Florida HB 1151: Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

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HB 1151 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to health care autonomy; creating s. 2
381.0026, F.S.; providing a short title; defining 3
terms; providing legislative findings; establishing 4
the fundamental right to reproductive health care; 5
providing that every individual has a fundamental 6
right to make autonomous decisions about the 7
individual's own reproductive health; providing that 8
individuals who become pregnant have a fundamental 9
right to make certain decisions in exercise of such 10
right; prohibiting the state from denying or 11
interfering with an individual's right to access 12
reproductive health care; prohibiting state and local 13
law enforcement agencies and officials from harassing 14
or discriminating against an individual for providing 15
or obtaining reproductive health care or assisting 16
another person in doing so; prohibiting such state and 17
local entities from penalizing, prosecuting, or 18
otherwise taking adverse action against an individual 19
for exercising specified rights, or against an 20
individual for assisting another in exercising such 21
rights; providing individuals with immunity from civil 22
liability for exercising specified rights or aiding or 23
assisting another in exercising such rights; providing 24
that a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have 25

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independent rights under the laws of this state; 26
prohibiting local units of government from regulating 27
an individual's ability to exercise the right to 28
reproductive health care in a manner more restrictive 29
than that set forth in specified provisions; providing 30
applicability, construction, and severability; 31
repealing ss. 286.31, 381.00321, and 765.113, F.S., 32
relating to prohibited use of state funds, the right 33
of medical conscience of health care providers and 34
health care payors, and restrictions on providing 35
consent for specified activities, respectively; 36
providing an effective date. 37
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 39
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Section 1. Section 381.0026, Florida Statutes, is created 41
to read: 42
381.0026 Reproductive freedom.— 43
(1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 44
"Reproductive Freedom Act." 45
(2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 46
(a) "Abortion" means any medical treatment intended to 47
induce the termination of a pregnancy. The term does not include 48
management of or care for a miscarriage. 49
(b) "Pregnancy" means the human reproductive process 50

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beginning with an implanted human embryo. 51
(c) "Reproductive health care" means health care offered, 52
arranged, or furnished for the purpose of preventing pregnancy, 53
terminating a pregnancy, managing pregnancy loss, or improving 54
maternal health. The term includes, but is not limited to, 55
contraception, sterilization, preconception care, maternity 56
care, abortion care, family planning, and fertility services. 57
(3) FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE.—The 58
State Constitution establishes the principles of individual 59
liberty, personal privacy, and equality. The Legislature finds 60
that such principles ensure the fundamental right to 61
reproductive health care. Notwithstanding chapter 390 and any 62
other law, the right to reproductive health care includes, but 63
is not limited to, all of the following rights and protections: 64
(a) Every individual has a fundamental right to make 65
autonomous decisions about the individual's own reproductive 66
health, including the right to use or refuse reproductive health 67
care. 68
(b) Every individual who becomes pregnant has a 69
fundamental right to choose whether to continue the pregnancy 70
and give birth or to obtain an abortion and to make autonomous 71
decisions about how to exercise this fundamental right. 72
(c) The state may not deny or interfere with an 73
individual's fundamental right to access reproductive health 74
care. 75

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(4) HARASSMENT, DISCRIMINATION, CIVIL LIABILITY, AND 76
PROSECUTION FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE PROHIBITED.— 77
(a) State or local law enforcement agencies or officials 78
may not harass or discriminate against an individual for 79
providing or obtaining reproductive health care or assisting 80
another person in doing so. 81
(b) State or local law enforcement agencies or officials 82
may not penalize, prose