---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Trafficking"
description: "Human Trafficking; Providing the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking with an additional duty; deleting an obsolete provision; requiring the direct-support organization of the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking to develop certain training for firesafety inspectors; providing that such training is eligible for continuing education credits; requiring foster parents and agency staff to complete preservice and inservice training related to human trafficking, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 615"
citation: "Florida HB 615 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["civil practice and procedure", "executive branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-168"
primary_sponsors: ["Overdorf"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 53
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-11-16"
last_action: "2022-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de3fb18b-f43c-4646-92a5-472692100ff5"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/615/ByCategory"
source_hash: "940bfea300a9e61b1f7947c6546103a0e34f768090558b17340de4f51cb2ad75"
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 615 (2022) — Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking; Providing the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking with an additional duty; deleting an obsolete provision; requiring the direct-support organization of the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking to develop certain training for firesafety inspectors; providing that such training is eligible for continuing education credits; requiring foster parents and agency staff to complete preservice and inservice training related to human trafficking, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-168.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 615 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/615/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 615 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/615/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 615 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/615/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 615 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/615/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Operations Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Returning Messages — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Overdorf — primary (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Fetterhoff — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-16** Filed `filing`
- **2021-12-06** Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-06** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-06** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-06** Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-13** Added to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-18** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2022-01-18** Reported out of Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2022-01-18** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-01-18** CS Filed
- **2022-01-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-01-19** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-01** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-03** Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-03** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-04** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2022-02-08** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-08** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2022-02-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2022)
- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Received
- **2022-03-04** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-04** Substituted for CS/SB 1436
- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Amendment(s) adopted (504356)
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-10** Added to Senate Message List
- **2022-03-10** Amendment 365861 adopted
- **2022-03-10** Concurred in Senate amendment 504356 as amended
- **2022-03-10** CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-11** In returning messages
- **2022-03-11** Concurred in House amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) (365861)
- **2022-03-11** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-11** In Messages
- **2022-03-11** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2022-05-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-06-03** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-03** Chapter No. 2022-168

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de3fb18b-f43c-4646-92a5-472692100ff5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).