Public Records and Public Meetings/Hearings Relating to Mental Health and Substance Abuse
- Introduced Dec 11, 2025
- In committee Dec 16, 2025
- Passed the Senate
- Passed the House
- To the governor
- Became law Jul 1, 2026
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Public Records and Public Meetings/Hearings Relating to Mental Health and Substance Abuse; Providing that all hearings relating to mental health examination or treatment and substance abuse treatment or assessment and stabilization, respectively, are confidential and closed to the public; providing that certain information is exempt from public records requirements; authorizing disclosure of certain confidential and…
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Public Records and Public Meetings/Hearings Relating to Mental Health and Substance Abuse; Providing that all hearings relating to mental health examination or treatment and substance abuse treatment or assessment and stabilization, respectively, are confidential and closed to the public; providing that certain information is exempt from public records requirements; authorizing disclosure of certain confidential and exempt documents to certain service providers; authorizing courts to use a respondent’s name for certain purposes; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing statements of public necessity, etc.
Every action
4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
- SenateFiled
- CommitteeReferred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
- SenateIntroduced
- CommitteeDied in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Roll calls
No recorded votes on this bill yet.
Sponsors
The member who introduced it.
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Don GaetzR Primary sponsor · District 1
From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.