---
type: "Bill"
title: "Treatment of Defendants Adjudicated Incompetent to Stand Trial"
description: "Treatment of Defendants Adjudicated Incompetent to Stand Trial; Revises definition of term \"forensic facility.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1249"
citation: "Florida HB 1249 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-62"
primary_sponsors: ["Persons-Mulicka"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f23995ae-7317-4472-a955-37265d0205c9"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1249/ByCategory"
source_hash: "470176b9b6d899c0f51b41127c834d9755886a0f411409af1e50382e23c79d31"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 1249 (2022) — Treatment of Defendants Adjudicated Incompetent to Stand Trial

Treatment of Defendants Adjudicated Incompetent to Stand Trial; Revises definition of term "forensic facility."

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-62.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 1249 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1249/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1249 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1249/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1249 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1249/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Persons-Mulicka — primary (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-06** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2022-02-01** Added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-03** Favorable with CS by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2022-02-04** Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2022-02-04** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-04** CS Filed
- **2022-02-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-02-07** Original reference removed: Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2022-02-07** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-10** Added to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-14** Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-14** Reported out of Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-14** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2022-02-21** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2022-02-23** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2022-02-23** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2022-02-23** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2022)
- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Received
- **2022-03-04** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-04** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1600
- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-04-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-04-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-08** Chapter No. 2022-62

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f23995ae-7317-4472-a955-37265d0205c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).