Florida · Senate Bill 1344 · 2025 Regular Session

Juvenile Justice

SB 1344 Sponsored by Corey Simon Became law

  1. Introduced Feb 26, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 6, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor Jun 18, 2025
  6. Became law Jun 19, 2025

What it does

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

Juvenile Justice ; Providing for appointment of counsel in certain circumstances; providing for payment of counsel; revising provisions for a child’s punishment for contempt of court; revising provisions related to case staffing and to services and treatment related to a family in need of services; authorizing that a child be taken into custody pursuant to a finding of contempt; providing for early truancy intervention; providing for additional services to be ordered if a student is found to be a truant status offender; specifying when a guardian ad litem may be appointed, etc.

Every action

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

Show the 27 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy · Senate Criminal Justice
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building · Senate Criminal Justice
  5. CommitteeCS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 · Senate Criminal Justice9–0 vote
  6. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  7. CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  8. CommitteeCS by Criminal Justice read 1st time · Senate Criminal Justice
  9. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/10/25, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  10. CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice8–0 vote
  11. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  12. CommitteeNow in Fiscal Policy · Senate Fiscal Policy
  13. CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  14. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/17/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Fiscal Policy
  15. SenateCS/CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
  16. SenatePending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  17. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  18. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25
  19. SenateCS/CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
  20. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 529
  21. SenateRead 3rd time -SJ 530
  22. SenateCS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 530
  23. HouseIn Messages
  24. HouseBill referred to House Calendar
  25. HouseBill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
  26. House1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
  27. HouseRead 2nd time
  1. HousePlaced on 3rd reading
  2. HouseAdded to Third Reading Calendar
  3. HouseRead 3rd time
  4. HouseCS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
  5. SenateOrdered enrolled
  6. GovernorSigned by Officers and presented to Governor
  7. GovernorApproved by Governor
  8. Chapter No. 2025-153

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 2 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 25, 2025 Senate committee CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 Passed 9–0
Apr 10, 2025 Senate committee CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 Passed 8–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

  • Corey SimonR Primary sponsor · District 3
  • FP Fiscal Policy Sponsoring committee
  • AC Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Sponsoring committee
  • CJ Criminal Justice Sponsoring committee

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.