---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Trafficking"
description: "Human Trafficking"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 851"
citation: "Florida HB 851 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["labor", "executive branch", "and solicitations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-152"
primary_sponsors: ["Fitzenhagen"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 46
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ff255e2-2418-45fd-ae0f-7345fa7d0d98"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/851/ByCategory"
source_hash: "50728f9cc6b88acb8d128852b172c7abdefb81163f943494a1d0a261ff0a7cac"
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 851 (2019) — Human Trafficking

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-152.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 851 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/851/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 851 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/851/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 851 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/851/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 851 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/851/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 851 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/851/BillText/e1/PDF)
6. **H 851 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/851/BillText/e2/PDF)
7. **H 851 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/851/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Appropriations Committee) — **28–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Message, Passage — **108–1** (pass) · lower
- Returning Messages — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fitzenhagen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-22** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 03/26/19, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2019-03-26** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-28** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-28** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-29** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2019-04-05** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 04/09/19, 10:30 am, Webster Hall
- **2019-04-09** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee; YEAS 28 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-10** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-04-10** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee read 1st time
- **2019-04-12** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2019-04-12** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 04/16/19, 1:30 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2019-04-16** CS/CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-17** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-04-17** CS/CS/CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-24** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/26/19
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Amendment(s) adopted (875435) -HJ 931, 932
- **2019-04-26** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 112 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-29** In Messages
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Received
- **2019-05-02** Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-05-02** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 540
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Amendment(s) adopted (589144)
- **2019-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-03** In returning messages
- **2019-05-03** Amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) adopted (638435) -HJ 1318, 1323
- **2019-05-03** Concurred in Senate amendment(s) as amended (589144) -HJ 1312, 1323
- **2019-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 108 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2019-05-03** In returning messages
- **2019-05-03** Concurred in House amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) (638435)
- **2019-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2019-06-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-27** Chapter No. 2019-152

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ff255e2-2418-45fd-ae0f-7345fa7d0d98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).