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type: "Bill"
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title: "Substance Abuse and Mental Health"
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description: "Substance Abuse and Mental Health; Providing additional duties for the Statewide Office for Suicide Prevention; requiring the Department of Transportation to work with the office in developing a plan relating to evidence-based suicide deterrents in certain locations; requiring that certain information be provided to the guardian or representative of a minor patient released from involuntary examination; requiring the maintenance of psychotropic medications to specified defendants under certain circumstances, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 7012"
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citation: "Florida SB 7012 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["(vetoed)", "domestic relations"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2020-39"
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primary_sponsors: ["Children", "Families", "and Elder Affairs"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-11-05"
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last_action: "2020-06-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd6b8847-3141-4147-9031-287305b14309"
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source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7012/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "07a1a02840209a0910207ebfa843a033c51aa61689a411a03695a5c0c69a3497"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida SB 7012 (2020) — Substance Abuse and Mental Health
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health; Providing additional duties for the Statewide Office for Suicide Prevention; requiring the Department of Transportation to work with the office in developing a plan relating to evidence-based suicide deterrents in certain locations; requiring that certain information be provided to the guardian or representative of a minor patient released from involuntary examination; requiring the maintenance of psychotropic medications to specified defendants under certain circumstances, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-39.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **S 7012 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7012/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 7012 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7012/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 7012 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7012/BillText/pb/HTML)
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4. **S 7012 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7012/BillText/e1/HTML)
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5. **S 7012 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7012/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Returning Messages — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Children — primary (person)
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- Families — primary (person)
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- and Elder Affairs — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-11-05** Submitted for consideration by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
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- **2019-11-05** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 11/12/19, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
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- **2019-11-12** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
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- **2019-11-13** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-11-21** Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2020-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 02/13/20, 12:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
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- **2020-02-13** Subcommittee Recommendation: CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
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- **2020-02-17** Now in Appropriations
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- **2020-02-17** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/20/20, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
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- **2020-02-24** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/27/20, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2020-02-27** CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
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- **2020-03-02** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2020-03-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2020-03-02** CS by Appropriations read 1st time
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- **2020-03-02** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/20
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- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-04** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-05** In Messages
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- **2020-03-09** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-09** Received
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- **2020-03-10** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/10/20
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- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-10** Amendment(s) adopted (541211) -HJ 1055, 1061
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- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-11** CS passed as amended; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-11** In returning messages
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- **2020-03-13** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (541211)
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- **2020-03-13** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 887, 888 `passage`
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- **2020-03-13** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
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- **2020-06-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2020-06-18** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-19** Chapter No. 2020-39
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd6b8847-3141-4147-9031-287305b14309`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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