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Proposed Florida Firearm Legislation S0828

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Legislation Overview

Title: Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Description: Requiring facilities to inform respondents with a serious mental illness of the essential elements of recovery and provide them assistance in accessing a continuum of care regimen; authorizing the state to establish that a transfer evaluation was performed by providing the court with a copy of the evaluation before the close of the state's case in chief; revising the requirements for when a person may be taken to a receiving facility for involuntary examination; revising the requirements for when a person may be ordered for involuntary inpatient placement; requiring the clerk of the court to notify the state attorney's office upon the receipt of a petition filed for involuntary treatment services, etc.

Session: 2021 Regular Session

Last Action: Died in Judiciary

Last Action Date: April 30, 2021

Sponsors

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3 sponsors: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs;Lauren Book (D); George Gainer (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 8% (3 of 40)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Apr 30, 2021 Died in Judiciary
Senate Mar 2, 2021 Introduced
Senate Mar 2, 2021 CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
Senate Feb 18, 2021 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Senate Feb 18, 2021 Now in Judiciary
Senate Feb 16, 2021 CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
Senate Feb 8, 2021 On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/16/21, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Building
Senate Feb 4, 2021 Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Appropriations
Senate Jan 26, 2021 Filed
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Comm Sub Feb 18, 2021 state link bill text
Introduced Jan 26, 2021 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
Senate Committee Amendment #755868 Feb 14, 2021 State Link amendment text No
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
02/16/2021 8 0 0 0 Yes
  • Albritton, Ben (R) Yea
  • Book, Lauren (D) Yea
  • Brodeur, Jason (R) Yea
  • Garcia, Ileana (R) Yea
  • Harrell, Gayle (R) Yea
  • Rouson, Darryl (D) Yea
  • Torres, Victor (D) Yea
  • Wright, Tommy (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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