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Florida · 2025 Regular Session

S7018 OGSR/Parental Consent Requirements Before Terminating a Pregnancy

Direction

Abortion otherAI label

No change to abortion access model confidence 80%

Repeals the scheduled sunset of a public records exemption for information identifying minors seeking judicial waiver of parental consent for abortion, so the exemption continues indefinitely and less such information is publicly available.

[deleted: This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act]

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Abortion exceptionsAI label

No change to abortion access model confidence 70%

Maintains the existing judicial waiver process for minors seeking to bypass parental consent for abortion by continuing the confidentiality of identifying information, with no change to the underlying consent or waiver rules.

Any information that can be used to identify a minor who is petitioning a circuit court for a judicial waiver, as provided in s. 390.01114, of the consent requirements under the Parental Notice of and Consent for Abortion Act is:

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  1. Filed (completed)
  2. Committee (completed)
  3. Passed one chamber (completed)
  4. Passed both (completed)
  5. Governor (completed)
  6. Law

Stage: Law · step 6 of 6

Last action
2025-07-03: Chapter No. 2025-209
Filed
2025-03-06
Sponsor
Health Policy + 1 cosponsor (1 R)

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill only removes the Open Government Sunset Review repeal date for an existing public-records exemption tied to the judicial bypass procedure in the Parental Notice of and Consent for Abortion Act; it makes no substantive change to parental consent rules, gestational limits, exceptions, funding, or any other abortion policy axis.

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Hearings and calendar

Votes

DateChamberMotionYea-Nay
2025-03-11SSenate Health Policy9-1Passed
2025-04-01SSenate Governmental Oversight and Accountability7-0Passed
2025-04-08SSenate Rules24-0Passed
2025-04-15SSenate: Third Reading RCS#1336-0Passed
2025-04-29HHouse: Third Reading RCS#335115-0Passed

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History (30 actions)
DateChamberAction
2025-07-03Chapter No. 2025-209
2025-07-01Approved by Governor
2025-06-18Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2025-04-29SOrdered enrolled
2025-04-29HPassed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0
2025-04-29HRead 3rd time
2025-04-29HAdded to Third Reading Calendar
2025-04-29HPlaced on 3rd reading
2025-04-29HRead 2nd time
2025-04-28H1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2025-04-28HBill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
2025-04-28HBill referred to House Calendar
2025-04-15HIn Messages
2025-04-15SImmediately certified
2025-04-15SPassed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
2025-04-15SRead 3rd time
2025-04-15SRead 2nd time
2025-04-10SPlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/15/25
2025-04-09SPlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2025-04-08SFavorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
2025-04-03SOn Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2025-04-01SNow in Rules
2025-04-01SFavorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
2025-03-27SOn Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
2025-03-12SIntroduced
2025-03-12SReferred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
2025-03-12SFiled
2025-03-11SSubmitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 1
2025-03-06SOn Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/11/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
2025-03-06SSubmitted for consideration by Health Policy