Women's march FloridA PRIORITY BILLS
SUPPORT HB 49/SB 332 Dignity for Incarcerated Women
Designates act "Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act"; requires correctional facilities to provide incarcerated women with certain healthcare products; provides requirements for male correctional employees in certain circumstances; requires documentation of certain incidents involving male correctional employees.
Sponsors
House: Jones, Mercado, Brown; Cortes, J.; Davis; DuBose; Duran; Eskamani; Grieco; Hart; Jenne; Joseph; Killebrew; Newton; Polo; Pritchett; Watson, C.; Williams
Senate: Pizzo, Rodriguez; Book; Thurston; Taddeo; Farmer; Brandes; Gibson; Torres
Link to bill information.
Designates act "Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act"; requires correctional facilities to provide incarcerated women with certain healthcare products; provides requirements for male correctional employees in certain circumstances; requires documentation of certain incidents involving male correctional employees.
Sponsors
House: Jones, Mercado, Brown; Cortes, J.; Davis; DuBose; Duran; Eskamani; Grieco; Hart; Jenne; Joseph; Killebrew; Newton; Polo; Pritchett; Watson, C.; Williams
Senate: Pizzo, Rodriguez; Book; Thurston; Taddeo; Farmer; Brandes; Gibson; Torres
Link to bill information.
SUPPORT HB 419/SB 474 Discrimination in Labor and Employment
Creating the “Senator Helen Gordon Davis Fair Pay Protection Act”; prohibiting an employer from providing less favorable employment opportunities to employees based on their sex; prohibiting an employer from taking certain employment actions against employees; prohibiting an employer from engaging in certain activities relating to wages and benefits, etc
Sponsors
House: Joseph, Fernandez, Slosberg
Senate: Stewart, Berman, Cruz, Torres, Book
Link to bill information.
Creating the “Senator Helen Gordon Davis Fair Pay Protection Act”; prohibiting an employer from providing less favorable employment opportunities to employees based on their sex; prohibiting an employer from taking certain employment actions against employees; prohibiting an employer from engaging in certain activities relating to wages and benefits, etc
Sponsors
House: Joseph, Fernandez, Slosberg
Senate: Stewart, Berman, Cruz, Torres, Book
Link to bill information.
OPPOSE HB 235/SB 792 Abortion (6-week abortion ban)
This bill requires physician to examine woman obtaining abortion for presence of detectable fetal heartbeat; revises informed consent for abortion procedure requirements; provides criminal penalties; prohibits termination of pregnancy when fetal heartbeat is detected; provides exceptions. Bans abortions as early as six weeks. Already deemed unconstitutional (going through court in Iowa, injunction on language); most dangerous bill seen so far; PP will create medical opposition fact sheet.
Sponsors
House: Hill, Beltran; DiCeglie; Hage; McClain; Ponder; Roach; Sabatini; Smith, D.
Senate: Baxley, Gainer; Broxson; Albritton
Link to bill information.
This bill requires physician to examine woman obtaining abortion for presence of detectable fetal heartbeat; revises informed consent for abortion procedure requirements; provides criminal penalties; prohibits termination of pregnancy when fetal heartbeat is detected; provides exceptions. Bans abortions as early as six weeks. Already deemed unconstitutional (going through court in Iowa, injunction on language); most dangerous bill seen so far; PP will create medical opposition fact sheet.
Sponsors
House: Hill, Beltran; DiCeglie; Hage; McClain; Ponder; Roach; Sabatini; Smith, D.
Senate: Baxley, Gainer; Broxson; Albritton
Link to bill information.
bills to watch
SUPPORT HB 455/SB 466 Assault Weapons and Large-Capacity Magazines
Prohibits sale, transfers, or possession of assault weapon or large-capacity ammunition magazine; provides exceptions; requires certificates of possession for assault weapons or large-capacity ammunition magazines lawfully possessed before specified date; provides conditions for continued possession of such weapons or large-capacity ammunition magazines; requires certificates of transfer for transfers of assault weapons or large-capacity magazines; provides for relinquishment of assault weapons or large-capacity magazines; provides requirements for transportation of assault weapons; provides enhanced criminal penalties for certain offenses when committed with assault weapon or large-capacity magazine.
Sponsors
House: Smith, Eskamani, Fernandez, Goff-Marcil, Joseph, Polo
Senate: Farmer
Link to bill information.
SUPPORT HB 519 / SB 758 Maternal Mortality Prevention Task Force
Establishes Maternal Mortality Prevention Task Force to advise DOH & make recommendations; provides for duties & membership of task force; requires task force to submit report to Governor & Legislature by specified date; provides for expiration of task force.
Sponsors
House: Brown
Senate: Gibson
Link to bill Information.
SUPPORT SB 110/ HB 499 Youth in Solitary Confinement
Creating the “Youth in Solitary Confinement Reduction Act”; prohibiting the Department of Corrections or a local governmental body from subjecting a youth to solitary confinement except under certain circumstances; requiring that within a specified time and at specified intervals a mental health clinician evaluate face to face a youth prisoner who is subjected to emergency cell confinement; providing for an individualized suicide crisis intervention plan, if applicable; requiring sheriffs and chief correctional officers to adopt model standards relating to youth prisoners, etc.
Sponsors
House: Brown, Jenne, Watson, B.
Senate: Thurston
Link to bill information.
Prohibits sale, transfers, or possession of assault weapon or large-capacity ammunition magazine; provides exceptions; requires certificates of possession for assault weapons or large-capacity ammunition magazines lawfully possessed before specified date; provides conditions for continued possession of such weapons or large-capacity ammunition magazines; requires certificates of transfer for transfers of assault weapons or large-capacity magazines; provides for relinquishment of assault weapons or large-capacity magazines; provides requirements for transportation of assault weapons; provides enhanced criminal penalties for certain offenses when committed with assault weapon or large-capacity magazine.
Sponsors
House: Smith, Eskamani, Fernandez, Goff-Marcil, Joseph, Polo
Senate: Farmer
Link to bill information.
SUPPORT HB 519 / SB 758 Maternal Mortality Prevention Task Force
Establishes Maternal Mortality Prevention Task Force to advise DOH & make recommendations; provides for duties & membership of task force; requires task force to submit report to Governor & Legislature by specified date; provides for expiration of task force.
Sponsors
House: Brown
Senate: Gibson
Link to bill Information.
SUPPORT SB 110/ HB 499 Youth in Solitary Confinement
Creating the “Youth in Solitary Confinement Reduction Act”; prohibiting the Department of Corrections or a local governmental body from subjecting a youth to solitary confinement except under certain circumstances; requiring that within a specified time and at specified intervals a mental health clinician evaluate face to face a youth prisoner who is subjected to emergency cell confinement; providing for an individualized suicide crisis intervention plan, if applicable; requiring sheriffs and chief correctional officers to adopt model standards relating to youth prisoners, etc.
Sponsors
House: Brown, Jenne, Watson, B.
Senate: Thurston
Link to bill information.