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)