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May 9, 2017PREGNANCY SUPPORT SERVICES
SUPPORTED BY FCCB - Catholic Days at the Capitol Issue- SB 1130 (Bean) / HB 969 (Toledo) places the Florida Pregnancy Care Network in statute. HB 969 passed the House 79-38 but never received a vote by the full Senate. Note: FPCN continues to be funded at its current level ($4 million) in the 2017-2018 budget.
OPPOSED BY FCCB- SB 786 (Bean) / HB 697 (Metz), so called "sanctuary" bill, requires local law enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration policy without accompanying funding. On March 13, Michael Sheedy, FCCB executive director, outlined concerns in a letter to Rep. Metz. HB 697 passed the House 76-41 but had no hearings in the Senate.
- HB 427 (Santiago) requires state to withdraw from coordination of the federally-funded refugee resettlement program. January 25 correspondence from Sheedy urged continued state coordination of the program.
- SB 120 (Hutson) / HB 83 (Eagle) provides that undocumented immigrants who commit crimes will be sentenced more harshly solely because of their immigration status. On January 24 and March 14, Sheedy expressed concerns with SB 120 and HB 83 in letters to the bill sponsors.
SUPPORTED BY FCCB - Catholic Days at the Capitol Issue- 458 (Brandes) / HB 387 (Peters) creates the Florida Criminal Justice Reform Task Force for the purpose of conducting a comprehensive review of the state's criminal justice, court and corrections systems. Note: $300,000 is allocated in the 2017-2018 budget for criminal justice reform research.
SUPPORTED BY FCCB- SB 192 (Powell) modifies the process of direct file of a minor to adult court; establishes minimum age at which a child can be charged as an adult.
- SB 196 (Flores) / HB 301 (White) requires officers to issue to juvenile offenders civil citations for certain first-time nonviolent misdemeanors; allows for data collection regarding the transfer of juveniles to the adult justice system.
- HB 205 (Ahern) provides for automatic expungement of a juvenile's first-time misdemeanor after the offender completes a diversion program; allows for discretionary use of civil citations for adults. As originally filed, the bill was a companion to SB 196.
SUPPORTED BY FCCB- SB 302 (Brandes) / HB 1017 (Ingram) prohibits suspension of driver license for failure to pay fees or other charges related to traffic citations if the inability to pay demonstrated.