---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certified Peer Specialist Gateway Pilot Program"
description: "Certified Peer Specialist Gateway Pilot Program; Creates pilot program within DOC; provides purpose of & requirements for pilot program; requires DOC to develop criteria for selecting qualified applicants; exempts persons who complete pilot program's requirements from specified background screening requirements for peer specialists; authorizes pilot program to offer funding to potential employers to cover specified costs; requires persons who have completed pilot program's requirements to provide prospective employers with incarceration records; requires such persons to receive signed informed consent form from any potential clients."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1045"
citation: "Florida HB 1045 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public health"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-286"
primary_sponsors: ["Hart", "Jacques"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-22"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f6236e0-b177-4f8c-8606-7c60ada2485f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1045/ByCategory"
source_hash: "467dfc4add6d4ee3521ec33983321bc46bb5f7e6a38b27de5cc9ffb667e92726"
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 1045 (2023) — Certified Peer Specialist Gateway Pilot Program

Certified Peer Specialist Gateway Pilot Program; Creates pilot program within DOC; provides purpose of & requirements for pilot program; requires DOC to develop criteria for selecting qualified applicants; exempts persons who complete pilot program's requirements from specified background screening requirements for peer specialists; authorizes pilot program to offer funding to potential employers to cover specified costs; requires persons who have completed pilot program's requirements to provide prospective employers with incarceration records; requires such persons to receive signed informed consent form from any potential clients.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-286.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1045 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1045/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1045 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1045/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1045 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1045/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1045 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1045/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 1045 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1045/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Hart — primary (person)
- Jacques — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Dunkley — cosponsor (person)
- Gottlieb — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-30** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-30** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-04-06** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-04-11** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-17** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2023-04-19** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-19** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-19** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2023)
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 101, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-27** In Messages
- **2023-04-27** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1012
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Amendment(s) adopted (860026)
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-04** Added to Senate Message List
- **2023-05-04** Amendment 860026 Concur
- **2023-05-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-26** Chapter No. 2023-286

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f6236e0-b177-4f8c-8606-7c60ada2485f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).