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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 150: Abandoning Restrained Dogs During Natural Disasters

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

SB 150 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Abandoning Restrained Dogs During Natural Disasters. Primary sponsor: Don Gaetz (Republican), Criminal Justice. It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 29, 2025): Chapter No. 2025-101.

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.

Abandoning Restrained Dogs During Natural Disasters; Citing this act as “Trooper’s Law”; providing criminal penalties for restraining a dog outside during a natural disaster and thereafter abandoning the dog, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Don GaetzPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Criminal JusticePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Kristen ArringtonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate25
AvilaCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Tracie DavisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate5
Ileana GarciaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate36
IngogliaCo-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. Chapter No. 2025-101
  2. Approved by Governor
  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
  4. Ordered enrolled
  5. CS passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0
  6. Read 3rd time
  7. Added to Third Reading Calendar
  8. Placed on 3rd reading
  9. Read 2nd time
  10. 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
  11. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
  12. Bill referred to House Calendar

Showing 12 most recent of 33 actions. Full history

Sources

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