 According to a legal opinion provided to the Florida Court Clerks' Association in December 2014 in anticipation of an injunction in the case of "Brenner v. Scott", a clerk who grants a marriage license to a same-sex couple faces criminal penalties, a legal provision it called "apparently unique" to Florida.Penalties can include fines as high as $1,000 and up to a year in prison.In August 2017, Senator Gary Farmer filed a bill ("SB 130") to repeal the state's statutory ban on same-sex marriage.