FL S0100 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
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]
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]
Summary
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.
Title
Pregnant Women in Custody
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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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 |
Same As/Similar To
H237 (Similar To) 2024-03-08 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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907 | 033 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
925 | 13 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
Florida State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/100 |
Text | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/100/BillText/Filed/HTML |