Press Releases

ACLU of Florida Condemns Passage of Bill that Enables Discrimination in Healthcare

The Florida House voted today to pass Senate Bill 1580 (SB 1580), which would allow healthcare providers and payors to refuse to provide healthcare services to Floridians based on their personal beliefs.

ACLU of Florida Denounces Passage of Cruel Anti-Immigrant Bill in Florida Legislature

Today, Florida House members passed Senate Bill 1718 (SB 1718), a cruel, dangerous and overbroad anti-immigrant bill.

Voting and Civil Rights Organizations File Suit Over Florida’s Flawed Voter Registration Form

The League of Women Voters of Florida and the Florida State Conference of the NAACP filed suit in federal court today against Florida’s Secretary of State, charging that the state’s voter registration application violates the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA).

ACLU of Florida Statement on the Passage of Harmful Anti-Immigrant Bill in Senate Fiscal Policy Committee

Today, the Senate Fiscal Policy Committee passed Senate Bill 1718, a devastating anti-immigrant bill.

Civil Rights Organizations Condemn Passage of Bills that Stifles Academic Freedom in Higher Education

The coalition of civil rights groups is currently challenging last year’s “STOP W.O.K.E.” censorship law.

ACLU of Florida Denounces Gov. DeSantis’ Signing of Bill that Lowers Jury Threshold for Death Sentences into Law

On Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 450 (SB 450). This bill reintroduces unconstitutional non-unanimous jury recommendations for the death penalty. Florida will now have the dubious distinction of having the lowest threshold for death sentencing in the country.

ACLU of Florida Condemns Egregious Written Protocol Targeting Hispanics in Jefferson County Prosecutor’s Office

Yesterday, a written document revealed that Jack Campbell’s State Attorney’s Office in Jefferson County is targeting Hispanics with harsher penalties.

ACLU of Florida Denounces the Legislature’s Passage of Bills Designed to Harm Florida’s LGBTQ+ Community

Today, the Florida Legislature voted to pass a series of dangerous bills that target and harm the LGBTQ+ community.

ACLU of Florida Statement on Bill that Allows Healthcare Providers and Payors to Refuse Healthcare to Floridians

The Senate Rules Committee voted today to pass Senate Bill 1580 (SB 1580), which would allow healthcare providers and payors to refuse to provide healthcare services to Floridians based on their “moral,” “ethical,” or “religious” beliefs.