Florida · Senate Bill 168 · 2025 Regular Session

Mental Health

  1. Introduced Feb 24, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 25, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  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; Citing this act as the “Tristin Murphy Act”; expanding the programs and diversion initiatives supported by implementation or expansion grants to include training for 911 public safety telecommunicators and emergency medical technicians for certain purposes and to include veterans treatment court programs; encouraging communities to apply for specified grants to establish misdemeanor or ordinance…

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Mental Health; Citing this act as the “Tristin Murphy Act”; expanding the programs and diversion initiatives supported by implementation or expansion grants to include training for 911 public safety telecommunicators and emergency medical technicians for certain purposes and to include veterans treatment court programs; encouraging communities to apply for specified grants to establish misdemeanor or ordinance violation mental health diversion programs; encouraging communities to apply for specified grants to establish pretrial felony mental health diversion programs; expanding eligibility for the Forensic Hospital Diversion Pilot Program to include Hillsborough County, etc. APPROPRIATION: $794,880

Every action

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

Show the 36 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations · Senate Criminal Justice
  3. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/04/25, 2:00 pm, 37 Senate Building · Senate Criminal Justice
  4. CommitteeCS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 · Senate Criminal Justice9–0 vote
  5. SenateIntroduced
  6. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  7. CommitteeNow in Appropriations · Senate Appropriations
  8. CommitteeCS by Criminal Justice read 1st time · Senate Criminal Justice
  9. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/02/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Appropriations
  10. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/03/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Meeting cancelled · Senate Appropriations
  11. CommitteeCS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 · Senate Appropriations18–0 vote
  12. SenatePending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  13. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  14. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
  15. CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time · Senate Appropriations
  16. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 359
  17. SenateRead 3rd time -SJ 359
  18. SenateCS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 359
  19. SenateImmediately certified -SJ 392
  20. HouseIn Messages
  21. HouseBill referred to House Calendar
  22. HouseBill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025)
  23. House1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
  24. HouseRead 2nd time
  25. HouseAmendment 149231 adopted
  26. HouseAmendment 870331 adopted
  27. HouseAmendment 463357 adopted
  28. HousePlaced on 3rd reading
  29. HouseAdded to Third Reading Calendar
  30. HouseRead 3rd time
  31. HouseCS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0
  32. SenateIn returning messages
  33. SenateRefused to concur in 3 amendment(s) (149231, 463357, 870331) -SJ 1135
  34. SenateRequested House to recede -SJ 1135
  35. HouseIn Messages
  36. HouseSenate Message List
  1. HouseAmendment 149231 Recede
  2. HouseAmendment 463357 Recede
  3. HouseAmendment 870331 Recede
  4. HouseCS passed; YEAS 99, NAYS 0
  5. SenateOrdered enrolled
  6. GovernorSigned by Officers and presented to Governor
  7. GovernorApproved by Governor
  8. Chapter No. 2025-180

Roll calls

6 recorded votes: 4 on the floor, 2 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Third Reading · Full Senate

37–0
Apr 9, 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

Motion to Co-Introduce; Second Reading · Full Senate

37–0
Apr 9, 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

112–0
Apr 30, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 112 No 0 Not voting 7
Democrats: 30 yes, 0 no Republicans: 82 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 112

Not voting · 7

Passage · Full House

99–0
May 2, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 99 No 0 Not voting 20
Democrats: 20 yes, 0 no Republicans: 79 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 99

Not voting · 20

Committee and other votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 37 cosponsors: 26 Republicans, 10 Democrats, 1 Independent.

  • Jennifer BradleyR Primary sponsor · District 6
  • A Appropriations Sponsoring committee
  • CJ Criminal Justice Sponsoring committee
All 37 cosponsors

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