---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual Offenders and Predators"
description: "Sexual Offenders and Predators"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1301"
citation: "Florida HB 1301 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["sentencing", "sexual crimes"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-105"
primary_sponsors: ["Fitzenhagen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-07"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc082393-1bb4-432d-b631-37cafc8aa716"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01301/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5b6bf633c1464c7005c5f54d5f3580587da626d61b3e0e438497ec0115ae5284"
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 HB 1301 (2018) — Sexual Offenders and Predators

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-105.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1301 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1301/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1301 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1301/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1301 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1301/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 1301 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1301/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fitzenhagen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-07** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-12** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/24/18, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-01-24** Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-25** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2018-02-09** On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/13/18, 12:30 pm, Mashburn Hall
- **2018-02-13** CS by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-14** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-02-14** CS by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-02-19** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-26** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/27/18, 1:30 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2018-02-27** Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/18
- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 0 -HJ 895, 896 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** In Messages
- **2018-03-06** Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Received
- **2018-03-08** Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Appropriations; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Substituted for CS/SB 1226
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Amendment(s) adopted (429994, 813382) -SJ 919, 921
- **2018-03-08** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Amendment(s) ruled out of order (813382)
- **2018-03-09** Amendment(s) failed (706938)
- **2018-03-09** Amendment(s) adopted (232322)
- **2018-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 35 NAYS 0 -SJ 1027, 1028 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** In returning messages
- **2018-03-09** Concurred in 2 amendment(s) (232322, 429994) -HJ 1201, 1202
- **2018-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 98 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2018-03-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27** Chapter No. 2018-105

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc082393-1bb4-432d-b631-37cafc8aa716`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).