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IntroducedDec 01, 2025
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Florida Senate Bill
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.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 25, 2026: CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
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Comments on SB 676
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- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/24/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- Jan 21, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- Now in Fiscal Policy
- Jan 16, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 01/21/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
- Jan 12, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- Jan 05, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- Dec 09, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
- Dec 01, 2025 | Senate
- Filed
Documents
- Bill Analysis -- Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) (1/9/2026 1:29 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) (1/12/2026 4:10 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Pre-Meeting) (1/20/2026 11:25 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Post-Meeting) (1/21/2026 4:02 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting) (2/23/2026 8:58 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting) (2/25/2026 3:02 PM)
