---
type: "Bill"
title: "Incarcerated Pregnant Women"
description: "Incarcerated Pregnant Women; Prohibiting the involuntary placement of pregnant prisoners in restrictive housing; providing exceptions; requiring corrections officials to write a specified report if circumstances necessitate placing a pregnant prisoner in restrictive housing; providing requirements for the treatment of pregnant prisoners placed in restrictive housing; requiring pregnant prisoners to be placed in a designated medical housing unit or admitted to the infirmary under certain circumstances; expanding enforcement provisions to provide for grievances for violations relating to restrictive housing of pregnant prisoners, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1259"
citation: "Florida HB 1259 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["criminal procedure and corrections"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-89"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones", "Mercado"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 46
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c48faf4e-df1b-4575-9978-e323dd403637"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1259/ByCategory"
source_hash: "cdb264218899acd8a5ee010e6af20006d3539cb633ead82f9edb44b23f311282"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 1259 (2020) — Incarcerated Pregnant Women

Incarcerated Pregnant Women; Prohibiting the involuntary placement of pregnant prisoners in restrictive housing; providing exceptions; requiring corrections officials to write a specified report if circumstances necessitate placing a pregnant prisoner in restrictive housing; providing requirements for the treatment of pregnant prisoners placed in restrictive housing; requiring pregnant prisoners to be placed in a designated medical housing unit or admitted to the infirmary under certain circumstances; expanding enforcement provisions to provide for grievances for violations relating to restrictive housing of pregnant prisoners, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-89.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 1259 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1259/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1259 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1259/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1259 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1259/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1259 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1259/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 1259 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1259/BillText/e2/PDF)
6. **H 1259 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1259/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Returning Messages — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)
- Mercado — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-10** Filed `filing`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-17** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 02/03/20, 2:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2020-02-03** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-04** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-02-04** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2020-02-05** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2020-02-07** On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/11/20, 1:30 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2020-02-11** CS/CS by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-12** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-02-12** CS/CS by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2020-02-13** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2020-02-24** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/26/20, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2020-02-26** Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-09** Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
- **2020-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** Amendment(s) adopted (215111) -HJ 1023,1024
- **2020-03-10** CS passed as amended; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** In Messages
- **2020-03-10** Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Received
- **2020-03-11** Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-11** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 852
- **2020-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-11** Amendment(s) adopted (916456)
- **2020-03-11** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** Amendment(s) reconsidered, adopted as amended (252236)
- **2020-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** In returning messages
- **2020-03-13** Amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) adopted (436717) -HJ 1253, 1254
- **2020-03-13** Concurred in Senate amendment(s) as amended (252236) -HJ 1251, 1254
- **2020-03-13** CS passed as amended; YEAS 112 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-13** In returning messages
- **2020-03-13** Concurred in House amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) (436717)
- **2020-03-13** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-14** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2020-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-24** Chapter No. 2020-89

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c48faf4e-df1b-4575-9978-e323dd403637`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).