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Current Legislation

These are the current bills we are monitoring in the Florida Legislature for the 2008 legislative session. For a list of pro-choice or anti-choice bills voted on during previous legislative sessions, please click here and you will be directed to our legislative scorecard.

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Anti-Choice Bills

Bill Namesort iconNumberSponsorDescriptionStatus
Abortion HB 257Representative Anthony "Trey" Traviesa

Restricts access to reproductive health care and puts the health and safety of Florida women at risk.

Passed House
Abortion/Mandatory UltrasoundSB 2400Senator Daniel Webster

Violates the doctor-patient relationship by requiring that doctors perform ultrasounds prior to any abortion

Did not recieve enough votes for passage by the Senate (4/30/2008)
Choose Life License PlatesSB 2670Senator Victor Crist

Provides funding for Crisis Pregnancy Centers which use medically-accurate or incomplete information to dissuade women from obtaining abortions.

Referred to Transportation; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations
Fetal PersonhoodSB 2480Senator Bill Posey

This bill would elevate the legal status of the fetus at any stage of development to that of an adult human being.

Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
Fetal Personhood HB 513Representative Ralph Poppell

This bill would elevate the legal status of the fetus at any stage of development to that of an adult human being.

Passed House
Minor's Access to AbortionSB 1504Senator Stephen Wise

This bill will prohibit nonresident minors from seeking judicial bypass for abortion.

Referred to Health Regulation; Judiciary

Pro-Choice Bills

Bill Namesort iconNumberSponsorDescriptionStatus
Healthy Teens ActHB 449Representative Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall

Would protect teens from the potential risk of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections by providing them with the knowledge to make informed decisions about when and if to have sex.

Referred to Schools & Learning Council; Policy & Budget Council
Healthy Teens ActSB 848Senator Ted Deutch

Would protect teens from the potential risk of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections by providing them with the knowledge to make informed decisions about when and if to have sex

Passed Favorably out of Education Pre-K-12; Referred to Children, Families, and Elders Affairs
Prevention First ActSB 780Senator Nan H. Rich*

Will provide compassionate care to rape survivors and ensure women have access to birth control and emergency contraception

Passed Favorably out of Health Regulation, 04/15/08; Referred to Judiciary; Health
Prevention First ActHB 385Representative Audrey Gibson

Will provide compassionate care for rape survivors and ensure women have access to birth control and emergency contraception

Workshopped in Health Quality Committee, referred to Policy & Budget
VaccinationsHB 1309Representative Kelly Skidmore

Ensures that parents of students entering the 7th grade are given accurate medical information regarding the life-saving Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine.

Now in Committee on Health Quality
Vaccinations/Students Entering 7th GradeSB 2566Senator Nan H. Rich*

Ensures that parents of students entering the 7th grade are given accurate medical information regarding the life-saving Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine.

Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Health Policy; Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations