---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic Violence Centers"
description: "Domestic Violence Centers; Prohibiting the unlawful disclosure of certain information about domestic violence centers; providing criminal penalties, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 70"
citation: "Florida SB 70 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-92"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba71e996-24c9-4c32-b21e-8c8579948fed"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/70/ByCategory"
source_hash: "4451c2371b3840f287ca7c773cfa61181d4b3c2f9ff4b221a256603870ddc9a4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida SB 70 (2021) — Domestic Violence Centers

Domestic Violence Centers; Prohibiting the unlawful disclosure of certain information about domestic violence centers; providing criminal penalties, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-92.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S 70 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/70/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 70 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/70/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 70 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/70/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **16–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Garcia — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-07** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-14** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Criminal Justice; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/03/21, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2021-02-03** CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2021-02-05** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-02-05** Now in Criminal Justice
- **2021-02-08** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/16/21, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2021-02-16** Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** Now in Rules
- **2021-03-01** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/04/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-02** CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
- **2021-03-04** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-03-08** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/11/21
- **2021-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-03-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-25** In Messages
- **2021-04-08** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2021)
- **2021-04-08** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-04-13** Substituted for CS/HB 689
- **2021-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-13** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-15** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-17** Chapter No. 2021-92

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba71e996-24c9-4c32-b21e-8c8579948fed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).