Determination of Mental Conditions in Judicial Proceedings
- Introduced Jan 5, 2026
- In committee Jan 12, 2026
- Passed the House
- Passed the Senate
- To the governor
- Became law Jul 1, 2026
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Determination of Mental Conditions in Judicial Proceedings; Provides for petitions for involuntary admission to residential services of persons with neurocognitive disorders; provides that forensic clients with neurocognitive disorder have certain rights; authorizes appointment of certain clinical social workers or mental health counselors as experts to evaluate defendants for mental competence to proceed; limits…
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Determination of Mental Conditions in Judicial Proceedings; Provides for petitions for involuntary admission to residential services of persons with neurocognitive disorders; provides that forensic clients with neurocognitive disorder have certain rights; authorizes appointment of certain clinical social workers or mental health counselors as experts to evaluate defendants for mental competence to proceed; limits such appointment to evaluations of mental competence to proceed; defines "neurocognitive disorder"; provides for appointment of experts to evaluate mental condition of defendants whose suspected mental condition is neurocognitive disorder; provides for determination of whether defendant whose suspected mental condition is neurocognitive disorder is mentally competent to proceed; provides for training of such defendant in certain circumstances; provides for involuntary commitment of certain defendants determined to be incompetent to proceed due to neurocognitive disorder; provides for retention of jurisdiction over certain defendants found incompetent to proceed & ordered into forensic facility for defendants who have intellectual disabilities, autism, or neurocognitive disorders; provides for dismissal of charges without prejudice when defendant is found incompetent to proceed due to neurocognitive disorder; provides for conditional release, in certain circumstances, of defendant who is incompetent to proceed due to neurocognitive disorder; requires certain juvenile delinquency procedures for children who are incompetent to proceed because of neurocognitive disorder.
Every action
7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
- HouseFiled
- CommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- CommitteeReferred to Human Services Subcommittee · House Human Services Subcommittee
- CommitteeReferred to Judiciary Committee · House Judiciary Committee
- CommitteeNow in Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- CommitteeDied in Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Roll calls
No recorded votes on this bill yet.
Sponsors
The member who introduced it.
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Nan CobbR Primary sponsor · District 26
From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.