Florida · Senate Bill 1640 · 2025 Regular Session

Public Records/Lethality Assessment Forms

SB 1640 Sponsored by Erin Grall Became law

  1. Introduced Feb 28, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 7, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor May 16, 2025
  6. Became law May 23, 2025

What it does

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

Public Records/Lethality Assessment Forms ; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for a lethality assessment form that contains certain information and responses; authorizing the disclosure of a lethality assessment form to a domestic violence center and to the office of the state attorney; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Every action

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

Show the 25 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules · Senate Criminal Justice
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/18/25, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building · Senate Criminal Justice
  5. CommitteeFavorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 · Senate Criminal Justice9–0 vote
  6. CommitteeNow in Governmental Oversight and Accountability · Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
  7. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building · Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
  8. CommitteeCS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 142 · Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability7–0 vote
  9. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  10. CommitteeCS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time · Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
  11. CommitteeNow in Rules · Senate Rules
  12. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Rules
  13. CommitteeCS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 · Senate Rules24–0 vote
  14. SenatePending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  15. CommitteeCS/CS by Rules read 1st time · Senate Rules
  16. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  17. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25
  18. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 498
  19. SenateRead 3rd time -SJ 499
  20. SenateCS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 499
  21. HouseIn Messages
  22. HouseBill referred to House Calendar
  23. HouseBill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
  24. House1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
  25. 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. 2025-89

Roll calls

3 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 3 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 18, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 Passed 9–0
Apr 1, 2025 Senate committee CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 142 Passed 7–0
Apr 8, 2025 Senate committee CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 Passed 24–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

  • Erin GrallR Primary sponsor · District 29
  • R Rules Sponsoring committee
  • GO Governmental Oversight and Accountability 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.