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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1284: Civil Liability for the Wrongful Death of an Unborn Child

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

SB 1284 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 26, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Civil Liability for the Wrongful Death of an Unborn Child. Primary sponsor: Erin Grall (Republican), Judiciary. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Rules.

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.

Civil Liability for the Wrongful Death of an Unborn Child; Revising the definition of the term “survivors” to include the parents of an unborn child; defining the term “unborn child”; providing that the Wrongful Death Act does not authorize a wrongful death action against the mother of an unborn child for the death of the child; providing that the act does not authorize a wrongful death action against a health care provider for the death of an unborn child which results from medical care complying with the applicable standard of care; authorizing parents of an unborn child to recover certain damages, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Erin GrallPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate29
JudiciaryPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Colleen BurtonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12

“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 Rules
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Now in Rules
  4. Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 3
  5. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/10/25, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building
  6. CS by Judiciary read 1st time
  7. Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  8. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  9. CS by Judiciary; YEAS 6 NAYS 4
  10. On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
  11. Introduced
  12. Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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