Florida Senate - 2026                                     SB 624
       
       
        
       By Senator Yarborough
       
       
       
       
       
       4-00826-26                                             2026624__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to batterers’ intervention program
    3         activities; amending s. 741.325, F.S.; authorizing
    4         batterers’ intervention programs to offer supplemental
    5         faith-based activities; prohibiting required
    6         participation in such activities; providing an
    7         effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Present subsection (2) of section 741.325,
   12  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (3), and a new
   13  subsection (2) is added to that section, to read:
   14         741.325 Requirements for batterers’ intervention programs.—
   15         (2) A batterers’ intervention program may offer
   16  supplemental faith-based activities to participants.
   17  Participation in such activities may not be required as part of
   18  the program.
   19         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.