The Florida Senate

SB 778: Forensic Services for Certain Defendants

GENERAL BILL by Simon

Forensic Services for Certain Defendants; Revising the definition of the term “forensic client” or “client”, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  12/5/2025	Senate	• Filed
  12/16/2025	Senate	• Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
  1/13/2026	Senate	• Introduced
  1/15/2026	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/20/26, 9:30 am, 301 Senate Building
  1/20/2026	Senate	• Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 • Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  2/9/2026	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/12/26, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
  2/12/2026	Senate	• Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 • Now in Fiscal Policy
  2/13/2026	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building

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• SB 778, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/5/2025 at 4:54 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 1/16/2026 (pdf) Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 1/20/2026 (pdf) Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting) 2/11/2026 (pdf) Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Post-Meeting) 2/12/2026 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 569	Forensic Client Services	Chaney, Maney	Similar	Last Action: 2/10/2026 H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/17/2026)

  Committee Votes (2)

  Date	Committee	Result
  1/20/2026 9:30 AM	Children, Families, and Elder Affairs	6 Yeas - 0 Nays
  2/12/2026 2:30 PM	Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services	9 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  402.164	Legislative intent; definitions.	Page 1 (pdf)
  916.106	Definitions.	Page 1 (pdf)

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