SB 1426

  • Florida Senate Bill
  • 2021 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Mar 02, 2021
  • Senate
  • House
  • Governor

Pregnant Women in Custody

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Abstract

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.

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Apr 30, 2021

Senate

Died in Judiciary

Mar 11, 2021

Senate

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

Senate

CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time

Senate

Now in Judiciary

Mar 09, 2021

Senate

CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0

Mar 04, 2021

Senate

On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/09/21, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building

Mar 02, 2021

Senate

Introduced

Feb 24, 2021

Senate

Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations

Feb 18, 2021

Senate

Filed

Bill Text

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S 1426 Filed HTML
S 1426 c1 HTML

Related Documents

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105058 - Amendment (Delete All) to S 1426 Filed PDF HTML
Bill Analysis -- Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) (3/11/2021 12:14 PM)
Bill Analysis -- Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) (3/8/2021 3:11 PM)

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