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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1611: Rebuttable Presumption for Certain Deaths

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 1611 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Rebuttable Presumption for Certain Deaths. Primary sponsor: Jessica Baker (Republican). Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Criminal Justice 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.

Rebuttable Presumption for Certain Deaths; Creates rebuttable presumption that death of an alleged victim was result of controlled substance if substance was present.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jessica BakerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse17

“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 Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  4. Referred to Judiciary Committee
  5. Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  6. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  7. Filed

Sources

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