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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 954: Certified Recovery Residences

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 954 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Certified Recovery Residences. Primary sponsor: Joe Gruters (Republican), Community Affairs, Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, Rules. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (June 26, 2025): Chapter No. 2025-182.

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.

Certified Recovery Residences; Requiring, by a specified date, the governing body of each county or municipality to adopt an ordinance to establish procedures for the review and approval of certified recovery residences; prohibiting the ordinance from requiring public hearings beyond the minimum required by law; providing that the personnel-to-resident ratio for a certified recovery residence must be met only when the residents are at the residence, etc.

Sponsors

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joe GrutersPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate22
Community AffairsPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human ServicesPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
RulesPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Darryl RousonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16

“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. 2025-182
  2. Approved by Governor
  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
  4. Ordered enrolled
  5. CS passed; YEAS 97, NAYS 10
  6. Read 3rd time
  7. Added to Third Reading Calendar
  8. Placed on 3rd reading
  9. Read 2nd time
  10. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
  11. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025)
  12. Bill referred to House Calendar

Showing 12 most recent of 35 actions. Full history

Sources

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