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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 469: Decreasing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

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 469 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Decreasing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. Primary sponsor: Mitch Rosenwald (Democratic). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Health Professions & Programs 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.

Decreasing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; Revises project requirements & review criteria of Closing the Gap grant program to include mental health & substance abuse services.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mitch RosenwaldPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse98
Anna EskamaniCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Dotie JosephCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse108
Leonard SpencerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45

“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 Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  4. Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
  5. Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
  6. Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
  7. Filed

Sources

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