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The bill s sponsor, Sen. Dennis Baxley, denied that the measure benefits only Safe Haven Baby Boxes, an Indiana-based nonprofit.
The bill would allow babies up to 30 days old to be placed in a “newborn infant safety device” located on exterior walls of fire stations, emergency medical-services stations or hospitals.
A proposal that would allow parents to place up to month-old newborns in so-called “baby boxes” instead of handing them over to firefighters, paramedics and emergency personnel cleared a Senate health care panel on Tuesday.
Despite the support for the measure (SB 122), Health and Human Services Appropriations Chairman Sen. Aaron Bean, R-Fernandina Beach, said a nearly hour-long discussion on the bill underscores that there’s “work to be done.”
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Republicans Respond to Black Lives Matter with Anti-Protest Bills
Protesters demonstrate in Palm Beach, Florida, on Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Civil rights groups worry new Florida legislation restricting protest actions could suppress First Amendment rights.
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This story has been updated to clarify changes to penalties for drivers under state legislation.
Genee Tinsley helped organize rallies and marches in Palm Beach County, Florida, last summer to protest police brutality, demand racial justice and call for redirecting some police funding to social services.
Now she’s organizing an online forum to teach people about a Florida bill that would increase penalties for unlawful activity during a protest. The bill could give law enforcement broad discretion to declare a gathering a “riot” and charge participants with a felony crime.
Posted By Jim Turner, NSF on Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 10:23 AM click to enlarge Florida s Capitol building in Tallahassee Despite what some Senate Democrats would like, lawmakers will not head outside for committee meetings as the weather gets warmer. “We have all that (Capitol) plaza, all the room of the portico, the new stuff. We could have lobbyists meetings; we could have public meetings out there,” state Sen. Loranne Ausley said during a Democratic caucus Zoom call last week. “I think we should be, you know, strongly advocating for that. I would feel much more comfortable meeting outside.” Due to COVID 19-restrictions, members of the public and lobbyists who want to speak during Senate committee meetings can do so remotely, from rooms reserved at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center a few blocks