---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual Predators and Sexual Offenders"
description: "Sexual Predators and Sexual Offenders; Revises reporting requirements; specifies criteria applicable for removal of status for certain persons; revises registration requirements; revises provisions relating to verification; revises penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1235"
citation: "Florida HB 1235 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-73"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d11713a-066b-4afb-aa25-11465a36426d"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1235/ByCategory"
source_hash: "bcc157ee3100b3a5b3516d1e76c4d7cad9e5f8a2a01f29ae8597559637abbc81"
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 1235 (2024) — Sexual Predators and Sexual Offenders

Sexual Predators and Sexual Offenders; Revises reporting requirements; specifies criteria applicable for removal of status for certain persons; revises registration requirements; revises provisions relating to verification; revises penalties.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-73.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1235 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1235/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1235 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1235/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1235 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1235/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1235 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1235/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-23** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-25** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-25** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-26** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-26** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-29** Original reference removed: Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2024-02-22** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/27/2024)
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** In Messages
- **2024-02-28** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-01** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-01** Substituted for CS/SB 1230
- **2024-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** CS passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-01** In Messages
- **2024-03-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-08** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-10** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-11** Chapter No. 2024-73

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d11713a-066b-4afb-aa25-11465a36426d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).