--- type: "Bill" title: "Mental Health and Substance Abuse" description: "Mental Health and Substance Abuse; Authorizing emergency contact information to be released to certain entities; revising the conditions under which a patient’s communication with persons outside of a receiving facility may be restricted; requiring a receiving facility to notify specified emergency contacts of individuals who are being involuntarily held for examination; requiring receiving facilities to document that an option to authorize the release of specified information has been provided, within a specified timeframe, to individuals admitted on a voluntary basis; requiring that reports issued by law enforcement officers when delivering a person to a receiving facility contain certain information related to emergency contacts, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2022" identifier: "SB 1262" citation: "Florida SB 1262 (2022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["domestic relations", "public officers", "employees", "and records"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2022-36" primary_sponsors: ["Appropriations", "Burgess", "Children, Families, and Elder Affairs"] version_count: 4 action_count: 33 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2021-12-15" last_action: "2022-04-08" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b6062ff-873b-403d-ac7f-acba5ba2471a" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1262/ByCategory" source_hash: "0ec43150a8c7ed976561c543a035365f161fc5f3f14f3381bcf1eb9eaffd65c2" 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 SB 1262 (2022) — Mental Health and Substance Abuse Mental Health and Substance Abuse; Authorizing emergency contact information to be released to certain entities; revising the conditions under which a patient’s communication with persons outside of a receiving facility may be restricted; requiring a receiving facility to notify specified emergency contacts of individuals who are being involuntarily held for examination; requiring receiving facilities to document that an option to authorize the release of specified information has been provided, within a specified timeframe, to individuals admitted on a voluntary basis; requiring that reports issued by law enforcement officers when delivering a person to a receiving facility contain certain information related to emergency contacts, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-36. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 1262 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1262/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 1262 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1262/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 1262 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1262/BillText/c2/HTML) 4. **S 1262 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1262/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **19–0** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Appropriations — primary (person) - Burgess — primary (person) - Children, Families, and Elder Affairs — primary (person) - Perry — cosponsor (person) - Rouson — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-12-15** Filed `filing` - **2022-01-05** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `referral-committee` - **2022-01-11** Introduced `introduction` - **2022-01-20** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/25/22, 10:00 am, 37 Senate Building - **2022-01-25** CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 - **2022-01-26** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2022-01-26** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services - **2022-01-26** CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time - **2022-02-11** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 02/16/22, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building - **2022-02-16** Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 - **2022-02-18** Now in Appropriations - **2022-02-21** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/24/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building - **2022-02-24** CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 - **2022-02-28** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2022-02-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2022-02-28** CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time - **2022-03-01** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/03/22 - **2022-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2022-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2022-03-03** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2022-03-03** In Messages - **2022-03-04** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2022-03-04** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/7/2022) - **2022-03-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) - **2022-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2022-03-07** Placed on 3rd reading - **2022-03-07** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2022-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2022-03-08** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2022-03-08** 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. 2022-36 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b6062ff-873b-403d-ac7f-acba5ba2471a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).