# Florida SB 1640: Public Records/Lethality Assessment Forms

Florida SB 1640, Public Records/Lethality Assessment Forms, is a 2025 Senate bill sponsored by Erin Grall (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-27 (Chapter No. 2025-89) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1640-2025
- 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 1640
- State: Florida
- Session: 2025
- Title: Public Records/Lethality Assessment Forms
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-28
- Last action: 2025-05-27, Chapter No. 2025-89
- Sponsor: Erin Grall (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Appropriation, Criminal Justice, Governmental Oversight and Accountability, Rules, House Calendar
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (191 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More privacy for domestic violence victims: benefit, low. Effective upon becoming law, Florida makes lethality assessment forms containing a victim’s information and answers confidential and exempt from public disclosure. This covers forms completed before, on, or after January 1, 2025. Domestic violence centers may receive forms but must keep the forms a…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Erin Grall (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- Cosponsor: Rules

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-29 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 114 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-23 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 37 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-08 | Senate | Rules Vote | pass | 24 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-01 | Senate | Governmental Oversight and Accountability Vote | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-18 | Senate | Criminal Justice Vote | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (33)

- 2025-05-27: Chapter No. 2025-89
- 2025-05-23: Approved by Governor
- 2025-05-16: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2025-04-29: Ordered enrolled (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: CS passed; YEAS 114, 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: 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)
- 2025-04-23: In Messages (House)
- 2025-04-23: CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 499 (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Read 3rd time -SJ 499 (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Read 2nd time -SJ 498 (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: CS/CS by Rules read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: 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: On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Now in Rules (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/18/25, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Referred to Criminal Justice; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- er, 2025-05-23: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1640/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1640/BillText/er/PDF)
- c2, 2025-04-08: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1640/BillText/c2/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1640/BillText/c2/PDF)
- c1, 2025-04-02: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1640/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1640/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-02-28: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1640/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1640/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/2025/1640/BillText/er/HTML)
- [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1640/BillText/er/PDF)
- [c2 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1640/BillText/c2/HTML)
- [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1640/BillText/c2/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1640/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1640/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1640/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1640/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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1640-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).