Press Releases

ACLU of Florida Statement on Subcommittee Passage of Dangerous House Bill Banning Abortion After 15 Weeks

The House Professions and Public Health Subcommittee today voted to pass House Bill 5, which would prevent individuals from accessing safe and legal abortions after 15 weeks and would criminalize medical professionals who provide such critical abortion care.

ACLU of Florida statement on passage of senate bill that censors discussions of race and gender in classrooms and workplaces

Today, the Senate Education Committee passed Senate Bill 148, a legislative proposal that would censor protected speech in workplaces and classrooms by banning teaching concepts about systemic racism, gender, and race discrimination.

ACLU of Florida Statement on Passage of House Bill Obstructing the Citizen Initiative Process

The House Public Integrity & Elections Committee today voted to pass House Joint Resolution 1127, which would further obstruct the ability of citizens to directly participate in the democratic process through ballot initiatives.

Advocacy groups challenge Sarasota Clerk of Court’s legal authority to suspend driver’s licenses for non-payment associated with local ordinance violations

The practice of suspending driver’s licenses in Florida was originally a response to reckless driving, speeding, and other driving-related offenses to promote highway safety, but it has increasingly been used as a coercive means to collect fees and fines.

ACLU of Florida Files Class Action to Challenge Unaffordable Bail Practices

The ACLU of Florida filed a class action petition today on behalf of 11 people who have been detained pretrial in the Sarasota and Manatee county jails because they cannot afford to pay their bail amounts.

ACLU of Florida Reaches Settlement in Litigation Demanding Access to Certain Criminal Justice Data from the Florida Department of Corrections

The settlement will provide access to records regarding individuals’ release dates from Florida’s prisons

People Detained at the Broward Jail Ask Court to Enforce its Order Requiring Health and Safety Precautions against COVID-19

Despite the continued surge of COVID-19 cases, the jail has failed to improve health conditions for its staff and the thousands of incarcerated people in its custody as mandated by a 2021 Consent Decree

Advocacy Groups File Lawsuit Challenging West Palm Beach Ordinance that Criminalizes Requests for Help

We filed a federal lawsuit challenging a West Palm Beach ordinance that prohibits asking for donations in certain public spaces.