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| Bill | 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. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2020 | HB 1259 | Florida HB 1259 (2020) |
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enacted | 2020-89 |
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6 | 46 | 7 | 2020-01-10 | 2020-06-24 | openstates | ocd-bill/c48faf4e-df1b-4575-9978-e323dd403637 | http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1259/ByCategory | cdb264218899acd8a5ee010e6af20006d3539cb633ead82f9edb44b23f311282 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
- H 1259 Filed (filed) — source
- H 1259 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 1259 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 1259 e1 (engrossed) — source
- H 1259 e2 (engrossed) — source
- H 1259 er (enrolled) — source
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; origin ocd-bill/c48faf4e-df1b-4575-9978-e323dd403637. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).