---
type: "Bill"
title: "Incarcerated Parents"
description: "Incarcerated Parents"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 281"
citation: "Florida HB 281 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["mental health", "child dependency"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-45"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams", "Daniels"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-10-10"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d4065cf-6f05-447f-86e2-4c2762f426b9"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00281/ByCategory"
source_hash: "676f1dc6955556f181e11640c2e82103a40787f41046c3b7d88a343885a1794b"
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 281 (2018) — Incarcerated Parents

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-45.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 281 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/281/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 281 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/281/BillText/e1/PDF)
3. **H 281 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/281/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **29–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)
- Daniels — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-10** Filed `filing`
- **2017-10-18** Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-01** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 11/08/17, 1:30 pm, 12 HOB
- **2017-11-08** Favorable by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-11-08** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2018-01-05** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 01/09/18, 4:30 pm, Webster Hall
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** Favorable by Appropriations Committee; YEAS 29 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-09** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2018-01-16** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 01/18/18, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-01-18** Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-25** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/31/18
- **2018-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** Amendment(s) adopted (791755)
- **2018-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-31** Passed as amended; YEAS 112 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-07** In Messages
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Received
- **2018-03-05** Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-05** Substituted for CS/SB 522
- **2018-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 767, 768
- **2018-03-06** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter No. 2018-45

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d4065cf-6f05-447f-86e2-4c2762f426b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).