'Stop WOKE Act' restricts DEI training in workplaces and colleges
Enacted5/10
⚖ Blocked - 11th Circuit has affirmed injunctions against both the workplace-training provision (2024) and the higher-education classroom-instruction provision (July 2026) on First Amendment grounds; case remains in litigation.
Florida · Florida HB 7 (2022) "Individual Freedom Act / Stop WOKE Act" · Apr 22, 2022
Impact 5/10
Bars workplace training that promotes concepts like 'systemic racism' or assigns collective guilt by race or sex, and bans similar content in public university courses. Federal courts have blocked enforcement against colleges, citing First Amendment grounds; the workplace provision is also partially blocked.
EducationSafety net & benefitsYoung adults (18-30)Working-age adultsStudents
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✓ Verified against primary sources 2026-08-16