Florida · Senate Bill 1620 · 2025 Regular Session

Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

  1. Introduced Feb 27, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 6, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate May 2, 2025
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor Jun 18, 2025
  6. Became law Jun 25, 2025

What it does

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

Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to require certain providers to use a specified assessment tool; requiring facilities to update treatment plans within specified timeframes; requiring use of a specified assessment tool; providing an exception; requiring the Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Technical Assistance Center at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida to disseminate among grantees certain evidence-based practices and best practices, etc.

Every action

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

Show the 30 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/25/25, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
  5. CommitteeCS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs5–0 vote
  6. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  7. CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  8. CommitteeCS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
  9. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/10/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  10. CommitteeFavorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services8–0 vote
  11. CommitteeNow in Fiscal Policy · Senate Fiscal Policy
  12. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/17/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Fiscal Policy
  13. CommitteeCS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 · Senate Fiscal Policy16–0 vote
  14. SenatePending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  15. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  16. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25
  17. CommitteeCS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time · Senate Fiscal Policy
  18. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 544
  19. SenateAmendment(s) adopted (440964) -SJ 545
  20. SenateRead 3rd time -SJ 545
  21. SenateCS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 545
  22. HouseIn Messages
  23. HouseBill referred to House Calendar
  24. HouseBill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
  25. House1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
  26. HouseRead 2nd time
  27. HouseAmendment 852013 adopted
  28. HousePlaced on 3rd reading
  29. HouseAdded to Third Reading Calendar
  30. HouseRead 3rd time
  1. HouseCS passed as amended; YEAS 116, NAYS 0
  2. SenateIn returning messages
  3. SenateConcurred in 1 amendment(s) (852013) -SJ 1135
  4. SenateCS passed as amended; YEAS 34 NAYS 3 -SJ 1135
  5. SenateOrdered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 1135
  6. GovernorSigned by Officers and presented to Governor
  7. GovernorApproved by Governor
  8. Chapter No. 2025-184

Roll calls

7 recorded votes: 4 on the floor, 3 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

A - 440964; Motion to Co-Introduce; Second Reading · Full Senate

37–0
Apr 24, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 37 No 0 Not voting 1
Democrats: 10 yes, 0 no Independents: 1 yes, 0 no Republicans: 26 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 37

Excused · 1

Third Reading · Full Senate

37–0
Apr 24, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 37 No 0 Not voting 1
Democrats: 10 yes, 0 no Independents: 1 yes, 0 no Republicans: 26 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 37

Excused · 1

Passage; Third Reading · Full House

116–0
Apr 29, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 116 No 0 Not voting 3
Democrats: 32 yes, 0 no Republicans: 84 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 116

Not voting · 3

Returning Messages · Full Senate

34–3
May 2, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 34 No 3 Not voting 1
Democrats: 9 yes, 0 no Independents: 1 yes, 0 no Republicans: 24 yes, 3 no
How each member voted

Yes · 34

No · 3

Excused · 1

Committee and other votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 25, 2025 Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
Members

Yes · 5

Not voting · 2

5–0
Apr 10, 2025 Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
Members

Yes · 8

Not voting · 2

8–0
Apr 17, 2025 Senate Fiscal Policy CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
Members

Yes · 16

Not voting · 3

16–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

  • Darryl Ervin RousonD Primary sponsor · District 16
  • FP Fiscal Policy Sponsoring committee
  • CF Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Sponsoring committee

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.