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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1494: Public Records and Public Meetings/Hearings Relating to 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

SB 1494 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Public Records and Public Meetings/Hearings Relating to Mental Health and Substance Abuse. Primary sponsor: Ana Maria Rodriguez (Republican). Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs.

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.

Public Records and Public Meetings/Hearings Relating to Mental Health and Substance Abuse; Specifying that all hearings relating to mental health and substance abuse, respectively, are confidential and closed to the public; providing exceptions; exempting certain information from public records requirements; expanding a public records exemption to include certain petitions and applications; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing statements of public necessity, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ana Maria RodriguezPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate40

“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 Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Introduced
  4. Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules
  5. Filed

Sources

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