This week, Keep Track takes a look at a selection of bills under consideration by the Florida legislature. The Sunshine State, controlled by an increasingly extreme Republican trifecta, has been a testing ground for legislation that chips away at constitutional and civil rights. Bills that become law and survive subsequent legal challenges are often copied by other red states—like the “Don’t Say Gay” law, which was duplicated and
This comment is innacurate. The text does not change from “shall not” to “may”, it changes from “shall not” to “may not”, staying in the negative.
What is the difference between “shall not” and “may not” in this context?
Shall is without exception, may allows for exceptions