SB 1426 Florida Senate · 2021 Regular Session

Pregnant Women in Custody

Summary
Pregnant Women in Custody; Citing this act as the "Protecting the Dignity of Women and Infants Act"; 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; requiring that each municipal or county detention facility notify each arrested female upon booking of her right to request a pregnancy test; requiring that, if a pregnant woman is convicted of a crime and sentenced to incarceration of any length, the sentencing judge provide the pregnant woman the opportunity to defer the imposed sentence until a certain time after delivery, etc.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 2, 2021 Last action Apr 30, 2021
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Committee
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Mar 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/09/21, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Mar 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Feb 24, 2021
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Shev Jones
DDemocratic
FL
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