Florida House Bill 559

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-05-13 - Chapter No. 2026-78
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Creating the offense of causing or enticing a minor to commit, or in the presence of a minor committing, animal cruelty; requiring a court to order a minor who commits specified acts of animal cruelty to undergo a psychological evaluation and receive counseling and treatment for a specified time period; requiring the minor's parent or guardian or the state to pay the cost of such evaluation, counseling, and treatment; providing an exception; authorizing the court to hold the parent or guardian in contempt under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to post on its website specified information relating to each individual convicted of specified animal cruelty offenses; specifying time periods for which the information shall be posted; requiring the department to develop a procedure to allow a person to petition for the removal of his or her information under specified circumstances; requiring the department to remove specified information under specified circumstances; specifying the time period within which such information must be removed; authorizing the department to adopt rules; requiring clerks of court and county detention facilities to provide the Department of Law Enforcement with specified information, data, and images; creating the offense of causing or enticing a minor to commit, or in the presence of a minor committing, fighting or baiting animals; creating the offense of causing or enticing a minor to commit, or in the presence of a minor committing, sexual activities involving animals; increasing the maximum civil penalty for specified violations of ordinances relating to animal control or cruelty; increasing the level on the offense severity ranking chart for fighting or baiting animals; ranking offenses created by the act on the offense severity ranking chart, etc.

Animal Welfare

House Criminal Justice Subcommittee	Rep. Linda Chaney [R]	Rep. Johanna Lopez [D]	Rep. Robin Bartleman [D]
Rep. Fabian Basabe [R]	Rep. Lindsay Cross [D]	Rep. Christine Hunschofsky [D]	Rep. Jim Mooney [R]
Rep. Susan Plasencia [R]	Rep. Susan Valdes [R]	Rep. Meg Weinberger [R]

2026-03-04 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#20 (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#599 (Y: 114 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-17 - House - House Judiciary Committee (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-02-05 - House - House Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-13		Chapter No. 2026-78
2026-05-12		Approved by Governor
2026-05-11		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2026-03-04	House	Ordered enrolled
2026-03-04	House	In Messages
2026-03-04	Senate	CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
2026-03-04	Senate	Read 3rd time
2026-03-04	Senate	Read 2nd time
2026-03-04	Senate	Substituted for CS/SB 676
2026-03-04	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2026-03-04	Senate	Withdrawn from Rules
2026-02-26	Senate	Received
2026-02-26	Senate	Referred to Rules
2026-02-25	Senate	In Messages
2026-02-25	House	CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
2026-02-25	House	Read 3rd time
2026-02-25	House	Added to Third Reading Calendar
2026-02-25	House	Read 2nd time
2026-02-19	House	Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
2026-02-17	House	Added to Second Reading Calendar
2026-02-17	House	Bill released to House Calendar
2026-02-17	House	Reported out of Judiciary Committee
2026-02-17	House	Favorable by Judiciary Committee
2026-02-13	House	Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
2026-02-06	House	Now in Judiciary Committee
2026-02-06	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2026-02-05	House	1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2026-02-05	House	CS Filed
2026-02-05	House	Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
2026-02-05	House	Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2026-02-05	House	Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2026-02-03	House	PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
2026-01-13	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2025-12-12	House	Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2025-12-12	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2025-12-12	House	Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee
2025-12-12	House	Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2025-12-01	House	Filed

S676 (Same As) 2026-03-04 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 559
S1004 (Similar To) 2026-05-13 - Chapter No. 2026-76
H1521 (Similar To) 2026-03-09 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 1004

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
828	12		Amended Code	See Bill Text
828	122		Amended Code	See Bill Text
828	126		Amended Code	See Bill Text
828	27		Amended Code	See Bill Text
921	0022		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/559
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/559/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/559/BillText/c1/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/559/BillText/er/PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/559/Analyses/h0559.CRM.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/559/Analyses/h0559a.JDC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/559/Analyses/h0559b.JDC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/559/Analyses/h0559z.CRM.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/559/Analyses/h0559z1.CRM.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=76077&IsPCB=1&BillId=83171
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=76671&IsPCB=0&BillId=83171
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/559/Vote/HouseVote_h00559c1599.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/559/Vote/SenateVote_h00559c1020.PDF