---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pub.Rec./Persons with Disabilities Registry"
description: "Pub.Rec./Persons with Disabilities Registry; Exempts from public records requirements all records & personal identifying information relating to enrollment of persons in special persons registry & persons enrolled in special persons registry held by local law enforcement agency; authorizes local law enforcement agencies to disclose confidential & exempt information to certain persons under certain circumstances; provides for exempt status of such information held by those individuals & entities to be maintained."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1277"
citation: "Florida HB 1277 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-313"
primary_sponsors: ["Plasencia"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-28"
last_action: "2023-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cbdca27-c823-4574-8a81-3f7c6bf1b4dd"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1277/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0ac52c9522037de58714ddfc301e84b6588d92e4f0d3a05d73e3434c171e28a3"
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 1277 (2023) — Pub.Rec./Persons with Disabilities Registry

Pub.Rec./Persons with Disabilities Registry; Exempts from public records requirements all records & personal identifying information relating to enrollment of persons in special persons registry & persons enrolled in special persons registry held by local law enforcement agency; authorizes local law enforcement agencies to disclose confidential & exempt information to certain persons under certain circumstances; provides for exempt status of such information held by those individuals & entities to be maintained.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-313.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1277 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1277/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1277 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1277/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1277 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1277/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
- Plasencia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-17** Added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-21** Favorable by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2023-03-21** Now in Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee
- **2023-03-27** Added to Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable by Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Reported out of Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee
- **2023-03-29** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-04-06** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2023-04-10** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-04-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-12** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** In Messages
- **2023-04-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/SB 786
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-05** Chapter No. 2023-313; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1275 (Ch. 2023-312)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8cbdca27-c823-4574-8a81-3f7c6bf1b4dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).