On Friday evening, the Florida Legislature formally passed the Tristin Murphy Act, the most comprehensive reform to mental health inside the criminal justice system in decades. 33,187 people ...

On Friday evening, the Florida Legislature formally passed the Tristin Murphy Act, the most comprehensive reform to mental health inside the criminal justice system in decades. Murphy, a 37-year ...

The House had approved the “Tristin Murphy Act” Thursday and adopted the Senate’s original bill (SB 168) as crafted by Sen. Jennifer Bradley, a Fleming Island Republican. But Rep. Nan Cobb, a Eustis ...

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - After making its way through the Senate in April, the Tristin Murphy Act passed the Florida House unanimously on May 2. The bill will now head to Governor Ron DeSantis.

The 'Tristin Murphy Act' gets final legislative approval after a spat over amendments between the House and Senate. The House backed off proposed amendments Friday for a measure designed to ...

Sen. Jennifer Bradley, a Fleming Island Republican, sponsored the bill (SB 168), which is called the Tristin Murphy Act. Tristin Murphy committed suicide in a Florida prison in 2021. Rep. Nan Cobb, a ...

A significant amendment to a bill is stirring debate as it moves through the Florida House. The amendment mandates circuit courts to create diversion programs for misdemeanor and felony mental ...

Tristin Murphy committed suicide in a Florida prison in 2021. Rep. Nan Cobb, a Eustis Republican, carried the House version (HB 1207) and led discussion of the bill on the House floor.

Elizabeth Murphy Burns, who served as president and CEO of family-owned broadcasting and media company Morgan Murphy Media for 43 years, has died. She was 79. Her death was announced Friday by ...

In its 2025 edition, SB 168 has been expanded to include the “Tristin Murphy Act,” named after a man who committed suicide while incarcerated, demonstrating institutional failings in addressing mental ...

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He would’ve been with us today if provisions in this bill were in place,” Tristin’s mother Cindee Murphy said. Those provisions are named after Cindee Murphy’s son, Tristin Murphy. Tristin was serving ...