---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Justice"
description: "Juvenile Justice; Revises penalties for minors committing firearms violations; redesignates civil citation programs as delinquency citation programs; requires child on probation for felony firearm offense who is taken into custody be placed in secure detention; requires specified sanctions for certain children adjudicated for firearms offenses; requires DJJ to create graduated response matrix to hold youths accountable for probation & conditional release terms; authorizes exception to revocation or suspension of driving privileges in certain circumstances; requires DJJ to establish specified class for firearms offenders; revises provisions concerning introduction of contraband into DJJ facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1181"
citation: "Florida HB 1181 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-130"
primary_sponsors: ["Jacques"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0833d8db-8d8c-49fb-bb7c-b3ef3ab20970"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1181/ByCategory"
source_hash: "08a26403aa0331d99bc54930c1a5d90bdc5b1d0fcaa40a604aef2cc920e16b86"
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 1181 (2024) — Juvenile Justice

Juvenile Justice; Revises penalties for minors committing firearms violations; redesignates civil citation programs as delinquency citation programs; requires child on probation for felony firearm offense who is taken into custody be placed in secure detention; requires specified sanctions for certain children adjudicated for firearms offenses; requires DJJ to create graduated response matrix to hold youths accountable for probation & conditional release terms; authorizes exception to revocation or suspension of driving privileges in certain circumstances; requires DJJ to establish specified class for firearms offenders; revises provisions concerning introduction of contraband into DJJ facilities.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-130.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1181 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1181/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1181 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1181/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1181 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1181/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1181 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1181/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 1181 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1181/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage — **84–25** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **83–29** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Jacques — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Botana — cosponsor (person)
- Chamberlin — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Yarkosky — cosponsor (person)
- Yeager — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-19** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-19** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-19** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-19** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-22** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-01-22** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-25** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-29** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-29** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-01-29** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2024-02-05** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2024-02-07** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2024-02-08** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-08** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-08** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-02-09** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/21/2024)
- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** CS passed; YEAS 83, NAYS 29 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** In Messages
- **2024-02-23** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-05** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-05** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1274
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Amendment(s) pending (374600)
- **2024-03-05** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- **2024-03-05** Retained on Special Order Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Retained on Special Order Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Amendment(s) adopted (498472)
- **2024-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** In Messages
- **2024-03-07** Added to Senate Message List
- **2024-03-07** Amendment 498472 Concur
- **2024-03-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 84, NAYS 25 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-29** Chapter No. 2024-130

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0833d8db-8d8c-49fb-bb7c-b3ef3ab20970`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).