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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1357: Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1357 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Mental Health and Substance Abuse. Primary sponsor: Patt Maney (Republican). Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Human Services Subcommittee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Mental Health and Substance Abuse; Specifies that hearings relating to mental health & substance abuse, respectively, are confidential & closed to public; provides exceptions; exempts certain information from public records requirements; expands public records exemption to include certain petitions & applications; authorizes disclosure of certain confidential & exempt documents to certain service providers; authorizes courts to use respondent's name for certain purposes; revises applicability; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; making technical changes; provides statements of public necessity.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Patt ManeyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse4

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Human Services Subcommittee
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Now in Human Services Subcommittee
  4. Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
  5. Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
  6. Referred to Judiciary Committee
  7. Referred to Human Services Subcommittee
  8. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  9. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source