---
type: "Bill"
title: "Interception and Disclosure of Oral Communications"
description: "Interception and Disclosure of Oral Communications; Authorizing the interception and recording of an oral communication by the parent or legal guardian of a child under a specified age under certain circumstances; requiring that the recording be provided to a law enforcement agency; prohibiting any further dissemination or sharing of the recording, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1281"
citation: "Florida HB 1281 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-131"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph", "Persons-Mulicka"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1a4c47c-1b9d-4337-909e-d36b97a7951f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1281/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ca2cf7d4d38f2043e9479fb6cc5272937e232c4155f9998520a1ba7be7a9ad09"
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 1281 (2024) — Interception and Disclosure of Oral Communications

Interception and Disclosure of Oral Communications; Authorizing the interception and recording of an oral communication by the parent or legal guardian of a child under a specified age under certain circumstances; requiring that the recording be provided to a law enforcement agency; prohibiting any further dissemination or sharing of the recording, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-131.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1281 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1281/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1281 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1281/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1281 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1281/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 1281 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1281/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Joseph — primary (person)
- Persons-Mulicka — primary (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** 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 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** 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 by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2024-02-07** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-02-07** 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 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** In Messages
- **2024-02-23** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-04** Substituted for SB 1618
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Amendment(s) adopted (353898)
- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** In Messages
- **2024-03-07** Added to Senate Message List
- **2024-03-07** Amendment 353898 Concur
- **2024-03-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `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. 2024-131

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1a4c47c-1b9d-4337-909e-d36b97a7951f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).