---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court-appointed Psychologists"
description: "Court-appointed Psychologists; Requires party to seek disqualification of court-appointed psychologist before filing an administrative complaint against psychologist; provides for disqualification motions; revises provisions for award of costs & attorney fees in supplemental actions against court-appointed psychologists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 901"
citation: "Florida HB 901 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["civil practice and procedure"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-80"
primary_sponsors: ["Borrero"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25af1db4-7621-42f2-9409-90444b253f80"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/901/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5b4a3917c86d89391458f76d315e9386466e06b613d515bd888376f964fc9f9b"
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 901 (2025) — Court-appointed Psychologists

Court-appointed Psychologists; Requires party to seek disqualification of court-appointed psychologist before filing an administrative complaint against psychologist; provides for disqualification motions; revises provisions for award of costs & attorney fees in supplemental actions against court-appointed psychologists.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-80.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 901 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/901/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 901 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/901/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 901 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/901/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **112–4** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Borrero — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-02** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-02** Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-02** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-02** Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-20** Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2025-03-20** Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- **2025-03-25** Added to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-27** Favorable by Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Reported out of Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- **2025-03-27** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2025-03-31** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2025-04-02** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2025-04-02** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-04-02** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-03** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-03** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025)
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 4 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** In Messages
- **2025-04-16** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-29** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-29** Substituted for CS/SB 976
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-29** In Messages
- **2025-04-29** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-23** Chapter No. 2025-80

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25af1db4-7621-42f2-9409-90444b253f80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).