2025 Regular SessionFlorida Legislature

S0168: Mental Health

Legislative Summary

Citing this act as the "Tristin Murphy Act"; expanding the programs and diversion initiatives supported by implementation or expansion grants to include training for 911 public safety telecommunicators and emergency medical technicians for certain purposes and to include veterans treatment court programs; encouraging communities to apply for specified grants to establish misdemeanor or ordinance violation mental health diversion programs; encouraging communities to apply for specified grants to establish pretrial felony mental health diversion programs; expanding eligibility for the Forensic Hospital Diversion Pilot Program to include Hillsborough County, etc.

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Bill History

2/24/2025
Filed
Senate
2/25/2025
Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations
Senate
2/27/2025
On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/04/25, 2:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
Senate
3/4/2025
CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
Senate
3/4/2025
Introduced
Senate
3/5/2025
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Senate
3/5/2025
Now in Appropriations
Senate
3/10/2025
CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
Senate
3/28/2025
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/02/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
Senate
3/31/2025
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/03/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Meeting cancelled
Senate
4/2/2025
CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
Senate
4/4/2025
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Senate
4/4/2025
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Senate
4/4/2025
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
Senate
4/8/2025
CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
Senate
4/9/2025
Read 2nd time
Senate
4/9/2025
Read 3rd time
Senate
4/9/2025
CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
Senate
4/9/2025
Immediately certified
Senate
4/9/2025
In Messages
House of Representatives

Amendments

Senate Committee Amendment #857776

3/3/2025Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Senate: Third Reading RCS#2
4/9/2025
37
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate: Third Reading RCS#3
4/9/2025
37
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Appropriations
4/2/2025
18
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Criminal Justice
3/4/2025
9
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED