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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 145: Pregnant Women in Custody

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 145 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on January 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Pregnant Women in Custody. Primary sponsor: Dianne Hart-Lowman (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Pregnant Women in Custody; Requires every female who is arrested & not released within 72 hours after arrest be administered pregnancy test upon request; requires that each municipal or county detention facility notify each arrested female of right to request pregnancy test; authorizes sentencing court to stay beginning of period of incarceration; authorizes court to order pregnant woman to comply with specified terms & conditions during stay; requires that woman be offered specified assessment & services; requires detention facilities & DOC to collect & report specified information.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dianne Hart-LowmanPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse63
Daryl CampbellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse99

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  4. Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  5. Referred to Judiciary Committee
  6. Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  7. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source