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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 876: 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 876 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on December 11, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Public Records and Public Meetings/Hearings Relating to Mental Health and Substance Abuse. Primary sponsor: Don Gaetz (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): 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; Providing that all hearings relating to mental health examination or treatment and substance abuse treatment or assessment and stabilization, respectively, are confidential and closed to the public; providing that certain information is exempt from public records requirements; authorizing disclosure of certain confidential and exempt documents to certain service providers; authorizing courts to use a respondent’s name for certain purposes; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing statements of public necessity, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Don GaetzPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1

“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. Introduced
  3. Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules
  4. Filed

Sources

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