the work of a controlling liberal agenda. Baxley described liberal professors as "leftist totalitarians," "dictators," and "arrogant elitists", and dubbed critics of the bill "inflexible". Horowitz attributed disagreement to "lies" and a "malicious campaign" opposing him, describing it as "vitriolic and dishonest". Death of bill and subsequent legacy H-837 received enough votes to progress to the Florida House of Representatives, but died on calendar in May 2005. The St. Petersburg Times reported that Baxley intended to continue pursuing passage of the bill, and wanted to propose the bill again in 2006. Horowitz, however, claimed that H-837 was "still being considered" despite the ending of the legislative session. Baxley did not re-propose an Academic Bill of Rights in the 2006 legislative session. Nationally, Horowitz's proposed Academic Bill of Rights became increasingly unpopular. It was criticized by major academic and anti-censorship groups, including the American Association of University Professors, American Historical Association, and the National Coalition Against Censorship. Horowitz himself also received criticism for sharing unverified stories of ideological discrimination from professors; at least one claim was heavily fabricated, and he later admitted to lacking evidence of two others. No states had ratified his Academic Bill of Rights by 2005, and Horowitz chose to pursue other forms of campus activism by 2006. Despite the failure of H-837, Florida continued pursuing academic freedom legislation. In April 2021, Baxley, now a member of the Florida Senate, voted in favor of HB-233, an "intellectual freedom" law that allowed students to film perceived bias from their professors, and barred university faculty from censoring "uncomfortable" or "offensive" speech on campus. The bill passed in the Florida Legislature. References External links Original Alligator Online article House Bill H-837 Florida law 2005 in Florida Proposed laws of the United States