---
type: "Bill"
title: "Subpoenas in Investigations of Sexual Offenses"
description: "Subpoenas in Investigations of Sexual Offenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 581"
citation: "Florida HB 581 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["subpoenas"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-93"
primary_sponsors: ["Latvala"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-11-08"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77697ed4-25bd-4623-a915-5e5d5b927485"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00581/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0e2f8bb955f4dd173b95d79df73720a8628e57fef8eafba487190afd5d8c158b"
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 581 (2018) — Subpoenas in Investigations of Sexual Offenses

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-93.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 581 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/581/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 581 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/581/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 581 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/581/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Latvala — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-08** Filed `filing`
- **2017-11-15** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/24/18, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-01-24** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-26** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-26** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-29** Original reference(s) removed: Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2018-01-29** CS referred to Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-29** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-13** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/15/18, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-02-15** Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
- **2018-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 3rd time -HJ 755, 756 `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-01** In Messages
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Received
- **2018-03-08** Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 618
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27** Chapter No. 2018-93

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77697ed4-25bd-4623-a915-5e5d5b927485`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).