• Introduced
    Dec 01, 2025
  • Passed House
    Feb 25, 2026
  • Passed Senate
    Mar 04, 2026
  • Became Law
HB 559
Florida House Bill
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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 receive counseling and treatment for a specified time period; requiring the minor's parent or guardian or the state to pay the cost of such evaluation, counseling, and treatment; providing an exception; authorizing the court to hold the parent or guardian in contempt under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to post on its website specified information relating to each individual convicted of specified animal cruelty offenses; specifying time periods for which the information shall be posted; requiring the department to develop a procedure to allow a person to petition for the removal of his or her information under specified circumstances; requiring the department to remove specified information under specified circumstances; specifying the time period within which such information must be removed; authorizing the department to adopt rules; requiring clerks of court and county detention facilities to provide the Department of Law Enforcement with specified information, data, and images; creating the offense of causing or enticing a minor to commit, or in the presence of a minor committing, fighting or baiting animals; creating the offense of causing or enticing a minor to commit, or in the presence of a minor committing, sexual activities involving animals; increasing the maximum civil penalty for specified violations of ordinances relating to animal control or cruelty; increasing the level on the offense severity ranking chart for fighting or baiting animals; ranking offenses created by the act on the offense severity ranking chart, etc.
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House • Mar 04, 2026: Ordered enrolled
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  • Mar 04, 2026 | House
    • In Messages
    • Ordered enrolled
  • Mar 04, 2026 | Senate
    • Withdrawn from Rules
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    • Substituted for CS/SB 676
    • Read 2nd time
    • Read 3rd time
    • CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
  • Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
    • Referred to Rules
    • Received
  • Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
    • In Messages
  • Feb 25, 2026 | House
    • Read 2nd time
    • Added to Third Reading Calendar
    • Read 3rd time
    • CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
  • Feb 19, 2026 | House
    • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
  • Feb 17, 2026 | House
    • Favorable by Judiciary Committee
    • Reported out of Judiciary Committee
    • Bill released to House Calendar
    • Added to Second Reading Calendar
  • Feb 13, 2026 | House
    • Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
  • Feb 06, 2026 | House
    • Referred to Judiciary Committee
    • Now in Judiciary Committee
  • Feb 05, 2026 | House
    • Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee
    • Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
    • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
    • CS Filed
    • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  • Feb 03, 2026 | House
    • PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
  • Jan 13, 2026 | House
    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  • Dec 12, 2025 | House
    • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
    • Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee
    • Referred to Judiciary Committee
    • Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  • Dec 01, 2025 | House
    • Filed