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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1072: Expedited DNA Testing Grant Program

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

SB 1072 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Expedited DNA Testing Grant Program. Primary sponsor: Stan McClain (Republican), Fiscal Policy. Most recent recorded action (April 24, 2025): Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 847 (Ch. 2025-141).

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.

Expedited DNA Testing Grant Program; Defining the term “private lab”; creating the Expedited DNA Testing Grant Program within the Department of Law Enforcement; specifying potential grant recipients; providing purposes for the grants under the program; specifying eligible uses for such grant funds; requiring each grant recipient to provide a report to the executive director of the department within a certain timeframe, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Stan McClainPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate9
Fiscal PolicyPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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/HB 847 (Ch. 2025-141)
  2. Substituted CS/HB 847
  3. Read 2nd time
  4. CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
  5. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25
  6. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  7. Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  8. CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
  9. On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/17/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  10. Now in Fiscal Policy
  11. Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  12. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/10/25, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

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