---
type: "Bill"
title: "Privileged Communications Made to Crime Stoppers Organizations"
description: "Privileged Communications Made to Crime Stoppers Organizations; Prohibits person from knowingly & willfully attempting to obtain, obtaining, or disclosing privileged communication or protected information; provides exemption from criminal liability for employees, board members, or volunteers of crime stoppers organization in certain circumstances; provides immunity from civil liability for certain actions by specified persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 363"
citation: "Florida HB 363 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-21"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c06f072b-fe0b-4a30-8d21-313c12069016"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/363/ByCategory"
source_hash: "3e61658d8ed64b3a87893404c58d1a794c1897bbcde81dc819065499cf568216"
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 363 (2021) — Privileged Communications Made to Crime Stoppers Organizations

Privileged Communications Made to Crime Stoppers Organizations; Prohibits person from knowingly & willfully attempting to obtain, obtaining, or disclosing privileged communication or protected information; provides exemption from criminal liability for employees, board members, or volunteers of crime stoppers organization in certain circumstances; provides immunity from civil liability for certain actions by specified persons.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-21.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 363 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/363/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 363 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/363/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 363 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/363/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-03** Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-18** Added to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-22** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2021-03-23** Reported out of Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2021-03-23** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-23** CS Filed
- **2021-03-23** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-24** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-25** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2021-03-29** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-29** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-03-29** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/15/2021)
- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-15** In Messages
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Received
- **2021-04-21** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-21** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1868
- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 511, 512 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-05-07** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-05-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-11** Chapter No. 2021-21

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c06f072b-fe0b-4a30-8d21-313c12069016`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).