Florida · Senate Bill 240 · 2025 Regular Session

Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence

  1. Introduced Jan 14, 2025
  2. In committee Jan 29, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  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.

Requiring the Division of Telecommunications within the Department of Management Services to consult with certain entities to conduct a feasibility study regarding a specified alert system; revising legislative findings to include victims of dating violence; authorizing victims of dating violence to apply to participate in the Attorney General’s address confidentiality program, etc.

Every action

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

Show the 5 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, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building · Senate Criminal Justice
  5. CommitteeCS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 · Senate Criminal Justice9–0 vote
  1. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  2. CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  3. 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
  4. CommitteeCS by Criminal Justice read 1st time · Senate Criminal Justice
  5. CommitteeFavorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice8–0 vote
  6. CommitteeNow in Fiscal Policy · Senate Fiscal Policy
  7. SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  8. CommitteeDied in Fiscal Policy · Senate Fiscal Policy

Roll calls

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

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Apr 1, 2025 Senate committee CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 Passed 9–0
Apr 10, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 Passed 8–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 5 cosponsors: 3 Republicans, 1 Independent, 1 Democrat.

  • Lori BermanD Primary sponsor · District 26
  • CJ Criminal Justice Sponsoring committee
All 5 cosponsors

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.