republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2025/hb-847.md

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Bill	Expedited DNA Testing Grant Program	Expedited DNA Testing Grant Program; Creates Expedited DNA Testing Grant Program within FDLE; provides for annual award of grants; specifies uses of grants; requires annual report by each grant recipient; & provides rulemaking authority.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2025	HB 847	Florida HB 847 (2025)	bill	(vetoed)	enacted	2025-141	Johnson	3	39	2	2025-02-20	2025-06-16	openstates	ocd-bill/d36a7016-75aa-4d71-8b90-502f7f304095	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/847/ByCategory	fdb78c908cb383c162d8dd6efcd8527298b697e2862c21b4937999537fa3614f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 847 (2025) — Expedited DNA Testing Grant Program

Expedited DNA Testing Grant Program; Creates Expedited DNA Testing Grant Program within FDLE; provides for annual award of grants; specifies uses of grants; requires annual report by each grant recipient; & provides rulemaking authority.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-141.

Version chain

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

1. H 847 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 847 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 847 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
• Johnson — primary (person)
• Plakon — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-20 Filed filing
• 2025-03-02 Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2025-03-02 Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2025-03-02 Referred to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-02 Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• 2025-03-04 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
• 2025-03-17 Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
• 2025-03-19 Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-19 Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• 2025-03-20 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2025-03-20 CS Filed filing
• 2025-03-20 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) reading-1
• 2025-03-21 Referred to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-21 Now in Judiciary Committee
• 2025-04-04 Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
• 2025-04-08 Favorable by Judiciary Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-08 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
• 2025-04-08 Bill released to House Calendar
• 2025-04-08 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 114, NAYS 0 passage
• 2025-04-16 In Messages
• 2025-04-16 Referred to Fiscal Policy referral-committee
• 2025-04-22 Received enrolled
• 2025-04-24 Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy withdrawal
• 2025-04-24 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2025-04-24 Substituted for CS/SB 1072
• 2025-04-24 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2025-04-24 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2025-04-24 CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 passage
• 2025-04-24 In Messages
• 2025-04-24 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2025-06-12 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-06-13 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-06-16 Chapter No. 2025-141

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d36a7016-75aa-4d71-8b90-502f7f304095. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).