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| Bill | 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. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2026 | SB 1004 | Florida SB 1004 (2026) |
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enacted | 2026-76 |
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4 | 33 | 5 | 2025-12-23 | 2026-05-13 | openstates | ocd-bill/bac159cb-68b4-46c1-8cd2-2b664ef2f556 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1004/ByCategory | 1d894b0bbb8a7258376f5a2f2d899e44a63c552a99d01eb67c67088905b8f4d3 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
- S 1004 Filed (filed) — source
- S 1004 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- S 1004 e1 (engrossed) — source
- S 1004 er (enrolled) — source
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; origin ocd-bill/bac159cb-68b4-46c1-8cd2-2b664ef2f556. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).