# Florida SB 168: Mental Health

Florida SB 168, Mental Health, is a 2025 Senate bill sponsored by Jennifer Bradley (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-06-26 (Chapter No. 2025-180) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 168
- State: Florida
- Session: 2025
- Title: Mental Health
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-24
- Last action: 2025-06-26, Chapter No. 2025-180
- Sponsor: Jennifer Bradley (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Appropriation, Criminal Justice, Appropriations, House Calendar
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (275 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 7

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- County grants support mental health diversion: benefit, low. Counties can seek one-year planning grants and three-year grants to start or expand treatment diversion, crisis response, and reentry services. Three-year grants can support specialized training for 911 call takers and emergency medical technicians to choose suitable response teams. Counties genera…
- Hillsborough gains a hospital diversion option: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, Hillsborough County becomes an authorized location for the Forensic Hospital Diversion Pilot Program. The state can implement it with the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. The law allows the additional location but does not require the program to open there.
- Florida funds statewide mental health data: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, the Northwest Regional Data Center must create and run Florida’s Behavioral Health Care Data Repository. It collects and studies behavioral health data, including diversion, criminal justice, and incarceration information. Working with the state’s mental health data commi…
- Treatment diversion for eligible felony defendants: mixed, medium. Beginning October 1, 2025, eligible adults with mental illness charged with second- or third-degree felonies can enter voluntary treatment diversion. They generally must have no more than three felony convictions in five years, no violent-felony charge, and no significant violence history. The pros…
- Treatment diversion for misdemeanor defendants: mixed, medium. The law creates a voluntary treatment-diversion model for adults charged only with a misdemeanor or ordinance violation. Local officials and providers set procedures; grant-funded communities follow the model as local resources allow. Participants must sign consent for treatment, needed records rel…
- Health checks before inmate work assignments: mixed, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, Florida’s corrections department must check the physical and mental health of inmates eligible for work assignments. This also covers correctional work programs, not every inmate. The department must record its approval before issuing work orders and retains authority to…
- Required mental health care during probation: mixed, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, some defendants sentenced to probation must receive a mental health evaluation and follow every recommendation. This applies only to defendants previously found unable to proceed with their case because of mental illness. They must have later regained competency and then…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Jennifer Bradley (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Appropriations
- Cosponsor: Criminal Justice

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-05-02 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 99 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-30 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 112 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-09 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 37 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-02 | Senate | Appropriations Vote | pass | 18 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-04 | Senate | Criminal Justice Vote | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (44)

- 2025-06-26: Chapter No. 2025-180
- 2025-06-25: Approved by Governor
- 2025-06-18: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2025-05-02: Ordered enrolled (Senate)
- 2025-05-02: CS passed; YEAS 99, NAYS 0 (House)
- 2025-05-02: Amendment 870331 Recede (House)
- 2025-05-02: Amendment 463357 Recede (House)
- 2025-05-02: Amendment 149231 Recede (House)
- 2025-05-02: Senate Message List (House)
- 2025-05-02: In Messages (House)
- 2025-05-02: Requested House to recede -SJ 1135 (Senate)
- 2025-05-02: Refused to concur in 3 amendment(s) (149231, 463357, 870331) -SJ 1135 (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: In returning messages (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 (House)
- 2025-04-30: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2025-04-30: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-30: Placed on 3rd reading (House)
- 2025-04-30: Amendment 463357 adopted (House)
- 2025-04-30: Amendment 870331 adopted (House)
- 2025-04-30: Amendment 149231 adopted (House)
- 2025-04-30: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2025-04-29: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) (House)
- 2025-04-29: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025) (House)
- 2025-04-29: Bill referred to House Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-09: In Messages (House)
- 2025-04-09: Immediately certified -SJ 392 (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 359 (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: Read 3rd time -SJ 359 (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: Read 2nd time -SJ 359 (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/03/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Meeting cancelled (Senate)
- 2025-03-28: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/02/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-03-05: Now in Appropriations (Senate)
- 2025-03-05: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/04/25, 2:00 pm, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations (Senate)
- 2025-02-24: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- er, 2025-10-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/168/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/168/BillText/er/PDF)
- c2, 2025-04-04: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/168/BillText/c2/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/168/BillText/c2/PDF)
- c1, 2025-03-05: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/168/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/168/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-02-24: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/168/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/168/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/2025/168/BillText/er/HTML)
- [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/168/BillText/er/PDF)
- [c2 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/168/BillText/c2/HTML)
- [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/168/BillText/c2/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/168/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/168/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/168/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/168/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-SB168-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).