HB 447 Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Summary

Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Mental Health and Substance Abuse; Specifies that hearings relating to mental health & substance abuse, respectively, are confidential & closed to public; provides exceptions; exempts certain information from public records requirements; expands public records exemption to include certain petitions & applications; authorizes disclosure of certain confidential & exempt documents to certain service providers; authorizes courts to use respondent's name for certain purposes; revises applicability; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; making technical changes; provides statements of public necessity.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Nov 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Nov 18, 2025 Last action Mar 13, 2026

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What changed between versions

H 447 Filed → H 447 c1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from HB 447 to CS/HB 447, indicating it has been amended and is now in committee stage. The effective date language was changed from 'contingent' to simply 'an effective date', removing uncertainty about when the law takes effect. The document identifier changed from hb447-00 to hb447-01-c1, reflecting the committee version.

Scope change

The bill's substantive scope regarding mental health and substance abuse hearing confidentiality appears unchanged, though the effective date provision was modified.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date language from 'contingent effective date' to 'an effective date', removing the contingency condition.

TECHNICAL

Updated document identifiers from 'hb447-00' to 'hb447-01-c1' and changed bill designation from 'HB 447' to 'CS/HB 447' to reflect committee amendment status.

Adjusted spacing and formatting in the title and section headers to align with standard committee markup conventions.

Floor votes · House Mar 4, 2026

How they voted

114–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 118

Mar 4, 2026

D Democratic34

32 Yea 2

94% Yea

R Republican84

82 Yea 2

97% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 4, 2026

Committee

Referred to Rules

upper

Mar 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0

lower

Feb 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Feb 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda

lower

Feb 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Feb 9, 2026

Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Feb 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda

lower

Jan 22, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Government Operations Subcommittee

lower

Jan 22, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Judiciary Committee

lower

Jan 22, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Judiciary Committee

lower

Jan 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Judiciary Committee agenda

lower

Jan 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Judiciary Committee

lower

Jan 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee

lower

Jan 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Human Services Subcommittee

lower

Jan 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda

lower

Nov 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Human Services Subcommittee

lower

Nov 24, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Nov 24, 2025

Committee

Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee

lower

Nov 24, 2025

Committee

Referred to Judiciary Committee

lower

Nov 24, 2025

Committee

Referred to Human Services Subcommittee

lower

1 primary · 4 co-sponsors