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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 240: Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence

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 240 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on January 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence. Primary sponsor: Lori Berman (Democratic), Criminal Justice. It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Fiscal Policy.

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.

Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence; Requiring the Division of Telecommunications within the Department of Management Services to consult with certain entities to conduct a feasibility study regarding a specified alert system; revising legislative findings to include victims of dating violence; authorizing victims of dating violence to apply to participate in the Attorney General’s address confidentiality program, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Independent 1 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lori BermanPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Criminal JusticePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Nick DiCeglieCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Ileana GarciaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate36
Jason PizzoCo-sponsorIndependentSenate37
Ana Maria RodriguezCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate40
SmithCo-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. Died in Fiscal Policy
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Now in Fiscal Policy
  4. Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  5. CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
  6. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/10/25, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building
  7. Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  8. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  9. CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
  10. On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
  11. Introduced
  12. Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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