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CS/SB 240: Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence

GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice ; Berman ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Rodriguez ; DiCeglie ; Pizzo ; Smith ; Garcia

Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence; Requiring the Division of Telecommunications within the Department of Management Services to consult with certain entities to conduct a feasibility study regarding a specified alert system; revising legislative findings to include victims of dating violence; authorizing victims of dating violence to apply to participate in the Attorney General’s address confidentiality program, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
 Last Action: 5/3/2025 Senate - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/14/2025 Senate • Filed
    1/29/2025 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
    3/4/2025 Senate • Introduced
    3/27/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
    4/1/2025 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
    4/3/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
    4/7/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/10/25, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building
    4/8/2025 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
    4/10/2025 Senate • Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
    4/11/2025 Senate • Now in Fiscal Policy
    5/3/2025 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

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  • CS/SB 240, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/3/2025 at 1:58 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Pre-Meeting) 4/9/2025 (pdf)
    Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Post-Meeting) 4/10/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 242 Public Records and Public Meetings/Helping Abuse Victims Escape Now (HAVEN) Coordinating Council Berman Linked Last Action: 5/3/2025 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Track This Bill
    H 19 (c1) Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence Criminal Justice Subcommittee Identical Last Action: 5/3/2025 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Track This Bill
    H 41 (c1) Pub. Rec./Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence Criminal Justice Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 5/3/2025 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/10/2025 11:00 AM Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice 8 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (6)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    741.401 Legislative findings; purpose. Page 3 (pdf)
    741.402 Definitions; ss. 741.401-741.409. Page 3 (pdf)
    741.403 Address confidentiality program; application; certification. Page 4 (pdf)
    741.408 Assistance for program applicants. Page 5 (pdf)
    741.4651 Public records exemption; victims of stalking or aggravated stalking. Page 5 (pdf)
    960.001 Guidelines for fair treatment of victims and witnesses in the criminal justice and juvenile justice systems. Page 6 (pdf)

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  • SB 240, Original Filed Version Posted 1/14/2025 at 12:53 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 3/31/2025 (pdf)
    Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 4/3/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 242 Public Records and Public Meetings/Helping Abuse Victims Escape Now (HAVEN) Coordinating Council Berman Linked Last Action: 5/3/2025 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Track This Bill
    H 19 (c1) Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence Criminal Justice Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 5/3/2025 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Track This Bill
    H 41 (c1) Pub. Rec./Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence Criminal Justice Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 5/3/2025 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    178540 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Criminal Justice
    (Berman)     		3/31/2025
    1:08 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/1/2025     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/1/2025 1:30 PM Criminal Justice 9 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (6)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    741.317 Page 2 (pdf)
    741.402 Definitions; ss. 741.401-741.409. Page 5 (pdf)
    741.403 Address confidentiality program; application; certification. Page 6 (pdf)
    741.465 Public records exemption for the Address Confidentiality Program for Victims of Domestic Violence. Page 7 (pdf)
    741.4651 Public records exemption; victims of stalking or aggravated stalking. Page 8 (pdf)
    960.001 Guidelines for fair treatment of victims and witnesses in the criminal justice and juvenile justice systems. Page 9 (pdf)

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