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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 205: Abandoning Restrained Dogs During Natural Disasters

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 205 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on January 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Abandoning Restrained Dogs During Natural Disasters. Primary sponsor: Griff Griffitts (Republican), Judiciary Committee. It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 29, 2025): Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 150 (Ch. 2025-101).

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.

Abandoning Restrained Dogs During Natural Disasters; Prohibits restraining dog outside during natural disaster & thereafter abandoning dog.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Griff GriffittsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Judiciary CommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Robin BartlemanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse103
Robbie BrackettCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse34
Linda ChaneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Johanna LópezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Susan PlasenciaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse37
Michelle SalzmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
John SnyderCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse86
Allison TantCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9

“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. Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 150 (Ch. 2025-101)
  2. Added to Second Reading Calendar
  3. Bill referred to House Calendar
  4. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  5. CS Filed
  6. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
  7. Reported out of Judiciary Committee
  8. Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
  9. Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
  10. Now in Judiciary Committee
  11. Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  12. Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

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