The Florida Senate

SB 854: Incarcerated Pregnant Women

GENERAL BILL by Pizzo

Incarcerated Pregnant Women; 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.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  11/12/2019	Senate	• Filed
  11/21/2019	Senate	• Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 65
  1/14/2020	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 65
  3/14/2020	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Criminal Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1259 (Ch. 2020-89)

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• SB 854, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/12/2019 at 8:46 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 1259 (er)	Incarcerated Pregnant Women	Jones, Mercado	Compare	Last Action: 6/24/2020 Chapter No. 2020-89
  S 852 (c2)	Incarcerated Pregnant Women	Pizzo	Compare	Last Action: 3/11/2020 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1259 (Ch. 2020-89) -SJ 685

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  944.241	Shackling of incarcerated pregnant women.	Page 2 (pdf)

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