FloridaPregnant Women in Custody
What it does
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; authorizing a sentencing court to stay the beginning of the period of incarceration for up to a certain amount of time for a pregnant woman convicted of any offense; requiring municipal detention facilities and county detention facilities to collect and report to the Department of Corrections, and the department to collect from its own institutions, specified information, etc.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Died
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History
- 2025
- Jun 16Died in Criminal JusticeDied
- May 3Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from considerationMajor
- Mar 4IntroducedMinor
- Jan 29Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal PolicyMinor
- Jan 13FiledIntroduced