Veterans Affairs; Revising the admissions process for veterans treatment court programs; authorizing the multidisciplinary team to determine eligibility for veterans treatment court programs; authorizing sentencing courts to divert defendants to veterans treatment court programs under certain circumstances; requiring that a defendant’s satisfactory completion of the program be a condition of the defendant’s probation or community control, etc.
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Introduced
2Passed Senate
3Passed House
4To Governor
5Became Law
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No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
2026
Feb 26Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 199 (Ch. 2026-128)Latest
Feb 26Substituted CS/CS/HB 199
Feb 26Read 2nd timeMinor
Feb 23Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26
Feb 10Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
Feb 10Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0Minor
Feb 5On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/10/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
Feb 3Now in Rules
Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
Feb 3Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0Minor
Jan 29On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/03/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
Jan 14Now in Judiciary
Jan 13CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
Jan 13IntroducedMinor
Jan 13Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Jan 12CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
Vote recorded Favorable with Committee Substitute. Result: pass.Upper
Jan 5On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
2025
Oct 6Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; RulesMinor