Florida Senate Bill 676

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on December 1 2025 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2026-03-04 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 559
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

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, if recommended, receive counseling or treatment for a specified time period; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to post on its website specified information relating to each individual convicted of specified animal cruelty offenses; creating the offense of causing or enticing a minor to commit, or in the presence of a minor committing, fighting or baiting animals; increasing the maximum civil penalty for specified violations of ordinances relating to animal control or cruelty, etc.

Animal Welfare

Senate Fiscal Policy Committee

Sen. Kristen Arrington [D]

Sen. Tom Leek [R]

2026-02-24 - Senate - Senate Fiscal Policy (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-01-21 - Senate - Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-01-12 - Senate - Senate Criminal Justice (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-04	Senate	Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 559
2026-03-04	Senate	Substituted CS/HB 559
2026-03-04	Senate	Read 2nd time
2026-03-02	Senate	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/26
2026-02-25	Senate	CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
2026-02-25	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2026-02-25	Senate	Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-02-24	Senate	CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
2026-02-19	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/24/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2026-01-21	Senate	Now in Fiscal Policy
2026-01-21	Senate	Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
2026-01-16	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 01/21/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
2026-01-13	Senate	Introduced
2026-01-12	Senate	Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
2026-01-12	Senate	Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
2026-01-05	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
2025-12-09	Senate	Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
2025-12-01	Senate	Filed

H559 (Same As) 2026-05-13 - Chapter No. 2026-78
H1521 (Similar To) 2026-03-09 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 1004
S1004 (Similar To) 2026-05-13 - Chapter No. 2026-76

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/2026/676
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/676/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/676/BillText/c1/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/676/Amendment/605520/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/676/Analyses/2026s00676.pre.cj.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/676/Analyses/2026s00676.cj.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/676/Analyses/2026s00676.pre.acj.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/676/Analyses/2026s00676.acj.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/676/Analyses/2026s00676.pre.fp.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/676/Analyses/2026s00676.fp.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/676/Vote/2026-01-12%200130PM~S00676%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/676/Vote/2026-01-21%200130PM~S00676%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/676/Vote/2026-02-24%200900AM~S00676%20Vote%20Record.PDF