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Legislative Action

The 2019 Legislative Session has started.

Below is a list of bills FLNOW supports and opposes:

 Florida National Organization for Women

Support/Oppose 2019 Bills

EQUALITY

SUPPORT HCR 209, HCR 255 Equal Rights for Men and Women

SUPPORT HB 417 Workplace Sexual Harassment

SUPPORT HB 485/ SB 430 Prohibited Discrimination

OPPOSE HB3/SB 1748 Local Government Preemption

SUPPORT HB 495/ SB 430 The Florida Competitive Workforce Act

SUPPORT HB 109 / SB 84 Conversion Therapy

SUPPORT HB 743 / SB 940 Hate Crimes Law Expansion

SUPORT HB 6009 / SB 254 Marriage Equality

 

REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE

OPPOSE HB 235 /SB 792 Six Week Abortion Ban

OPPOSE HB 558/SB 1345 Twenty Week Abortion Ban

OPPOSE HB 1335 / SB 1774 Notarized Written Parental Consent for Teen Abortions

SUPPORT HB 227/ SB 412 Freedom to Access Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act

GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION

OPPOSE HB 6073 / HB 175 Firearms (allows bump stocks, no age limit on purchasing, etc.)

MONITOR SB 7030 School Safety Bill, Includes Arming Classroom Teachers

SUPPORT HB 455/SB 466, SB 500 Bans on Military-style Assault Weapons

SUPPORT HB 135 /SB 468 Expanded Background Checks 

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

OPPOSE SB 540 / HB 851: Human Trafficking (Creates a “Solicitation of Prostitution Registry”)

HIV & CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

SUPPORT HB 79/ SB 846 HIV Prevention

SUPPORT HB 49/ SB 332Dignity for Incarcerated Women

SUPPORT HB 171/SB 366 Infection Disease Elimination Act (IDEA)

SEXUAL OFFENSES

SUPPORT HB 83 Sexual Battery Offenses

SUPPORT HB 165 /SB 130 Sexual Battery Prosecution Time Limitation

SUPPORT CS/SB 58 Contempt and Disorderly Conduct Before a Legislative Committee   

SUPPORT SB 240 Sexual Harassment

 

OPPOSE HB 75 / SB 766 Expanded Use of Unmanned Aircraft

OPPOSE SB 1596 / HB 1325 Family Law (Alimony Mandates for Courts to follow)

 

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