SB 300 Florida Senate · 2023 Regular Session

Pregnancy and Parenting Support

Summary

Pregnancy and Parenting Support; Citing this act as the “Heartbeat Protection Act”; requiring the Department of Health to contract for the management and delivery of parenting support services, in addition to pregnancy support services; prohibiting physicians from knowingly performing or inducing a termination of pregnancy after the gestational age of the fetus is determined to be more than 6 weeks, rather than 15 weeks, with exceptions; providing an exception if the woman obtaining the abortion is doing so because she is a victim of rape, incest, or human trafficking, subject to certain conditions; requiring that medications intended for use in a medical abortion be dispensed in person by a physician, etc. APPROPRIATION: $30,000,000

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2023

Committee Review

Apr 2023

Senate Passage

Apr 2023

House Passage

Apr 2023

Signed into Law

Apr 2023

Introduced Mar 14, 2023 Signed Apr 13, 2023

Floor votes · Senate Mar 30, 2023 · House Apr 13, 2023

How they voted

27–12

Passed

Total votes 39

Mar 30, 2023

D Democratic11

11 Nay

100% Nay

I Independent1

1 Nay

100% Nay

R Republican27

27 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 13, 2023

Signed into law

Approved by Governor

legislature

Apr 13, 2023

Lower · Passed

Passed; YEAS 70, NAYS 40

lower

Apr 10, 2023

Committee

Bill referred to House Calendar

lower

Apr 3, 2023

Upper · Passed

Passed as amended; YEAS 26 NAYS 13

upper

Mar 30, 2023

Upper · Passed

Amendment(s) adopted (317486, 718612)

upper

Mar 28, 2023

Upper · Passed

Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 12 NAYS 7

upper

Mar 23, 2023

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/28/23, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building

upper

Mar 20, 2023

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 4

upper

Mar 15, 2023

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/20/23, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

upper

Mar 14, 2023

Introduced

upper

Mar 9, 2023

Committee

Referred to Health Policy; Fiscal Policy

upper

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors