation on boards,
5 commissions, councils, and committees; repealing part
6 V of chapter 760, F.S., consisting of s. 760.854,
7 F.S., relating to the Center for Environmental Equity
8 and Justice; amending s. 1001.216, F.S.; conforming a
9 provision to changes made by the act; providing an
10 effective date.
11
12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
13
14 Section 1.
Part IV of chapter 760, Florida Statutes,

15
consisting of s. 760.80, Florida Statutes, is repealed.

16 Section 2.
Part V of chapter 760, Florida Statutes,

17
consisting of s. 760.854, Florida Statutes, is repealed.

18 Section 3. Paragraph (k) of subsection (1) of section
19 1001.216, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
20 1001.216 Council on the Social Status of Black Men and
21 Boys.—
22 (1) The Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys
23 is established within Florida Memorial University and shall be
24 composed of 19 members appointed as follows:
25 (k) A businessperson who is an African American
, as defined

26
in s. 760.80(2)(a)
, appointed by the Governor.
27 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.