Pregnant Women in Custody
- Introduced Jan 14, 2025
- In committee Jan 22, 2025
- Passed the House
- Passed the Senate
- To the governor
- Became law Jul 1, 2025
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Pregnant Women in Custody; Requires every female who is arrested & not released within 72 hours after arrest be administered pregnancy test upon request; requires that each municipal or county detention facility notify each arrested female of right to request pregnancy test; authorizes sentencing court to stay beginning of period of incarceration; authorizes court to order pregnant woman to comply with specified terms & conditions during stay; requires that woman be offered specified assessment & services; requires detention facilities & DOC to collect & report specified information.
Every action
7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
- HouseFiled
- CommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- CommitteeReferred to Judiciary Committee · House Judiciary Committee
- CommitteeNow in Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
- CommitteeDied in Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Roll calls
No recorded votes on this bill yet.
Sponsors
The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Democrat.
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Dianne "Ms Dee" Hart-LowmanD Primary sponsor · District 63
All 1 cosponsor
From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.