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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 447: 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 447 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on November 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Mental Health and Substance Abuse. Primary sponsor: Patt Maney (Republican), Government Operations Subcommittee. It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Rules.

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): Democratic 1 · Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Patt ManeyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Government Operations SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Webster BarnabyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse29
Johanna LópezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Jim MooneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse120
Bill PartingtonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28

“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 Rules
  2. Received
  3. Referred to Rules
  4. In Messages
  5. CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0
  6. Read 3rd time
  7. Added to Third Reading Calendar
  8. Read 2nd time
  9. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2026)
  10. Added to Second Reading Calendar
  11. Bill released to House Calendar
  12. Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 37 actions. Full history

Sources

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