Florida Senate Bill 100

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-08 - Died in Criminal Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Citing this act as "Ava's Law"; requiring that, upon her request, every female arrested and not released on bond within 72 hours after arrest be administered a pregnancy test within a specified timeframe; requiring each municipal detention facility or county detention facility to notify each arrested female upon booking at the facility of her right to request a pregnancy test; authorizing a sentencing court to stay the beginning of the period of incarceration for up to a certain amount of time for a pregnant woman convicted of any offense; authorizing a judge to impose specified sanctions for another criminal conviction or a violation of the terms and conditions ordered by the judge, etc.

Pregnant Women in Custody

Sen. Shevrin Jones [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-08	Senate	Died in Criminal Justice
2024-01-09	Senate	Introduced
2023-10-17	Senate	Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
2023-10-04	Senate	Filed

H237 (Similar To) 2024-03-08 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
907	033		Amended Code	See Bill Text
925	13		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/100
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/100/BillText/Filed/HTML