---
type: "Bill"
title: "First Responders and Correctional Officers"
description: "First Responders and Correctional Officers; Prohibiting certain persons who participate in peer support communication with a first responder from testifying or divulging specified information under certain circumstances; specifying that an allegation or complaint of misconduct against a law enforcement officer or a correctional officer may originate from any source; authorizing law enforcement and correctional agencies to request a separate agency to conduct an investigation of a complaint under certain circumstances, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 573"
citation: "Florida HB 573 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-104"
primary_sponsors: ["Casello", "McClain"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-11-07"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62d51b94-2163-40df-9c4a-dc8f669d63bb"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/573/ByCategory"
source_hash: "9d1417baeab4eee561c0591a6db0ab3604bb140ec1261a415ec370a1ddf39069"
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 573 (2020) — First Responders and Correctional Officers

First Responders and Correctional Officers; Prohibiting certain persons who participate in peer support communication with a first responder from testifying or divulging specified information under certain circumstances; specifying that an allegation or complaint of misconduct against a law enforcement officer or a correctional officer may originate from any source; authorizing law enforcement and correctional agencies to request a separate agency to conduct an investigation of a complaint under certain circumstances, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-104.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 573 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/573/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 573 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/573/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 573 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/573/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 573 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/573/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 573 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/573/BillText/e2/PDF)
6. **H 573 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/573/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Casello — primary (person)
- McClain — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-11-15** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-27** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 01/29/20, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2020-01-29** CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
- **2020-01-30** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-01-31** CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2020-02-02** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2020-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2020-02-12** Favorable by Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-12** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2020-02-14** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/18/20, 3:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2020-02-18** CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-19** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-02-19** CS/CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-09** Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
- **2020-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** Amendment(s) adopted (877421)
- **2020-03-10** CS passed as amended; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** In Messages
- **2020-03-10** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Received
- **2020-03-11** Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-11** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 160
- **2020-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-11** Amendment(s) adopted (910716)
- **2020-03-11** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 732, 733 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** In returning messages
- **2020-03-12** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (910716)
- **2020-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Chapter No. 2020-104

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62d51b94-2163-40df-9c4a-dc8f669d63bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).