CS/SB 50: Veterans Affairs
GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice ; Gaetz
Veterans Affairs; Revising the admissions process for veterans treatment court programs; authorizing the multidisciplinary team to determine eligibility for veterans treatment court programs; authorizing sentencing courts to divert defendants to veterans treatment court programs under certain circumstances; requiring that a defendant’s satisfactory completion of the program be a condition of the defendant’s probation or community control, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 2/10/2026 Senate - Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 2/10/2026 Senate - Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Criminal Justice (CJ)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Rules (RC)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 9/15/2025 Senate • Filed
10/6/2025 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules
1/5/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
1/12/2026 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
1/13/2026 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Introduced
• CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
1/14/2026 Senate • Now in Judiciary
1/29/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/03/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
2/3/2026 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
• Now in Rules
2/5/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/10/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2/10/2026 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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CS/SB 50, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/13/2026 at 10:43 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 2/2/2026 (pdf)
Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 2/3/2026 (pdf)
Rules (Pre-Meeting) 2/9/2026 (pdf)
Rules (Post-Meeting) 2/10/2026 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 199 (c2) Veterans Affairs Judiciary Committee Similar Last Action: 2/10/2026 S Received 
Committee Votes (2)
Date Committee Result 2/3/2026 1:00 PM Judiciary 11 Yeas - 0 Nays 2/10/2026 9:00 AM Rules 24 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (2)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 394.47891 Veterans treatment court programs. Page 1 (pdf) 948.01 When court may place defendant on probation or into community control. Page 3 (pdf) -
SB 50, Original Filed Version Posted 9/15/2025 at 12:39 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 1/9/2026 (pdf)
Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 1/13/2026 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 199 (c2) Veterans Affairs Judiciary Committee Similar Last Action: 2/10/2026 S Received
Committee Amendments (2)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 533034 - Amendment
Delete lines 21 - 42 and insert:Criminal Justice
(Gaetz)1/9/2026
1:25 PMReplaced by Committee Substitute
1/12/2026Web Page
PDF669186 - Amendment
Delete line 68 and insert:Criminal Justice
(Gaetz)1/12/2026
1:11 PMReplaced by Committee Substitute
1/12/2026Web Page
PDFCommittee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 1/12/2026 1:30 PM Criminal Justice 8 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (2)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 394.47891 Veterans treatment court programs. Page 1 (pdf) 948.01 When court may place defendant on probation or into community control. Page 3 (pdf)