Florida 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 3 R · 2 D cosponsors

SB 150 — Abandoning Restrained Dogs During Natural Disasters

Last action — Chapter No. 2025-101

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 07, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Ron DeSantis (Republican) on May 28, 2025.

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High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 7 sponsors

    2 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (3 R · 2 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Abandoning Restrained Dogs During Natural Disasters; Citing this act as “Trooper’s Law”; providing criminal penalties for restraining a dog outside during a natural disaster and thereafter abandoning the dog, etc.

Bill Text

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CS for SB 150 First Engrossed 2025150e1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to abandoning restrained dogs during natural disasters;
Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 150 By the Committee on Criminal Justice;
and Senator Gaetz 591-01944-25 2025150c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to abandoning restrained animals during natural disasters;
defining the terms “natural disaster” and “restrain”;
defining terms;
providing criminal penalties for restraining a dog outside during a natural disaster and thereafter abandoning the dog;
prohibiting the abandonment of an animal that is restrained outside during a natural disaster;
providing criminal penalties;
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
(b) “Natural disaster” means a situation in which a hurricane, tropical storm, or tornado warning has been issued for a municipality or a county by the National Weather Service, or the municipality or county is under a mandatory or voluntary evacuation order.
(b) “Natural disaster” means a situation in which a hurricane, tropical storm, or tornado warning has been issued for a municipality or a county by the National Weather Service, or in which a municipality or county is under a mandatory or voluntary evacuation order.
(c)(b) “Owner” includes any owner, custodian, or other person in charge of an animal.
(c) “Owner” includes any owner, custodian, or other person in charge of an animal.
(d) “Restrain” means to attach a dog to a stationary object or trolley system by way of a chain, rope, tether, leash, cable, Page 1 of 2 CODING:
(d) “Restraint” means a chain, rope, tether, leash, cable, or other device that attaches an animal to a stationary object or trolley system.
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CS for SB 150 First Engrossed 2025150e1 or other device.
Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 150 591-01944-25 2025150c1 (2) A person who Whoever:
(2) Whoever:
(3) Any person who is the owner or possessor, or has charge or custody, of any animal who abandons such animal to suffer injury or malnutrition or abandons any animal in a street, road, or public place without providing for the care, sustenance, protection, and shelter of such animal commits is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s.
(3) A Any person who is the owner or possessor, or has charge or custody, of any animal who abandons such animal to suffer injury or malnutrition or abandons any animal in a street, road, or public place without providing for the care, sustenance, protection, and shelter of such animal commits is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s.
(4) Any person who restrains a dog outside during a natural disaster and thereafter abandons the dog commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s.
(4) A person who abandons an animal by using a restraint on the animal and leaving that animal restrained outside during a natural disaster commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s.
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Action History

  1. Chapter No. 2025-101

  2. Approved by Governor

  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor

  4. Ordered enrolled

  5. CS passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0

  6. Read 3rd time

  7. Added to Third Reading Calendar

  8. Placed on 3rd reading

  9. Read 2nd time

  10. 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)

  11. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)

  12. Bill referred to House Calendar

  13. In Messages

  14. Immediately certified

  15. CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0

  16. Read 3rd time

  17. Amendment(s) adopted (376058)

  18. Read 2nd time

  19. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/19/25

  20. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  21. Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 25 NAYS 0

  22. On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/12/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building

  23. CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time

  24. Introduced

  25. Now in Rules

  26. Favorable by Agriculture; YEAS 6 NAYS 0

  27. On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 03/03/25, 3:30 pm, 301 Senate Building

  28. Now in Agriculture

  29. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  30. CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0

  31. On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/11/25, 1:45 pm, 37 Senate Building

  32. Referred to Criminal Justice; Agriculture; Rules

  33. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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2 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 157 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (157)

157 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Passage, Third Reading

Passed 109 Yea · 0 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 78003
Democrat 26007
Unaffiliated 5000
Total 1090010
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (119)
Member Party Vote
Caruso — Yea
Casello — Yea
Temple — Yea
Tomkow — Yea
Lopez, V. — Yea
Alvarez, Jose Democrat Yea
Antone, Bruce Hadley Democrat Not Voting
Aristide, Wallace Democrat Yea
Bartleman, Robin Democrat Not Voting
Bracy Davis, LaVon Democrat Yea
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 Not Voting
Edmonds, Jervonte "Tae" Democrat Yea
Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. Democrat Yea
Franklin II, Gallop Democrat Yea
Gantt, Ashley Viola Democrat Yea
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Yea
Harris, Jennifer "Rita" Democrat Yea
Hart-Lowman, Dianne "Ms Dee" Democrat Yea
Hinson, Yvonne Hayes Democrat Not Voting
Hunschofsky, Christine Democrat Yea
Joseph, Dotie Democrat Yea
López, Johanna Democrat Yea
Nixon, Angela "Angie" Democrat Yea
Rayner, Michele K. Democrat Yea
Robinson, Felicia Simone Democrat Yea
Rosenwald, Mitch Democrat Not Voting
Skidmore, Kelly Democrat Yea
Smith, Carlos Guillermo Democrat Yea
Spencer, Leonard Democrat Yea
Tant, Allison Democrat Yea
Tendrich, Debra Democrat Not Voting
Woodson, Marie Paule Democrat Yea
Abbott, Shane G. Republican Yea
Albert, Jon 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
Benarroch, Yvette Republican Yea
Berfield, Kimberly Republican Yea
Black, Dean Republican Yea
Blanco, Omar Republican Yea
Booth, Erika 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 Yea
Canady, Jennifer Republican Yea
Cassel, Hillary Republican Yea
Chamberlin, Ryan Republican Yea
Chaney, Linda Republican Yea
Cobb, Nan Republican Yea
Conerly, William "Bill" Republican Yea
Duggan, Wyman Republican Yea
Esposito, Tiffany Republican Yea
Fabricio, Tom Republican Yea
Garrison, Sam Republican Yea
Gentry, Richard Republican Yea
Gerwig, Anne Republican Yea
Giallombardo, Mike Republican Yea
Gonzalez Pittman, Karen Republican Yea
Gossett-Seidman, Peggy Republican Yea
Greco, Sam Republican Yea
Griffitts Jr., Philip Wayne "Griff" Republican Yea
Grow, J.J. Republican Yea
Holcomb, Jeff Republican Yea
Jacques, Berny Republican Yea
Johnson, Chad Republican Not Voting
Kendall, Kim Republican Yea
Kincart Jonsson, Jennifer Republican Yea
Koster, Traci Republican Yea
LaMarca, Chip Republican Yea
Maggard, Randall Scott "Randy" Republican Yea
Maney, Patt Republican Yea
Mayfield, Debbie Republican Yea
McClure, Lawrence Republican Yea
McFarland, Fiona Republican Yea
Melo, Lauren Republican Yea
Michael, Kiyan Republican Not Voting
Miller, Monique Republican Yea
Mooney Jr., James Vernon "Jim" Republican Yea
Nix Jr., Danny Republican Yea
Oliver, Vanessa Republican Yea
Overdorf, Tobin Rogers "Toby" Republican Yea
Owen, Michael Republican Yea
Partington, Bill Republican Yea
Perez, Daniel Republican Yea
Persons-Mulicka, Jenna Republican Yea
Plakon, Rachel Saunders Republican Yea
Plasencia, Susan Republican Not Voting
Porras, Juan Carlos Republican Yea
Redondo, Mike Republican Yea
Rizo, Alex Republican Yea
Robinson Jr., William Cloud "Will" Republican Yea
Salzman, Michelle Republican Yea
Sapp, Judson Republican Yea
Shoaf, Jason Republican Yea
Sirois, Tyler I. Republican Yea
Snyder, John Republican Yea
Stark, Paula A. Republican Yea
Steele, Kevin M. Republican Yea
Trabulsy, Dana Republican Yea
Tramont, Chase Republican Yea
Tuck, Kaylee Republican Yea
Valdés, Susan L. Republican Yea
Weinberger, Meg Republican Yea
Yarkosky, Taylor Michael Republican Yea
Yeager, Bradford Troy "Brad" Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 10000
Republican 25000
Unaffiliated 3000
No Party Affiliation 1000
Total 39000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Ingoglia — Yea
Collins — Yea
Fine — Yea
Arrington, Kristen Aston Democrat Yea
Berman, Lori Democrat Yea
Bernard, Mack Democrat Yea
Davis, Tracie Democrat Yea
Jones, Shevrin D. "Shev" Democrat Yea
Osgood, Rosalind Democrat Yea
Polsky, Tina Scott Democrat Yea
Rouson, Darryl Ervin Democrat Yea
Sharief, Barbara Democrat Yea
Smith, Carlos Guillermo Democrat Yea
Pizzo, Jason W. B. No Party Affiliation Yea
Albritton, Ben Republican Yea
Boyd, Jim Republican Yea
Bradley, Jennifer Republican Yea
Brodeur, Jason Republican Yea
Burgess, Danny Republican Yea
Burton, Colleen Republican Yea
Calatayud, Alexis Republican Yea
DiCeglie, Nick Republican Yea
Gaetz, Don Republican Yea
Garcia, Ileana Republican Yea
Grall, Erin Republican Yea
Gruters, Joe Republican Yea
Harrell, Gayle Republican Yea
Hooper, Ed Republican Yea
Leek, Thomas J. "Tom" Republican Yea
Martin, Jonathan Republican Yea
McClain, Stan Republican Yea
Passidomo, Kathleen Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Ana Maria Republican Yea
Simon, Corey Republican Yea
Truenow, Keith L. Republican Yea
Trumbull, Jay Republican Yea
Vacant Republican Yea
Wright, Tom A. Republican Yea
Yarborough, Clay Republican Yea

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Favorable

Passed 25 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 18000
Democrat 5000
Unaffiliated 1000
No Party Affiliation 1000
Total 25000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (25)
Member Party Vote
Ingoglia — Yea
Berman, Lori Democrat Yea
Davis, Tracie Democrat Yea
Jones, Shevrin D. "Shev" Democrat Yea
Osgood, Rosalind Democrat Yea
Rouson, Darryl Ervin Democrat Yea
Pizzo, Jason W. B. No Party Affiliation Yea
Boyd, Jim Republican Yea
Bradley, Jennifer Republican Yea
Brodeur, Jason Republican Yea
Burgess, Danny Republican Yea
Burton, Colleen Republican Yea
DiCeglie, Nick Republican Yea
Gaetz, Don Republican Yea
Garcia, Ileana Republican Yea
Gruters, Joe Republican Yea
Harrell, Gayle Republican Yea
Hooper, Ed Republican Yea
Martin, Jonathan Republican Yea
Passidomo, Kathleen Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Ana Maria Republican Yea
Simon, Corey Republican Yea
Trumbull, Jay Republican Yea
Vacant Republican Yea
Wright, Tom A. Republican Yea

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Favorable with Committee Substitute

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 2000
Republican 5001
No Party Affiliation 1000
Total 8001
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Bernard, Mack Democrat Yea
Smith, Carlos Guillermo Democrat Yea
Pizzo, Jason W. B. No Party Affiliation Yea
Bradley, Jennifer Republican Yea
Garcia, Ileana Republican Yea
Gruters, Joe Republican Not Voting
Martin, Jonathan Republican Yea
Simon, Corey Republican Yea
Yarborough, Clay Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 150 do?
Abandoning Restrained Dogs During Natural Disasters; Citing this act as “Trooper’s Law”; providing criminal penalties for restraining a dog outside during a natural disaster and thereafter abandoning the dog, etc.
Who sponsors SB 150?
SB 150 is sponsored by Ingoglia, Davis, Tracie (Democrat), Garcia, Ileana (Republican), Arrington, Kristen Aston (Democrat), Gaetz, Don (Republican), Criminal Justice, and Vacant (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 150?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 07, 2025. Enacted.
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