---
type: "Bill"
title: "Probation for Misdemeanor Offenses"
description: "Probation for Misdemeanor Offenses; Increasing probationary periods for certain misdemeanor offenses involving controlled or chemical substances, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 878"
citation: "Florida SB 878 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-70"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e03c225-f8db-4855-a125-b53c0733a664"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/878/ByCategory"
source_hash: "320f032818eb92fa592f41bdc248e8e0470a3647ee1c1f02a2bf76a69d84d663"
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 878 (2025) — Probation for Misdemeanor Offenses

Probation for Misdemeanor Offenses; Increasing probationary periods for certain misdemeanor offenses involving controlled or chemical substances, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-70.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 878 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/878/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 878 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/878/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **23–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/11/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2025-03-11** Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- **2025-03-13** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 03/18/25, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2025-03-18** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Now in Rules
- **2025-03-21** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/26/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2025-03-26** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-01** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/03/25
- **2025-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Immediately certified
- **2025-04-03** In Messages
- **2025-04-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
- **2025-04-28** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **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. 2025-70

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e03c225-f8db-4855-a125-b53c0733a664`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).