Florida 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee 2 R cosponsors

HB 1479 — Pub. Rec./Lethality Assessment Forms

Last action — Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1640 (Ch. 2025-89)

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    Introduced
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    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 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment.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

Pub. Rec./Lethality Assessment Forms; Provides exemption from public records requirements for lethality assessment form that contains certain information & responses; authorizes disclosure of lethality assessment form to domestic violence center & office of state attorney; authorizes state attorney to release such confidential information for certain purposes & to certain parties; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.

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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 HB 1479 2025 A bill to be entitled An act relating to public records;
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/HB 1479 2025 A bill to be entitled An act relating to public records;
authorizing the disclosure of a lethality assessment form to a domestic violence center and the office of the state attorney;
authorizing the state attorney to disclose such confidential information for certain purposes and to certain parties;
reporting.— (2) The department shall consult with the Department of Children and Families, the Florida Sheriffs Association, the Florida Police Chiefs Association, the Florida Partnership to End Domestic Violence, and at least two domestic violence advocacy organizations to develop the policies, procedures, and training necessary for implementation of a statewide evidence- based lethality assessment.
reporting.— (2) The department shall consult with the Department of Children and Families, the Florida Sheriffs Association, the Florida Police Chiefs Association, the Florida Partnership to End Domestic Violence, and at least two domestic violence advocacy organizations to develop the policies, procedures, and Page 1 of 4 CODING:
Such policies, procedures, and training must establish how to determine whether a victim and aggressor are intimate partners and establish a statewide process for referring a victim to a certified domestic violence Page 1 of 3 CODING:
hb1479-00 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 HB 1479 2025 center.
hb1479-01-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/HB 1479 2025 training necessary for implementation of a statewide evidence- based lethality assessment.
Such policies, procedures, and training must establish how to determine whether a victim and aggressor are intimate partners and establish a statewide process for referring a victim to a certified domestic violence center.
(i) A lethality assessment form that contains a victim's information and responses to the lethality assessment is confidential and exempt from s.
(i) A lethality assessment form that contains a victim's information and responses to the lethality assessment completed before, on, or after January 1, 2025, is confidential and exempt from s.
A lethality assessment form may be disclosed to a Page 2 of 4 CODING:
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hb1479-01-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/HB 1479 2025 domestic violence center, as defined in s.
39.902, and the domestic violence center must treat the form and the information on such form as confidential.
A lethality assessment form may be disclosed to the office of the state attorney.
The state attorney may disclose the confidential information in furtherance of his or her official duties and responsibilities and to the parties in a pending criminal prosecution as required by law.
The Legislature finds that it is a public necessity that a lethality assessment form that contains a victim's information and responses to the lethality assessment Page 2 of 3 CODING:
The Legislature finds that it is a public necessity that a lethality assessment form that contains a victim's information and responses to the lethality assessment be made confidential and exempt from s.
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hb1479-00 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 HB 1479 2025 be made confidential and exempt from s.
The Legislature finds that the harm that may result from the release of such information outweighs the public benefit that may be derived from the disclosure of the information.
The Legislature finds that the harm that may result from the release of such information outweighs the public benefit that may be derived from the Page 3 of 4 CODING:
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hb1479-01-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/HB 1479 2025 disclosure of the information.
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Action History

  1. Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1640 (Ch. 2025-89)

  2. Added to Second Reading Calendar

  3. Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading

  4. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

  5. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/23/2025)

  6. Bill referred to House Calendar

  7. CS Filed

  8. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  9. Reported out of Judiciary Committee

  10. Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee

  11. Added to Judiciary Committee agenda

  12. Now in Judiciary Committee

  13. Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee

  14. Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee

  15. Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda

  16. Now in Government Operations Subcommittee

  17. Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  18. Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  19. Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda

  20. Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  21. Referred to Judiciary Committee

  22. Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee

  23. Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  24. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  25. Filed

Sponsors

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2 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 161 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (161)

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Votes

Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee)

Passed 19 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 14002
Democrat 5001
Total 19003
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
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 Not Voting
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 (Government Operations Subcommittee)

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 5000
Republican 12001
Total 17001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
Alvarez, Jose Democrat Yea
Aristide, Wallace Democrat Yea
Campbell, Daryl Democrat Yea
Gantt, Ashley Viola Democrat Yea
Rosenwald, Mitch Democrat Yea
Basabe, Fabián Republican Yea
Chaney, Linda Republican Yea
Conerly, William "Bill" Republican Yea
Gentry, Richard Republican Yea
Greco, Sam Republican Yea
Griffitts Jr., Philip Wayne "Griff" Republican Yea
Holcomb, Jeff Republican Yea
Nix Jr., Danny Republican Yea
Plasencia, Susan Republican Yea
Sapp, Judson Republican Yea
Stark, Paula A. Republican Not Voting
Valdés, Susan L. Republican Yea
Weinberger, Meg Republican Yea

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Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee)

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 11000
Democrat 4000
Total 15000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Bartleman, Robin Democrat Yea
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Yea
Hart-Lowman, Dianne "Ms Dee" Democrat Yea
López, Johanna 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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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1479 do?
Pub. Rec./Lethality Assessment Forms; Provides exemption from public records requirements for lethality assessment form that contains certain information & responses; authorizes disclosure of lethality assessment form to domestic violence center & office of state attorney; authorizes state attorney to release such confidential information for certain purposes & to certain parties; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.
Who sponsors HB 1479?
HB 1479 is sponsored by Salzman, Michelle (Republican), Baker, Jessica (Republican), and Judiciary Committee.
What is the current status of HB 1479?
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.
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