---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic Animals"
description: "Domestic Animals; Requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to post on its website specified information relating to each individual convicted of specified animal cruelty offenses; extending the timeframe for which a consumer may pursue remedies for the sale of an animal certifiably unfit for purchase; requiring a pet dealer to provide copies of specified medical records to a consumer; requiring the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to develop a list of best management practices for adoption and implementation, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1004"
citation: "Florida SB 1004 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-76"
primary_sponsors: ["Gaetz"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-12-23"
last_action: "2026-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bac159cb-68b4-46c1-8cd2-2b664ef2f556"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1004/ByCategory"
source_hash: "1d894b0bbb8a7258376f5a2f2d899e44a63c552a99d01eb67c67088905b8f4d3"
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 1004 (2026) — Domestic Animals

Domestic Animals; Requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to post on its website specified information relating to each individual convicted of specified animal cruelty offenses; extending the timeframe for which a consumer may pursue remedies for the sale of an animal certifiably unfit for purchase; requiring a pet dealer to provide copies of specified medical records to a consumer; requiring the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to develop a list of best management practices for adoption and implementation, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-76.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1004 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1004/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1004 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1004/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1004 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1004/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 1004 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1004/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gaetz — primary (person)
- Rules — primary (organization)
- Arrington — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-23** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-07** Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-01-16** On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 01/21/26, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2026-01-21** Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-21** Now in Judiciary
- **2026-01-29** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/03/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2026-02-03** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Now in Rules
- **2026-02-05** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/10/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-02-10** CS by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
- **2026-02-10** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2026-02-11** CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2026-02-12** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-02-17** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
- **2026-02-19** Retained on Special Order Calendar
- **2026-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-20** Amendment(s) adopted (342166)
- **2026-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-20** CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Immediately certified
- **2026-02-20** In Messages
- **2026-03-05** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-03-05** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/9/2026)
- **2026-03-05** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-05-11** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-13** Chapter No. 2026-76

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bac159cb-68b4-46c1-8cd2-2b664ef2f556`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).