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type: "Bill"
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title: "Aggravated Animal Cruelty"
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description: "Aggravated Animal Cruelty; Requires the Department of Law Enforcement to post on its website the names of certain individuals who have violated specified animal cruelty provisions; provides a sentencing multiplier for specified offenses of aggravated animal cruelty."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 255"
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citation: "Florida HB 255 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["crimes", "criminal procedure and corrections"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2025-102"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chaney", "Weinberger"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-27"
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last_action: "2025-05-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b99a2dde-c2b1-477a-a032-5b5e083d7a5f"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/255/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "c4e48b56a2bd2dbcca64a5276e2bff03fbe23115271b77669b7a23198ae8e9ad"
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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 HB 255 (2025) — Aggravated Animal Cruelty
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Aggravated Animal Cruelty; Requires the Department of Law Enforcement to post on its website the names of certain individuals who have violated specified animal cruelty provisions; provides a sentencing multiplier for specified offenses of aggravated animal cruelty.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-102.
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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. **H 255 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/255/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 255 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/255/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 255 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/255/BillText/e1/PDF)
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4. **H 255 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/255/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **112–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chaney — primary (person)
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- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Weinberger — primary (person)
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- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
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- Benarroch — cosponsor (person)
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- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)
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- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael — cosponsor (person)
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- Overdorf — cosponsor (person)
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- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
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- Porras — cosponsor (person)
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- Redondo — cosponsor (person)
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- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-27** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-06** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-10** PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
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- **2025-03-12** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-12** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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- **2025-03-13** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2025-03-13** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-14** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-14** Now in Judiciary Committee
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- **2025-03-24** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
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- **2025-03-26** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-26** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
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- **2025-03-26** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2025-03-26** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2025-04-03** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/9/2025)
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- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-09** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-09** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-09** CS passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2025-04-10** In Messages
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- **2025-04-10** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-14** Received `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-29** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
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- **2025-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2025-04-29** Substituted for CS/SB 494
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- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-29** Amendment(s) adopted (687730)
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- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2025-04-29** In Messages
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- **2025-05-01** Senate Message List
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- **2025-05-01** Amendment 687730 Concur
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- **2025-05-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2025-05-01** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-28** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-29** Chapter No. 2025-102
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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/b99a2dde-c2b1-477a-a032-5b5e083d7a5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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