---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sovereign Immunity for Child Protection Teams"
description: "Sovereign Immunity for Child Protection Teams; Revises term \"officer, employee, or agent\" as it applies to immunity from personal liability to include members of Child Protection Teams in certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 871"
citation: "Florida HB 871 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["torts"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-147"
primary_sponsors: ["Snyder"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/206eea26-edb0-44ab-8c85-d5b79e3579fd"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/871/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0a6bb40d57fb1b2576076ffd89d764c7c4e27ec854891c816c22069071837254"
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 871 (2021) — Sovereign Immunity for Child Protection Teams

Sovereign Immunity for Child Protection Teams; Revises term "officer, employee, or agent" as it applies to immunity from personal liability to include members of Child Protection Teams in certain circumstances.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-147.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 871 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/871/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 871 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/871/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Snyder — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-16** Added to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-18** Favorable by Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Reported out of Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2021-03-18** Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2021-03-26** Added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-30** Favorable by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2021-03-30** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2021-04-13** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2021-04-15** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2021-04-15** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Passed; YEAS 119, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-21** Substituted for SB 826
- **2021-04-21** Received
- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-23** Chapter No. 2021-147

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/206eea26-edb0-44ab-8c85-d5b79e3579fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).