Florida Senate - 2021 SB 1116



By Senator Book





32-01059-21 20211116__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to removing memorializations of the
3 Confederate States of America; amending s. 256.051,
4 F.S.; deleting provisions prohibiting specified
5 improper uses or mutilation of the flag or emblem of
6 the Confederate States of America; repealing s.
7 256.10, F.S., relating to the mutilation of, or
8 disrespect for, Confederate flags or replicas thereof;
9 amending s. 683.01, F.S.; removing the designations of
10 the Birthdays of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis and
11 Confederate Memorial Day as legal holidays; providing
12 an effective date.
13
14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
15
16 Section 1. Section 256.051, Florida Statutes, is amended to
17 read:
18 256.051 Improper use or mutilation of state or Confederate
19 flag or emblem prohibited.—
20 (1) It is shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or
21 corporation to copy, print, publish, or otherwise use the flag
22 or state emblem of Florida, or the flag or emblem of the
23 Confederate States, or any flag or emblem used by the
24 Confederate States or the military or naval forces of the
25 Confederate States at any time within the years 1860 to 1865,
26 both inclusive, for the purpose of advertising, selling, or
27 promoting the sale of any article of merchandise whatever within
28 this state.
29 (2) It shall also is be unlawful for any person, firm, or
30 corporation to mutilate, deface, defile, or contemptuously abuse
31 the flag or emblem of Florida or the flag or emblem of the
32 Confederate States by any act whatever.
33 (3) This section may not Nothing in this section shall be
34 construed to prevent the use of any flag, standard, color,
35 shield, ensign, or other insignia of Florida or of the
36 Confederate States for decorative or patriotic purposes.
37 Section 2. Section 256.10, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
38 Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 683.01, Florida
39 Statutes, is amended to read:
40 683.01 Legal holidays.—
41 (1) The legal holidays, which are also public holidays, are
42 the following:
43 (a) Sunday, the first day of each week.
44 (b) New Year’s Day, January 1.
45 (c) Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., January 15.
46 (d) Birthday of Robert E. Lee, January 19.
47 (e) Lincoln’s Birthday, February 12.
48 (e)(f) Susan B. Anthony’s Birthday, February 15.
49 (f)(g) Washington’s Birthday, the third Monday in February.
50 (g)(h) Good Friday.
51 (h)(i) Pascua Florida Day, April 2.
52 (j) Confederate Memorial Day, April 26.
53 (i)(k) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May.
54 (l) Birthday of Jefferson Davis, June 3.
55 (j)(m) Flag Day, June 14.
56 (k)(n) Independence Day, July 4.
57 (l)(o) Labor Day, the first Monday in September.
58 (m)(p) Columbus Day and Farmers’ Day, the second Monday in
59 October.
60 (n)(q) Veterans’ Day, November 11.
61 (o)(r) General Election Day.
62 (p)(s) Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November.
63 (q)(t) Christmas Day, December 25.
64 (r)(u) Shrove Tuesday, sometimes also known as “Mardi
65 Gras,” in counties where carnival associations are organized for
66 the purpose of celebrating the same.
67 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.

Statutes affected:
S 1116 Filed: 256.051, 256.10, 683.01