Florida Senate Bill 730 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on May 5 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-05 - Died in Criminal Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Citing this act as "Ava's Law"; requiring that every female who is arrested and not released on bond within 72 hours after arrest be administered a pregnancy test within a specified timeframe, upon her request; defining the term "pregnant woman"; 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; requiring that, within 10 days after the end of the stay and the commencement of the woman's incarceration, she be offered and receive, upon her request, a specified assessment and services, etc.

Pregnant Women in Custody

Sen. Shevrin Jones [D]

Sen. Rosalind Osgood [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-05	Senate	Died in Criminal Justice
2023-03-07	Senate	Introduced
2023-02-23	Senate	Referred to Criminal Justice; Fiscal Policy
2023-02-13	Senate	Filed

H779 (Similar To) 2023-05-05 - Died in Fiscal Policy

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/2023/730
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/730/BillText/Filed/HTML