Congress and is now awaiting the signature of President Joe Biden.The bill was passed on a voice vote shortly after it was introduced by Sen.
Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Wednesday. Scott was the governor of Florida when the shooting at the LGBTQ nightclub was carried out, killing 49 people and injuring 53 others.
Saturday marks the five-year anniversary of the shooting, which was the deadliest single attack targeting LGBTQ people in U.S.
history."The days I spent in Orlando following the shooting will always be with me," Scott said from the Senate floor. "I talked to many parents who lost their children.