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CS/CS/SB 1640: Public Records/Lethality Assessment Forms

PUBLIC RECORDS/GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Governmental Oversight and Accountability ; Grall

Public Records/Lethality Assessment Forms; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for a lethality assessment form that contains certain information and responses; authorizing the disclosure of a lethality assessment form to a domestic violence center and to the office of the state attorney; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
 Last Action: 4/10/2025 Senate - Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/28/2025 Senate • Filed
    3/7/2025 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
    3/10/2025 Senate • Introduced
    3/13/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/18/25, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
    3/18/2025 Senate • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
    3/19/2025 Senate • Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
    3/27/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
    4/1/2025 Senate • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
    4/2/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
    4/3/2025 Senate • Now in Rules
    • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    4/8/2025 Senate • CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
    • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    4/9/2025 Senate • CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
    4/10/2025 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

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  • CS/CS/SB 1640, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/8/2025 at 4:35 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1479 Pub. Rec./Lethality Assessment Forms Baker Similar Last Action: 4/10/2025 H Now in Judiciary Committee Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    741.29 Domestic violence; investigation of incidents; notice to victims of legal rights and remedies; reporting. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 1640, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 4/2/2025 at 11:52 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/7/2025 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/8/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1479 Pub. Rec./Lethality Assessment Forms Baker Similar Last Action: 4/10/2025 H Now in Judiciary Committee Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    616426 - Amendment
    Delete lines 53 - 55 and insert:     		Rules
    (Grall)     		4/7/2025
    8:26 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/8/2025     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/8/2025 9:00 AM Rules 24 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    741.29 Domestic violence; investigation of incidents; notice to victims of legal rights and remedies; reporting. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • SB 1640, Original Filed Version Posted 2/28/2025 at 8:11 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 3/17/2025 (pdf)
    Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 3/18/2025 (pdf)
    Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Pre-Meeting) 3/31/2025 (pdf)
    Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Post-Meeting) 4/2/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1479 Pub. Rec./Lethality Assessment Forms Baker Identical Last Action: 4/10/2025 H Now in Judiciary Committee Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    701874 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Governmental Oversight and Accountability
    (Grall)     		3/31/2025
    1:26 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/1/2025     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    3/18/2025 3:30 PM Criminal Justice 9 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/1/2025 1:30 PM Governmental Oversight and Accountability 7 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    741.29 Domestic violence; investigation of incidents; notice to victims of legal rights and remedies; reporting. Page 1 (pdf)

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