--- type: "Bill" title: "Victims of Sexual Offenses" description: "Victims of Sexual Offenses; Requires county health departments to participate in sexual assault response teams coordinated by certified rape crisis centers; authorizes establishment of teams by certified rape crisis centers; provides for duties & membership of sexual assault response teams; requires FL Council Against Sexual Violence to provide specified technical assistance; requires sexual assault response teams to promote & support use of sexual assault forensic examiners meeting certain requirements; requires Criminal Justice Standards & Training Commission to establish minimum standards for basic skills & continued education training programs for law enforcement officers that include specified response to sexual assault; provides requirements for courses & law enforcement officers; requires officer's certification to be placed on inactive status for failure to complete certain training." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2021" identifier: "HB 1189" citation: "Florida HB 1189 (2021)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["insurance"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2021-229" primary_sponsors: [] version_count: 4 action_count: 51 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2021-02-22" last_action: "2021-07-06" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd025694-f8ed-43fc-9bb5-67262715507f" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1189/ByCategory" source_hash: "aecd6cdce4075966e74e60074780458b0182e3e8efd9752a1f66ca8134056d38" 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 1189 (2021) — Victims of Sexual Offenses Victims of Sexual Offenses; Requires county health departments to participate in sexual assault response teams coordinated by certified rape crisis centers; authorizes establishment of teams by certified rape crisis centers; provides for duties & membership of sexual assault response teams; requires FL Council Against Sexual Violence to provide specified technical assistance; requires sexual assault response teams to promote & support use of sexual assault forensic examiners meeting certain requirements; requires Criminal Justice Standards & Training Commission to establish minimum standards for basic skills & continued education training programs for law enforcement officers that include specified response to sexual assault; provides requirements for courses & law enforcement officers; requires officer's certification to be placed on inactive status for failure to complete certain training. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-229. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 1189 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1189/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 1189 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1189/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 1189 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1189/BillText/c2/PDF) 4. **H 1189 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1189/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable (Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower - Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower - Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower - Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Judiciary Committee — primary (organization) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-02-22** Filed `filing` - **2021-02-28** Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2021-02-28** Referred to Professions & Public Health Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2021-02-28** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee` - **2021-02-28** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee` - **2021-02-28** Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee - **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) - **2021-03-30** PCS added to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee agenda - **2021-04-01** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee - **2021-04-01** Reported out of Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee - **2021-04-01** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) - **2021-04-01** CS Filed - **2021-04-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) - **2021-04-02** Original reference removed: Professions & Public Health Subcommittee - **2021-04-02** Original reference removed: Appropriations Committee - **2021-04-02** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee` - **2021-04-02** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee` - **2021-04-02** Now in Health & Human Services Committee - **2021-04-12** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda - **2021-04-14** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-04-14** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee - **2021-04-14** Now in Judiciary Committee - **2021-04-18** PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda - **2021-04-19** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee - **2021-04-19** Reported out of Judiciary Committee - **2021-04-19** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) - **2021-04-19** CS Filed - **2021-04-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) - **2021-04-20** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2021-04-20** Added to Second Reading Calendar - **2021-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/23/2021) - **2021-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2021-04-23** Placed on 3rd reading - **2021-04-23** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2021-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2021-04-26** In Messages - **2021-04-26** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee` - **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal` - **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2021-04-26** Received - **2021-04-26** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1530 - **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2021-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2021-04-26** Message sent to senate - **2021-04-26** In Messages - **2021-04-26** Ordered enrolled - **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor - **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-229 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd025694-f8ed-43fc-9bb5-67262715507f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).