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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.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 4, 2026
Session
FL 2026
Sponsors
2 primary · 1 co
Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 559
Substituted CS/HB 559
Read 2nd time
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/26
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/24/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
Now in Fiscal Policy
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 01/21/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
Introduced
Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
Filed