Florida 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 10 D · 4 R cosponsors

HB 1207 — Mental Health

Last action — Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 168 (Ch. 2025-180)

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment.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

Mental Health; Expands programs & diversion initiatives supported by implementation or expansion grants to include training for 911 public safety telecommunicators & emergency medical technicians for certain purposes & to include veterans treatment court programs; exempts certain fiscally constrained counties from local match requirements for specified grants; encourages communities to apply for specified grants to establish pretrial felony mental health diversion programs; provides model process for such mental health diversion programs; authorizes specified entities to collaborate to establish certain policies & procedures & to develop certain consent form; requires mental health evaluations & following of all recommendations as conditions of probation for specified defendants; creates Florida Behavioral Health Care Data Repository within Northwest Regional Data Center; requires data center to develop specified plan & submit annual report.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 168 (Ch. 2025-180)

  2. Added to Second Reading Calendar

  3. Bill released to House Calendar

  4. Reported out of Judiciary Committee

  5. Favorable by Judiciary Committee

  6. Added to Judiciary Committee agenda

  7. Now in Judiciary Committee

  8. Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee

  9. Favorable by Human Services Subcommittee

  10. Added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda

  11. Now in Human Services Subcommittee

  12. Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  13. Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  14. Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda

  15. Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  16. Referred to Judiciary Committee

  17. Referred to Human Services Subcommittee

  18. Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  19. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  20. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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2 sponsors · 12 co-sponsors · 150 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (12)

Not signed on (150)

150 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Favorable (Judiciary Committee)

Passed 20 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 15001
Democrat 5001
Total 20002
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (22)
Member Party Vote
Antone, Bruce Hadley Democrat Yea
Bracy Davis, LaVon Democrat Yea
Chambliss, Kevin D. Democrat Not Voting
Daley, Dan Democrat Yea
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Yea
López, Johanna Democrat Yea
Abbott, Shane G. Republican Yea
Albert, Jon Republican Yea
Alvarez, Daniel Antonio "Danny" Republican Yea
Anderson, Adam Republican Yea
Baker, Jessica Republican Yea
Barnaby, Webster Republican Yea
Borrero, David Republican Yea
Brannan III, Robert Charles "Chuck" Republican Yea
Cassel, Hillary Republican Yea
Fabricio, Tom Republican Yea
Koster, Traci Republican Yea
Maney, Patt Republican Yea
Owen, Michael Republican Yea
Plakon, Rachel Saunders Republican Yea
Porras, Juan Carlos Republican Not Voting
Salzman, Michelle Republican Yea

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Favorable (Human Services Subcommittee)

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 10003
Democrat 5000
Total 15003
% of votes cast 83%0%0%17%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
Alvarez, Jose Democrat Yea
Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. Democrat Yea
Harris, Jennifer "Rita" Democrat Yea
Robinson, Felicia Simone Democrat Yea
Spencer, Leonard Democrat Yea
Abbott, Shane G. Republican Not Voting
Basabe, Fabián Republican Yea
Chamberlin, Ryan Republican Yea
Gonzalez Pittman, Karen Republican Yea
Greco, Sam Republican Yea
Johnson, Chad Republican Not Voting
Maney, Patt Republican Yea
Melo, Lauren Republican Yea
Miller, Monique Republican Not Voting
Owen, Michael Republican Yea
Partington, Bill Republican Yea
Plakon, Rachel Saunders Republican Yea
Plasencia, Susan Republican Yea

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Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee)

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 11000
Democrat 5000
Total 16000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Bartleman, Robin Democrat Yea
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Yea
Hart-Lowman, Dianne "Ms Dee" Democrat Yea
López, Johanna Democrat Yea
Skidmore, Kelly Democrat Yea
Abbott, Shane G. Republican Yea
Alvarez, Daniel Antonio "Danny" Republican Yea
Baker, Jessica Republican Yea
Bankson, Douglas Michael "Doug" Republican Yea
Barnaby, Webster Republican Yea
Brackett, Robert A. "Robbie" Republican Yea
Fabricio, Tom Republican Yea
Greco, Sam Republican Yea
Jacques, Berny Republican Yea
Partington, Bill Republican Yea
Plakon, Rachel Saunders Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety civil-rights veterans healthcare
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1207 do?
Mental Health; Expands programs & diversion initiatives supported by implementation or expansion grants to include training for 911 public safety telecommunicators & emergency medical technicians for certain purposes & to include veterans treatment court programs; exempts certain fiscally constrained counties from local match requirements for specified grants; encourages communities to apply for specified grants to establish pretrial felony mental health diversion programs; provides model process for such mental health diversion programs; authorizes specified entities to collaborate to establish certain policies & procedures & to develop certain consent form; requires mental health evaluations & following of all recommendations as conditions of probation for specified defendants; creates Florida Behavioral Health Care Data Repository within Northwest Regional Data Center; requires data center to develop specified plan & submit annual report.
Who sponsors HB 1207?
HB 1207 is sponsored by Yarkosky, Taylor Michael (Republican), Spencer, Leonard (Democrat), Nixon, Angela "Angie" (Democrat), Nix Jr., Danny (Republican), López, Johanna (Democrat), Joseph, Dotie (Democrat), Hunschofsky, Christine (Democrat), Holcomb, Jeff (Republican), Harris, Jennifer "Rita" (Democrat), Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" (Democrat), Gantt, Ashley Viola (Democrat), Cross, Lindsay (Democrat), Daley, Dan (Democrat), and Cobb, Nan (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 1207?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” 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 1207?
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