Florida · House Bill 79 · 2025 Regular Session

Animal Cruelty During a Declared State of Emergency

HB 79 Sponsored by Joel Rudman Withdrawn

  1. Introduced Dec 30, 2024
  2. In committee  
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Provides increased criminal penalties for animal cruelty offenses committed during declared state of emergency.

Every action

2 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. HouseWithdrawn prior to introduction, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 150 (Ch. 2025-101)

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.