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SB 172

Florida Senate bill in Session 2026.

Status: failed. Latest action: March 13, 2026.

Pregnant Women In Custody.

Bill ID FL-2026-SB-172
Session 2026
Status failed
Committee Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
Senate failed 2026-03-13
Summary

Pregnant Women In Custody; Citing this act as "Ava's law""; requiring that, upon her request, every female arrested and not released on bond within 72 hours after arrest be administered a pregnancy test within a specified timeframe; requiring each municipal detention facility or county detention facility to notify each arrested female upon booking at the facility of her right to request a pregnancy test; defining the term “pregnant woman”; requiring the court to consider specified factors in determining whether to grant a pregnant woman’s request to stay the beginning of the period of incarceration, etc."

Sponsor
Jones
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Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2026-01-13 Introduced Bill introduced
2026-03-13 Status failed
2026-03-13 Latest Action Senate - Died in Criminal Justice
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