2025 Regular Session • Florida Legislature
S0976: Court-appointed Psychologists
Legislative Summary
Requiring a party to seek disqualification of a court-appointed psychologist before filing an administrative complaint against the psychologist; providing for disqualification motions; revising provisions for award of costs and attorney fees in supplemental actions against court-appointed psychologists, etc.
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Bill History
2/21/2025
Filed
Senate
2/28/2025
Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
Senate
3/4/2025
Introduced
Senate
3/27/2025
On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
Senate
4/1/2025
CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
Senate
4/2/2025
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Senate
4/2/2025
CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
Senate
4/3/2025
Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
Senate
4/7/2025
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/10/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
Senate
4/10/2025
Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
Senate
4/11/2025
Now in Fiscal Policy
Senate
4/17/2025
On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
Senate
4/22/2025
Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
Senate
4/23/2025
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Senate
4/23/2025
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/25
Senate
Amendments
Senate Committee Amendment #565810 to Amendment (656890)
4/1/2025Not Adopted
Senate Committee Amendment #656890
3/31/2025Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
Senate Fiscal Policy
4/22/2025
18
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
4/10/2025
8
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
4/1/2025
6
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/21/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Sponsors
Democrat: 1
Primary Sponsor
Mackenson Bernard
Democrat