# Florida SB 1546: Background Screening of Athletic Coaches Florida SB 1546, Background Screening of Athletic Coaches, is a 2025 Senate bill sponsored by Erin Grall (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-28 (Chapter No. 2025-97) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1546-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Florida SB 1546 - State: Florida - Session: 2025 - Title: Background Screening of Athletic Coaches - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-27 - Last action: 2025-05-28, Chapter No. 2025-97 - Sponsor: Erin Grall (Republican) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: Appropriation, Health Policy, Criminal Justice, Rules, House Calendar - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (230 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: Erin Grall (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Criminal Justice - Cosponsor: Rules ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-01 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 37 | 0 | | | 2025-04-29 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 115 | 0 | | | 2025-04-16 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 36 | 0 | | | 2025-04-08 | Senate | Rules Vote | pass | 24 | 0 | | | 2025-04-01 | Senate | Criminal Justice Vote | pass | 9 | 0 | | | 2025-03-18 | Senate | Health Policy Vote | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (38) - 2025-05-28: Chapter No. 2025-97 - 2025-05-27: Approved by Governor - 2025-05-23: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor - 2025-05-01: Ordered engrossed, then enrolled (Senate) - 2025-05-01: CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 1072 (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (746405) -SJ 1072 (Senate) - 2025-04-29: In returning messages (Senate) - 2025-04-29: CS passed as amended; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 (House) - 2025-04-29: Read 3rd time (House) - 2025-04-29: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House) - 2025-04-29: Placed on 3rd reading (House) - 2025-04-29: Amendment 746405 adopted (House) - 2025-04-29: Read 2nd time (House) - 2025-04-28: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) (House) - 2025-04-28: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025) (House) - 2025-04-28: Bill referred to House Calendar (House) - 2025-04-16: In Messages (House) - 2025-04-16: Immediately certified -SJ 444 (Senate) - 2025-04-16: CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 436 (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Read 3rd time -SJ 436 (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Read 2nd time -SJ 436 (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/16/25 (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-04-09: CS/CS by Rules read 1st time (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate) - 2025-04-08: CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 (Senate) - 2025-04-03: CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time (Senate) - 2025-04-03: On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Now in Rules (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate) - 2025-04-01: CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-27: On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Now in Criminal Justice (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-13: On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/18/25, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Introduced (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Referred to Health Policy; Criminal Justice; Rules (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Filed (Senate) ## Bill text - er, 2025-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1546/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1546/BillText/er/PDF) - e1, 2025-05-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1546/BillText/e1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1546/BillText/e1/PDF) - c2, 2025-04-09: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1546/BillText/c2/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1546/BillText/c2/PDF) - c1, 2025-04-03: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1546/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1546/BillText/c1/PDF) - Filed, 2025-02-27: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1546/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1546/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 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1546/BillText/er/HTML) - [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1546/BillText/er/PDF) - [e1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1546/BillText/e1/HTML) - [e1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1546/BillText/e1/PDF) - [c2 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1546/BillText/c2/HTML) - [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1546/BillText/c2/PDF) - [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1546/BillText/c1/HTML) - [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1546/BillText/c1/PDF) - [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1546/BillText/Filed/HTML) - [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1546/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-SB1546-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).