---
type: "Bill"
title: "Grandparent Visitation Rights"
description: "Grandparent Visitation Rights; Creates presumption for maternal or paternal grandparent or stepgrandparent visitation of child; provides burden for overcoming such presumption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1119"
citation: "Florida HB 1119 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["domestic relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-217"
primary_sponsors: ["Toledo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-03"
last_action: "2022-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a972f725-3d02-4e9c-83a9-38de9cfc324b"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1119/ByCategory"
source_hash: "81d35d66902d2132109cd638fdcdd0172364b8b7224363fbf4b92c9b5eab578c"
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 1119 (2022) — Grandparent Visitation Rights

Grandparent Visitation Rights; Creates presumption for maternal or paternal grandparent or stepgrandparent visitation of child; provides burden for overcoming such presumption.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-217.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1119 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1119/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1119 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1119/BillText/e1/PDF)
3. **H 1119 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1119/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **112–3** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Toledo — primary (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Drake — cosponsor (person)
- Fernandez-Barquin — cosponsor (person)
- Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Stevenson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-03** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-10** Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-31** Added to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-02** Favorable by Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-02** Reported out of Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2022-02-02** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-15** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2022-02-17** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-17** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2022-02-17** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/22/2022)
- **2022-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Amendment 918793 adopted
- **2022-02-22** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-02-22** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** Passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-24** In Messages
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Received
- **2022-03-09** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-09** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1408
- **2022-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-09** In Messages
- **2022-03-09** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-06-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-28** Chapter No. 2022-217

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a972f725-3d02-4e9c-83a9-38de9cfc324b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).