Florida House Bill 559
Session 2026
Animal Welfare
Active
Passed House on Feb 25, 2026
Sponsors
3 Sponsors
First Action
Dec 1, 2025
Latest Action
Feb 26, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
559
State
Florida
Session
2026
Criminal Justice Subcommittee
grade
Primary
checkPassed on February 25, 2026
Motion Text
Passage, Third Reading
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Summary
Animal Welfare; Creates offense of causing or enticing minor to commit, or in presence of minor committing, animal cruelty; requires court order minor who commits specified acts of animal cruelty to undergo psychological evaluation & receive counseling & treatment; requires parent, guardian, or state to pay for evaluation, counseling, & treatment; authorizes court to hold parent or guardian in contempt; requires FDLE to post on website information relating to individuals convicted of specified animal cruelty offenses; specifies time periods for posting information; requires department develop procedure for person to petition for removal of his or her information; requires department remove specified information; specifies time period within which information must be removed; authorizes department to adopt rules; requires clerks of court & county detention facilities to provide FDLE with specified information, data, & images; creates offense of causing or enticing minor to commit, or in presence of minor committing, fighting or baiting animals; creates offense of causing or enticing minor to commit, or in presence of minor committing, sexual activities involving animals; increases maximum civil penalty for specified violations of animal control or cruelty ordinances; increases level on offense severity ranking chart for fighting or baiting animals; ranks offenses on offense severity ranking chart.
Bill Analysis -- Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) (2/5/2026 5:14 PM)
Bill Analysis -- Judiciary Committee (Post-Meeting) (2/17/2026 3:19 PM)
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02/26/2026
Senate
Received
02/26/2026
Senate
Referred to Rules
02/25/2026
Senate
In Messages
02/25/2026
House
CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
02/25/2026
House
Read 3rd time
02/25/2026
House
Added to Third Reading Calendar
02/25/2026
House
Read 2nd time
02/19/2026
House
Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
02/17/2026
House
Added to Second Reading Calendar
02/17/2026
House
Bill released to House Calendar
02/17/2026
House
Reported out of Judiciary Committee
02/17/2026
House
Favorable by Judiciary Committee
02/13/2026
House
Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
02/06/2026
House
Now in Judiciary Committee
02/06/2026
House
Referred to Judiciary Committee
02/05/2026
House
1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
02/05/2026
House
CS Filed
02/05/2026
House
Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
02/05/2026
House
Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
02/05/2026
House
Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee
02/03/2026
House
PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
01/13/2026
House
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
12/12/2025
House
Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
12/12/2025
House
Referred to Judiciary Committee
12/12/2025
House
Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee
12/12/2025
House
Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
12/01/2025
House
Filed
Sources
FL Legislature
Open States
Record Created
Dec 8, 2025 9:30:01 AM
Record Updated
Mar 2, 2026 11:24:20 AM