# Florida HB 255: Aggravated Animal Cruelty Florida HB 255, Aggravated Animal Cruelty, is a 2025 House bill sponsored by Linda Chaney (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-29 (Chapter No. 2025-102) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB255-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Florida HB 255 - State: Florida - Session: 2025 - Title: Aggravated Animal Cruelty - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-27 - Last action: 2025-05-29, Chapter No. 2025-102 - Sponsor: Linda Chaney (Republican) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: Appropriation, Criminal Justice Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee, Fiscal Policy - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (258 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Linda Chaney (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Criminal Justice Subcommittee - Cosponsor: Meg Weinberger (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-01 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 112 | 0 | | | 2025-04-29 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 37 | 0 | | | 2025-04-09 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 109 | 0 | | ## Actions (42) - 2025-05-29: Chapter No. 2025-102 - 2025-05-28: Approved by Governor - 2025-05-23: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor - 2025-05-01: Ordered engrossed, then enrolled (House) - 2025-05-01: CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 (House) - 2025-05-01: Amendment 687730 Concur (House) - 2025-05-01: Senate Message List (House) - 2025-04-29: In Messages (House) - 2025-04-29: CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 605 (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Read 3rd time -SJ 605 (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Amendment(s) adopted (687730) -SJ 605 (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Read 2nd time -SJ 605 (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Substituted for CS/SB 494 -SJ 605 (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy -SJ 605 (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Received (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Referred to Fiscal Policy (Senate) - 2025-04-10: In Messages (Senate) - 2025-04-09: CS passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 (House) - 2025-04-09: Read 3rd time (House) - 2025-04-09: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House) - 2025-04-09: Placed on 3rd reading (House) - 2025-04-09: Read 2nd time (House) - 2025-04-03: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/9/2025) (House) - 2025-03-26: Added to Second Reading Calendar (House) - 2025-03-26: Bill released to House Calendar (House) - 2025-03-26: Reported out of Judiciary Committee (House) - 2025-03-26: Favorable by Judiciary Committee (House) - 2025-03-24: Added to Judiciary Committee agenda (House) - 2025-03-14: Now in Judiciary Committee (House) - 2025-03-14: Referred to Judiciary Committee (House) - 2025-03-13: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) (House) - 2025-03-13: CS Filed (House) - 2025-03-13: Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) (House) - 2025-03-12: Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House) - 2025-03-12: Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House) - 2025-03-10: PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda (House) - 2025-03-04: 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) (House) - 2025-02-06: Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House) - 2025-02-06: Referred to Judiciary Committee (House) - 2025-02-06: Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House) - 2025-01-27: Filed (House) ## Bill text - er, 2025-07-01: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/255/BillText/er/PDF) - e1, 2025-05-01: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/255/BillText/e1/PDF) - c1, 2025-03-13: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/255/BillText/c1/PDF) - Filed, 2025-01-27: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/255/BillText/Filed/PDF) ## Related bills - HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs (vetoed) - HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program (vetoed) - HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death (vetoed) - HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees (vetoed) - HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates (vetoed) - HB 5015: State Group Insurance (vetoed) ## Sources - [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/255/BillText/er/PDF) - [e1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/255/BillText/e1/PDF) - [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/255/BillText/c1/PDF) - [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/255/BillText/Filed/PDF) ## Related - [HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1427-2025) - [HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1095-2025) - [HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6017-2025) - [HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1445-2025) - [HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB11-2025) - [HB 5015: State Group Insurance](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB5015-2025) - [Florida bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/florida/bills) - [Florida state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/florida) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB255-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).