Florida 2024 Regular Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 4 R · 1 D cosponsors

HB 7023 — Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Last action — Died in Fiscal Policy, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 7021 (Ch. 2024-245)

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    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Mental Health and Substance Abuse; Specifies all hearings relating to mental health & substance abuse, respectively, are confidential & closed to public; provides exceptions; expands public records exemption to include certain petitions & applications; revises date for future legislative review & repeal; provides public necessity statements.

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186 line(s) added, 182 removed.

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB7023 2024 A bill to be entitled An act relating to public records and meetings;
F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB7023 2024 A bill to be entitled An act relating to public records and meetings;
providing an effective date.
providing a contingent effective date.
confidentiality.— (1) Absent a judicial finding of good cause or the respondent's consent, all hearings under this part are confidential and closed to the public.
confidentiality.— (1) Absent a judicial finding of good cause or the respondent's consent, all hearings under this part are Page 1of 8 CODING:
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hb7023-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB7023 2024 (2)(a)(1) The respondent's name, at trial and on appeal, and all petitions or applications for voluntary and involuntary admission for mental health examination or treatment, court orders, and related records that are filed with or by a court under this part are confidential and exempt from s.
hb7023-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB7023 2024 confidential and closed to the public.
(2)(a)(1) The respondent's name, at trial and on appeal, and all petitions or applications for voluntary and involuntary admission for mental health examination or treatment, court orders, and related records that are filed with or by a court under this part are confidential and exempt from s.
10.(j) The Department of Corrections, without charge, if the respondent is committed or is to be returned to the custody of the Department of Corrections from the Department of Children Page 2of 8 CODING:
10.(j) The Department of Corrections, without charge, if the respondent is committed or is to be returned to the custody Page 2of 8 CODING:
hb7023-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB7023 2024 and Families.
hb7023-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB7023 2024 of the Department of Corrections from the Department of Children and Families.
119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2029 2024, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2029 2024, unless reviewed Page 3of 8 CODING:
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hb7023-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB7023 2024 Section 2.
hb7023-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB7023 2024 and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
Section 2.
7.(g) The respondent's treating health care practitioner and service provider.
7.(g) The respondent's treating health care practitioner Page 4of 8 CODING:
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hb7023-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB7023 2024 8.(h) The respondent's health care surrogate or proxy.
hb7023-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB7023 2024 and service provider.
8.(h) The respondent's health care surrogate or proxy.
(e)(5) The exemption under this subsection section applies Page 5of 8 CODING:
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hb7023-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB7023 2024 to all documents filed with a court before, on, or after July 1, 2017, and appeals pending or filed on or after July 1, 2024.
hb7023-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB7023 2024 (e)(5) The exemption under this subsection section applies to all documents filed with a court before, on, or after July 1, 2017, and appeals pending or filed on or after July 1, 2024.
Further, the knowledge that such sensitive personal information is subject to disclosure could have a chilling effect on a person's willingness to seek out and Page 6of 8 CODING:
Further, the knowledge that such sensitive personal information is subject to disclosure could Page 6of 8 CODING:
hb7023-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB7023 2024 comply with mental health or substance abuse treatment services.
hb7023-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB7023 2024 have a chilling effect on a person's willingness to seek out and comply with mental health or substance abuse treatment services.
The publication of personal identifying information on a physical or virtual docket, regardless of whether any other Page 7of 8 CODING:
The publication of personal identifying information Page 7of 8 CODING:
hb7023-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB7023 2024 record is published, defeats the purpose of protections otherwise provided.
hb7023-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB7023 2024 on a physical or virtual docket, regardless of whether any other record is published, defeats the purpose of protections otherwise provided.
This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
This act shall take effect on the same date that HB 7021 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law.
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Action History

  1. Died in Fiscal Policy, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 7021 (Ch. 2024-245)

  2. Received

  3. Referred to Fiscal Policy

  4. In Messages

  5. CS passed; YEAS 107, NAYS 0

  6. Read 3rd time

  7. Added to Third Reading Calendar

  8. Placed on 3rd reading

  9. Read 2nd time

  10. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2024)

  11. Added to Second Reading Calendar

  12. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

  13. Bill referred to House Calendar

  14. CS Filed

  15. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  16. Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee

  17. Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee

  18. Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda

  19. Now in Health & Human Services Committee

  20. Reported out of Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee

  21. Favorable by Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee

  22. Added to Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee agenda

  23. Now in Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee

  24. Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

  25. Referred to Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee

  26. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  27. Filed

Sponsors

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3 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 156 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

  • Health & Human Services Committee
  • Maney, Patt Republican
  • Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (156)

156 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Passage, Third Reading

Passed 107 Yea · 0 Nay · 13 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 63003
Unaffiliated 21004
Democrat 23006
Total 1070013
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Altman — Yea
Payne — Yea
Renner — Yea
Roach — Yea
Grant — Yea
Beltran — Yea
Rommel — Yea
Benjamin — Yea
Roth — Yea
Rudman — Yea
Silvers — Yea
Keen — Yea
Killebrew — Yea
Stevenson — Yea
Caruso — Yea
Temple — Yea
Tomkow — Yea
Clemons — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Williams — Yea
Amesty — Not Voting
Fine — Not Voting
Bell — Not Voting
Casello — Not Voting
Lopez, V. — Yea
Antone, Bruce Hadley Democrat Yea
Arrington, Kristen Aston Democrat Yea
Bartleman, Robin Democrat Yea
Bracy Davis, LaVon Democrat Not Voting
Campbell, Daryl Democrat Yea
Chambliss, Kevin D. Democrat Not Voting
Cross, Lindsay Democrat Yea
Daley, Dan Democrat Yea
Daniels, Kimberly Democrat Yea
Driskell, Fentrice Democrat Yea
Dunkley, Lisa Democrat Yea
Edmonds, Jervonte "Tae" Democrat Not Voting
Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. Democrat Yea
Franklin II, Gallop Democrat Yea
Gantt, Ashley Viola Democrat Not Voting
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Yea
Gregory, Emily Democrat Yea
Harris, Jennifer "Rita" Democrat Yea
Hart-Lowman, Dianne "Ms Dee" Democrat Yea
Hinson, Yvonne Hayes Democrat Yea
Hunschofsky, Christine Democrat Yea
Joseph, Dotie Democrat Not Voting
López, Johanna Democrat Yea
Nixon, Angela "Angie" Democrat Yea
Rayner, Michele K. Democrat Not Voting
Robinson, Felicia Simone Democrat Yea
Skidmore, Kelly Democrat Yea
Tant, Allison Democrat Yea
Woodson, Marie Paule Democrat Yea
Abbott, Shane G. Republican Yea
Alvarez, Daniel Antonio "Danny" Republican Yea
Anderson, Adam Republican Yea
Andrade, Robert Alexander "Alex" Republican Yea
Baker, Jessica Republican Yea
Bankson, Douglas Michael "Doug" Republican Yea
Barnaby, Webster Republican Yea
Basabe, Fabián Republican Yea
Berfield, Kimberly Republican Yea
Black, Dean Republican Yea
Borrero, David Republican Yea
Botana, Adam Republican Yea
Brackett, Robert A. "Robbie" Republican Yea
Brannan III, Robert Charles "Chuck" Republican Yea
Buchanan, James Republican Yea
Busatta, Demi Republican Not Voting
Canady, Jennifer Republican Yea
Cassel, Hillary Republican Not Voting
Chamberlin, Ryan Republican Yea
Chaney, Linda Republican Not Voting
Duggan, Wyman Republican Yea
Esposito, Tiffany Republican Yea
Fabricio, Tom Republican Yea
Garcia, Ileana Republican Yea
Garrison, Sam Republican Yea
Giallombardo, Mike Republican Yea
Gonzalez Pittman, Karen Republican Yea
Gossett-Seidman, Peggy Republican Yea
Griffitts Jr., Philip Wayne "Griff" Republican Yea
Holcomb, Jeff Republican Yea
Jacques, Berny Republican Yea
Koster, Traci Republican Yea
LaMarca, Chip Republican Yea
Leek, Thomas J. "Tom" Republican Yea
Maggard, Randall Scott "Randy" Republican Yea
Maney, Patt Republican Yea
Massullo, Ralph E., Jr. Republican Yea
McClain, Stan Republican Yea
McClure, Lawrence Republican Yea
McFarland, Fiona Republican Yea
Melo, Lauren Republican Yea
Michael, Kiyan Republican Yea
Mooney Jr., James Vernon "Jim" Republican Yea
Overdorf, Tobin Rogers "Toby" Republican Yea
Perez, Daniel Republican Yea
Persons-Mulicka, Jenna Republican Yea
Plakon, Rachel Saunders Republican Yea
Plasencia, Susan Republican Yea
Porras, Juan Carlos Republican Yea
Redondo, Mike Republican Yea
Rizo, Alex Republican Yea
Robinson Jr., William Cloud "Will" Republican Yea
Salzman, Michelle Republican Yea
Shoaf, Jason Republican Yea
Sirois, Tyler I. Republican Yea
Smith, David Republican Yea
Snyder, John Republican Yea
Stark, Paula A. Republican Yea
Steele, Kevin M. Republican Yea
Trabulsy, Dana Republican Yea
Tramont, Chase Republican Yea
Truenow, Keith L. Republican Yea
Tuck, Kaylee Republican Yea
Valdés, Susan L. Republican Yea
Yarkosky, Taylor Michael Republican Yea
Yeager, Bradford Troy "Brad" Republican Yea

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public-safety healthcare
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 7023 do?
Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Mental Health and Substance Abuse; Specifies all hearings relating to mental health & substance abuse, respectively, are confidential & closed to public; provides exceptions; expands public records exemption to include certain petitions & applications; revises date for future legislative review & repeal; provides public necessity statements.
Who sponsors HB 7023?
HB 7023 is sponsored by Health & Human Services Committee, Maney, Patt (Republican), Basabe, Fabián (Republican), López, Johanna (Democrat), Mooney Jr., James Vernon "Jim" (Republican), Silvers, Stark, Paula A. (Republican), and Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee.
What is the current status of HB 7023?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 7023?
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