Florida House Bill 779 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2-1)
Status: Failed on May 5 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-05 - Died in Fiscal Policy
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Requires each female arrested & detained in specified detention facilities to be informed of right to request pregnancy test in certain circumstances; requires administration of test within specified time & timely notification of results; authorizes pregnant woman who is before court for felony offense to petition court to defer incarcerative portion of her sentence for specified period; requires woman to provide verification; provides factors court must take into account; requires special condition of probation; authorizes court to revoke probation or impose sanctions if pregnant woman granted deferred sentence is arrested for new offense or violates conditions of probation; requires DOC to collect specified information relating to births & health of pregnant inmates & submit annual report.

Pregnant Women in the Criminal Justice System

House Judiciary Committee	House Criminal Justice Subcommittee	Rep. Dianne Hart [D]	Rep. Angela Nixon [D]
Rep. Christopher Benjamin [D]	Rep. LaVon Bracy Davis [D]	Rep. Lisa Dunkley [D]	Rep. Anna Eskamani [D]
Rep. Dotie Joseph [D]	Rep. Johanna Lopez [D]	Rep. Michele Rayner-Goolsby [D]	Rep. Felicia Simone Robinson [D]
Rep. Susan Valdes [R]

2023-04-27 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#301 (Y: 112 N: 2 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-19 - House - House Judiciary Committee (Y: 19 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-04-11 - House - House Justice Appropriations Subcommittee (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-29 - House - House Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Y: 17 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-05	Senate	Died in Fiscal Policy
2023-04-27	Senate	Received
2023-04-27	Senate	Referred to Fiscal Policy
2023-04-27	Senate	In Messages
2023-04-27	House	CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 2
2023-04-27	House	Read 3rd time
2023-04-27	House	Added to Third Reading Calendar
2023-04-27	House	Read 2nd time
2023-04-24	House	Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2023)
2023-04-20	House	Added to Second Reading Calendar
2023-04-20	House	Bill referred to House Calendar
2023-04-19	House	1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
2023-04-19	House	CS Filed
2023-04-19	House	Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
2023-04-19	House	Reported out of Judiciary Committee
2023-04-19	House	Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
2023-04-17	House	Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
2023-04-11	House	Now in Judiciary Committee
2023-04-11	House	Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
2023-04-11	House	Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
2023-04-06	House	Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
2023-03-31	House	Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
2023-03-31	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2023-03-31	House	Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
2023-03-30	House	1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2023-03-30	House	CS Filed
2023-03-30	House	Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
2023-03-29	House	Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2023-03-29	House	Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2023-03-27	House	PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
2023-03-07	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2023-02-21	House	Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2023-02-21	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2023-02-21	House	Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
2023-02-21	House	Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2023-02-13	House	Filed

S730 (Similar To) 2023-05-05 - Died in Criminal Justice

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
907	033		Amended Code	See Bill Text
925	13		Amended Code	See Bill Text
944	24		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/779
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/779/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/779/BillText/c1/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/779/BillText/c2/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/779/Amendment/222991/PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/779/Analyses/h0779.CRJ.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/779/Analyses/h0779a.JUA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/779/Analyses/h0779b.JUA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/779/Analyses/h0779c.CRJ.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/779/Analyses/h0779d.JDC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/779/Analyses/h0779e.JDC.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=68255&IsPCB=1&BillId=77500
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=68690&IsPCB=0&BillId=77500
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=69355&IsPCB=0&BillId=77500
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/779/Vote/HouseVote_h00779c2301.PDF