FL SB 54
deadUse of Substances Affecting Cognitive Function
Florida · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.
Quick answers
Did FL SB 54 pass?
No. FL SB 54 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-13): Died in Messages
What is FL SB 54 about?
Use of Substances Affecting Cognitive Function; Requiring medical examiners to take specified actions when performing an autopsy on a decedent who is a violent offender; requiring that autopsy reports for such individuals include certain findings and information; authorizing the release of certain patient records to law enforcement agencies without patient authorization under certain circumstances; requiring school safety specialists to provide school district staff with certain training on the adverse effects of specified substances, etc.
Who sponsors FL SB 54?
Sharief, Criminal Justice, Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice are the primary sponsors of FL SB 54, joined by 3 cosponsors.
Description
Use of Substances Affecting Cognitive Function; Requiring medical examiners to take specified actions when performing an autopsy on a decedent who is a violent offender; requiring that autopsy reports for such individuals include certain findings and information; authorizing the release of certain patient records to law enforcement agencies without patient authorization under certain circumstances; requiring school safety specialists to provide school district staff with certain training on the adverse effects of specified substances, etc.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-13
- Latest action
- 2026-03-13 — Died in Messages
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Shariefprimary
- Criminal Justiceprimary
- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justiceprimary
- Bernardcosponsor
- Rousoncosponsor
- Osgoodcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-13
Died in Messages
failure
2026-02-19
In Messages
2026-02-19
Immediately certified
2026-02-19
CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 1
passage
2026-02-19
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2026-02-19
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2026-02-17
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
2026-02-10
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2026-02-10
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-05
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/10/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2026-01-22
CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time
2026-01-16
Now in Rules
2026-01-16
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-01-14
CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 1
2026-01-13
CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
2026-01-13
Introduced
introduction
2026-01-09
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 01/14/26, 2:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
2025-12-11
Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
2025-12-10
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2025-12-09
CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 1
2025-12-01
On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 12/09/25, 10:00 am, 37 Senate Building
2025-10-06
Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules
referral-committee
2025-09-17
Filed
filing
Versions
Documents
Votes
Favorable with Committee Substitute
2025-12-09 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (8)
- Bernard: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Simon: yes
- Yarborough: yes
- Martin: yes
- Smith: no
- Garcia: other
- Pizzo: other
Favorable with Committee Substitute
2026-01-14 · pass · 6-1
Member-level votes (8)
- Osgood: yes
- Simon: yes
- Wright: yes
- Yarborough: yes
- Martin: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Smith: no
- Polsky: other
Favorable
2026-02-10 · pass · 24-0
Member-level votes (24)
- Avila: yes
- Berman: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Brodeur: yes
- Burgess: yes
- Burton: yes
- Davis: yes
- DiCeglie: yes
- Gaetz: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Grall: yes
- Harrell: yes
- Hooper: yes
- Martin: yes
- Osgood: yes
- Pizzo: yes
- Rodriguez: yes
- Rouson: yes
- Simon: yes
- Trumbull: yes
- Wright: yes
- Jones: yes
- Passidomo: yes
Third Reading
2026-02-19 · pass · 37-1
Member-level votes (39)
- Arrington: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Polsky: yes
- Avila: yes
- Grall: yes
- Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Gruters: excused
- Rouson: yes
- Bernard: yes
- Harrell: yes
- Sharief: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Hooper: yes
- Simon: yes
- Bracy Davis: yes
- Jones: yes
- Smith: no
- Bradley: yes
- Leek: yes
- Truenow: yes
- Brodeur: yes
- Martin: yes
- Trumbull: yes
- Burgess: yes
- Massullo: yes
- Wright: yes
- Burton: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Yarborough: yes
- Calatayud: yes
- McClain: yes
- Albritton: yes
- Davis: yes
- Osgood: yes
- DiCeglie: yes
- Passidomo: yes
- Gaetz: yes
- Pizzo: yes
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
Official source
Attribution
Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:19:20.677932Z
Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:
Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:
Use this data
Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=FL&identifier=SB 54. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.
Known limitations
- Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
- Committee referrals are not yet captured.
See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.