Jacksonville NOW’s Position on
Florida State Legislative Bills 2021
CONSTITUTIONAL EQUALITY
SUPPORT SCR 500 Gibson/ HCR 475 Williams: Equal Rights Men and Women
ECONOMIC JUSTICE
SUPPORT SB 256 Stewart/ HB 107 Thompson: Discrimination in Labor and Employment
SUPPORT SB 304 Taddeo/ HB 6031 C. Smith: Wage and Employment Benefits Requirements
OPPOSE SJR 854 Brandes: Minimum Wage Rate
OPPOSE CS/SB 78 Rodriguez: Dues and Uniform Assessments
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND JUSTICE
SUPPORT HB 6039 Eskamani: Abortion Clinic Regulations
SUPPORT SB 914 Stewart: Access to Clinics
OPPOSE SB 744 Rodriguez/ HB 351 Gregory: Protection of a Pain-capable Unborn Child from Abortion
OPPOSE SB 746 Rodriguez: Public Records/Physician Abortion Reports/Department of Health
OPPOSE SB 1664 Rodriguez/HB 1221 Grall: Disability Abortions
LGBTQIA+ RIGHTS
SUPPORT SB 558 Polsky/ HB 6017 Rayner: Marriages Between Persons of the Same Sex
SUPPORT SB 632 Torres: Marriage Equality
SUPPORT SB 194 Berman: Crimes Evidencing Prejudice/ HB 43 Geller: Offenses Evidencing Prejudice
RACIAL JUSTICE
SUPPORT SB 404 Rouson: Office of Minority Health and Health Equity
SUPPORT SB 180 Berman/ HB 275 Davis: Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
SUPPORT SB 448 Bracy: Hate Crimes
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
SUPPORT SB 186 Berman/ HB 709 Eskamani: Domestic Violence
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
SUPPORT SB 1052 Jones: Use or Threatened Use of Deadly Force- The Self-Defense Restoration Act
SUPPORT HB 6035 Hinson: Use or Threatened Use of Deadly Force
OPPOSE HB 6001 Sabatini: Licenses to Carry Concealed Weapons or Firearms
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
SUPPORT SB 946 Book/ HB 23 Gottlieb: Statute of Limitations for Sexual Offenses
SUPPORT SB 792 Taddeo/HB 693 Hinson: Lowell Correctional Institute Body Cameras Pilot Program
SUPPORT 1426 Jones/ HB 1115 Nixon: Pregnant Women in Custody
OPPOSE SB 484 Burgess/ HB 1 Fernandez-Barquin: Combating Public Disorder
HEALTH
SUPPORT SJR 276 Taddeo: Medicaid Coverage
SUPPORT SB 556 Thurston/ HB 443 Thompson: Eligibility for Medical Assistance and Related Services
SUPPORT SB 698 Jones/ HB 341 Duran: Optional Payments for Medical Assistance and Related Services
SUPPORT SB 238 Book: Medicaid Eligibility
SUPPORT HB 645 Brown: Postpartum Medicaid Coverage
OPPOSE SB 72 Brandes/ HB 7 McClure: Civil Liability for Damages Relating to COVID-19
OPPOSE SJR 340 Diaz/ HJR 547 Rizo: Supermajority Vote Required to Enact a Single-payor Healthcare System
EDUCATION/CHILDREN
SUPPORT HB 359 Bartleman/ SB 886 Thurston: COVID-19 Impact on School Accountability
SUPPORT HB 75 Grieco/ SB 242 Book: Feminine Hygiene Products in Public Schools
OPPOSE SB 48 Diaz: Educational Scholarship Programs
OPPOSE HB 241 Grall/ SB 582 Rodriguez: Parent Bill of Rights
OPPOSE SB 410 Rodriguez: Materials Harmful to Minors
VOTER RIGHTS/ELECTIONS
SUPPORT SJR 204 Brandes: Abolishing the Constitution Revision Commission
SUPPORT HB 103 Thompson: Elections
SUPPORT SB 798 Taddeo/ HB 741 Chambliss: Voting Rights Restoration
OPPOSE HJR 61 Roth: Percentage of Elector Votes Required to Approve Constitutional Amendment or Revision
OPPOSE SB774 Gainer/ HB 635 Maney: Super Voting Sites
OPPOSE CS/SB 90 Baxley: Vote-by-Mail Ballots - Limits duration of Vote by Mail ballots
MISCELLANEOUS
OPPOSE CS/SR 150 Diaz/ HB 45 Fabricio: Individual Liberty and Democracy
Updated 3-3-21