Florida Senate Bill 854 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 14 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-14 - Died in Criminal Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Revising the circumstances under which a prisoner who is known to be pregnant may not be restrained; specifying conditions under which restraints may be used; requiring the Department of Corrections, correctional facilities, and certain agencies to develop policies that meet certain requirements for the use of restraints on prisoners known to be pregnant; providing requirements for the care of the prisoner after she has given birth and of the prisoner's infant; prohibiting the involuntary placement of pregnant prisoners in restrictive housing, etc.

Incarcerated Pregnant Women

Sen. Jason Pizzo [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-14	Senate	Died in Criminal Justice
2020-03-14	Senate	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2020-01-14	Senate	Introduced
2019-11-21	Senate	Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations
2019-11-12	Senate	Filed

S852 (Similar To) 2020-03-11 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1259
H1259 (Similar To) 2020-06-24 - Chapter No. 2020-89

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
944	241		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/854
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/854/BillText/Filed/HTML