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SB0624 • 2026

Batterers’ Intervention Program Activities

Batterers’ Intervention Program Activities

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Yarborough
Last action
2026-03-06
Official status
Senate - Laid on Table, refer to HB 491 -SJ 673
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the implementation of faith-based activities or which organizations may be involved.

Batterers' Intervention Program Activities

This law allows batterers’ intervention programs to offer additional faith-based activities but does not require participants to join these activities.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows batterers’ intervention programs to provide supplemental faith-based activities for participants.
  • Does not make participation in faith-based activities mandatory as part of the program.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Batterers who are required to attend intervention programs

Terms To Know

batterers’ intervention program
A program designed to help people who have been violent towards their partners or family members learn better ways of handling conflict.
faith-based activities
Activities that involve religious or spiritual practices, such as prayer or meditation.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify which faith-based activities are allowed.
  • It is unclear how these changes will be implemented in existing programs.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-06 Senate

    • Read 2nd time -SJ 673 • Substituted HB 491 -SJ 673 • Laid on Table, refer to HB 491 -SJ 673

  2. 2026-03-03 Senate

    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/26

  3. 2026-01-27 Senate

    • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  4. 2026-01-22 Senate

    • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/27/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building

  5. 2026-01-20 Senate

    • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 2 • Now in Rules

  6. 2026-01-15 Senate

    • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/20/26, 9:30 am, 110 Senate Building

  7. 2026-01-13 Senate

    • Now in Judiciary • Introduced

  8. 2026-01-12 Senate

    • Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0

  9. 2026-01-05 Senate

    • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/12/26, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building

  10. 2025-12-09 Senate

    • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules

  11. 2025-11-20 Senate

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Batterers’ Intervention Program Activities; Authorizing batterers’ intervention programs to offer supplemental faith-based activities, etc.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Florida Senate
-
2026

SB 624

By
Senator Yarborough

4-00826-26 2026624__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to batterers’ intervention program
3 activities; amending s. 741.325, F.S.; authorizing
4 batterers’ intervention programs to offer supplemental
5 faith-based activities; prohibiting required
6 participation in such activities; providing an
7 effective date.
8
9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
10
11 Section 1. Present subsection (2) of section 741.325,
12 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (3), and a new
13 subsection (2) is added to that section, to read:
14 741.325 Requirements for batterers’ intervention programs.—
15
(2)
A batterers’ intervention program may offer

16
supplemental faith-based activities to participants.

17
Participation in such activities may not be required as part of

18
the program.

19 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.