FloridaAnimal Welfare
What it does
Animal Welfare; Creating the offense of causing or enticing a minor to commit, or in the presence of a minor committing, animal cruelty; requiring a court to order a minor who commits specified acts of animal cruelty to undergo a psychological evaluation and, if recommended, receive counseling or treatment for a specified time period; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to post on its website specified information relating to each individual convicted of specified animal cruelty offenses; creating the offense of causing or enticing a minor to commit, or in the presence of a minor committing, fighting or baiting animals; increasing the maximum civil penalty for specified violations of ordinances relating to animal control or cruelty, etc.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 4Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 559 (Ch. 2026-78), CS/SB 1004 (Ch. 2026-76)Latest
- Mar 4Substituted CS/HB 559
- Mar 4Read 2nd timeMinor
- Mar 2Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/26
- Feb 25CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
- Feb 25Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Feb 25Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Feb 24CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- Vote recorded Favorable with Committee Substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/24/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- Jan 21Now in Fiscal Policy
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 21Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0Minor
- Jan 16On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 01/21/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- Jan 13IntroducedMinor
- Jan 12Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 12Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0Minor
- Jan 5On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- 2025
- Dec 9Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal PolicyMinor
- Dec 1FiledIntroduced