ACLU of Florida Statement on Passage of Anti-Trans Healthcare Bill in Senate Subcommittee
TALLAHASSEE, FL – The Senate Committee on Health Policy voted to pass Senate Bill 254 (SB 254) yesterday.
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Seven Different Amicus Briefs Filed Against the Ongoing 15-week Abortion Ban Amid New Bill Restrictions
On Thursday, seven amicus briefs were filed with the Florida Supreme Court in the ongoing challenge against House Bill 5 (H.B. 5), a ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Governor DeSantis Signs Election Crimes Law Expanding Statewide Prosecutor's Power to Target People with Past Convictions; Civil and Voting Rights Groups Respond
The new law is an unnecessary and wasteful expansion of state prosecutorial power that could intimidate eligible voters with past convictions from exercising their right to vote.
ACLU of Florida Condemns Passage of Anti-Immigrant Bill that Inhumanely Expels Migrants out of Florida
Today, the Florida Legislature passed Senate Bill 6B, a bill that will create a program to inhumanely expel migrant families and people seeking asylum out of Florida.
Civil and Voting Rights Groups Denounce Passage of Senate Bill 4B that Worsens Florida’s Broken Voting Rights Restoration System
The bill expands state prosecutorial power, intimidates eligible voters with previous felony convictions, and criminalizes them for honest voter eligibility mistakes.
Civil Rights Groups and Miami Residents Seek Injunction to Block Miami City Commission’s Racially Gerrymandered Redistricting Map for November Elections
This ongoing case challenges the map that divides neighborhoods along racial lines, packs Black and Hispanic voters, and undermines fair representation.