Florida · Senate Bill 502 · 2025 Regular Session

Animal Cruelty Offenses

SB 502 Sponsored by Thomas J. "Tom" Leek Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 5, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 20, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

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

Defining the term “domestic animal”; providing criminal punishment scoring, etc.

Every action

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

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice; Agriculture; Fiscal Policy · Senate Criminal Justice
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  5. CommitteeDied in Criminal Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 255 (Ch. 2025-102) · Senate Criminal Justice

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Democrat.

All 1 cosponsor

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.