---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protective Injunctions"
description: "Protective Injunctions; Specifies timeframe in which clerk of court must transmit specified documents relating to protective injunctions to appropriate local sheriff or law enforcement agency; provides for electronic transmission of certain documents rather than by facsimile; provides that electronically submitted copies of injunctions must be served in same manner as certified copies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 905"
citation: "Florida HB 905 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["crimes", "domestic relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-173"
primary_sponsors: ["Fetterhoff"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-12-13"
last_action: "2022-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff3ff666-dd85-4579-8b4e-04f514a37751"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/905/ByCategory"
source_hash: "482246e1783b8a04017069ccb87ffa33016b6f1ea1c2b786514fa08fc99b3691"
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 905 (2022) — Protective Injunctions

Protective Injunctions; Specifies timeframe in which clerk of court must transmit specified documents relating to protective injunctions to appropriate local sheriff or law enforcement agency; provides for electronic transmission of certain documents rather than by facsimile; provides that electronically submitted copies of injunctions must be served in same manner as certified copies.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-173.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 905 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/905/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 905 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/905/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 905 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/905/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fetterhoff — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Beltran — cosponsor (person)
- Bush — cosponsor (person)
- Caruso — cosponsor (person)
- Driskell — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Gottlieb — cosponsor (person)
- Grall — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Learned — cosponsor (person)
- Nixon — cosponsor (person)
- Silvers — cosponsor (person)
- Smith, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Toledo — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-13** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-03** Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-03** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-03** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-03** Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-25** Added to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-27** Favorable by Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** Reported out of Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2022-01-27** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-01** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-03** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-03** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-15** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2022-02-17** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-17** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-17** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-17** CS Filed
- **2022-02-17** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-02-18** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-18** 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 112, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Received
- **2022-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-04** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 654
- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-06-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-08** Chapter No. 2022-173

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff3ff666-dd85-4579-8b4e-04f514a37751`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).