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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 255: Aggravated Animal Cruelty

Enacted 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 255 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on January 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Aggravated Animal Cruelty. Primary sponsor: Meg Weinberger (Republican), Linda Chaney (Republican), Criminal Justice Subcommittee. It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 29, 2025): Chapter No. 2025-102.

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.

Aggravated Animal Cruelty; Requires the Department of Law Enforcement to post on its website the names of certain individuals who have violated specified animal cruelty provisions; provides a sentencing multiplier for specified offenses of aggravated animal cruelty.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 12

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Meg WeinbergerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse94
Linda ChaneyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Criminal Justice SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Fabián BasabeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse106
Yvette BenarrochCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse81
Peggy Gossett-SeidmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
Johanna LópezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Kiyan MichaelCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Toby OverdorfCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Susan PlasenciaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse37
Juan PorrasCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse119
Mike RedondoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse118
Michelle SalzmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Dana TrabulsyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84

“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. Chapter No. 2025-102
  2. Approved by Governor
  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
  4. Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
  5. CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0
  6. Amendment 687730 Concur
  7. Senate Message List
  8. In Messages
  9. CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
  10. Read 3rd time
  11. Amendment(s) adopted (687730)
  12. Read 2nd time

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

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