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2025 Legislative Priorities

Please review our legislative priorities and urge legislators to consider our views when they vote. Contact us if you have questions or would like to sign up for our email alerts!

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Kim Elmore, President, Jacksonville NOW

Rachel Grage, Judy Sheklin, Legislative Chairpersons, Jacksonville NOW

Jaxnowchapter@gmail.com

CONSTITUTIONAL EQUALITY, ECONOMIC JUSTICE, FREEDOM OF SPEECH

  • SUPPORT SCR 198 (Berman) HCR 1509 (Joseph) - Equal Rights for men and women, ERA

  • SUPPORT SB 1582 (Davis) HB 1409 (Bracy-Davis) - Eliminates barriers to citizens’ access to voting

  • SUPPORT SB 1806 (Yarborough) HB 407 (Caruso) - Guardianship Reform enhances protections against financial exploitation of vulnerable individuals under guardianship

  • OPPOSE SB 1414 (Ingoglia) HB 1205 (Persons-Mulicka) - Provides additional obstacles to citizen led amendment process, provides financial and legal challenges

  • OPPOSE SB 918 (Collins) HB 1225 (Miller) - Rolls back child labor regulations, removing scheduling restrictions for 16 & 17 year olds

  • OPPOSE SB 1328 (Fine) HB 1217 (Black) - Adds obstacles for unions to become or remain certified

REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE/HEALTH

  • SUPPORT SB 870 (Davis) HB 1139 (Driskell) - Allows for abortion before viability

  • SUPPORT SB 780 (Osgood) HB 747 (Campbell) - Establishes Doula pilot program

  • SUPPORT SB 288 ( Polsky) HB 1573 (Driskell) - Creates exceptions to 6-week abortion ban

  • SUPPORT SB 968 (Davis) HB 1003 (Robinson) - Creates a pilot program providing Medicaid to eligible pregnant women and creates a transition from temporary coverage to full enrollment

  • OPPOSE SB 1284 (Grall) HB 1517 (Greco) - Criminalizing Care - Eliminates abortion care in all circumstances and criminalizes providers, patients and those seeking care

  • OPPOSE SB 1288 (Grall) HB 1505 (Placon & Kendall) - Birth Control Ban for Minors- Eliminates the freedom of minors to access family planning, birth control w/o parental consent

  • OPPOSE SB 1255 (Plasencia) - Indoctrination in public schools

LGBTQ RIGHTS & DIVERSITY

  • OPPOSE SB 440 (McClain) HB 1495 (Plakon) - Bans employers from disciplining employees for “speech” based on their beliefs - No required training on sexual orientation or gender identity

  • OPPOSE SB 420 (Yarborough) HB 1571 (Black)-Provides penalties to counties who implement policies based on DEI

RACIAL JUSTICE

  • SB 1710 (DiCeglie) HB 731 (Melo) - Anti-DEI bill that bans consideration of race, sex, or ethnicity in contracting, training

EDUCATION/CHILDREN

  • SUPPORT SB 930 (Davis) HB 811 (Nixon) - Freedom to Learn Act repealing limits to speech related to LGBTQ+ policies and limits book banning.

  • SUPPORT SB 74 (Berman) HB 119 (Edmonds) - Universal Free School Breakfast and Lunch   Requiring universal free school breakfast and lunch meals for all public school students

  • OPPOSE CS123 (Andrade) SB140 (Gaetz) - Undermining public schools by converting them to charters with input from only parents

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN/GUN VIOLENCE

  • SUPPORT SB 186 (Berman) HB 15 (Hinson) - Requires safe storage of firearms in vehicles

  • OPPOSE SB 94 (Fine) HB 759 (Salzman) - Reduces age to purchase firearms to 18

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