---
type: "Bill"
title: "Peer Support for First Responders"
description: "Peer Support for First Responders; Revises definition of \"first responder\" to include correctional officers & correctional probation officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1415"
citation: "Florida HB 1415 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-35"
primary_sponsors: ["Chamberlin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-06"
last_action: "2024-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6ed2c1b-33ad-4803-bcfb-1bf3a37e3aeb"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1415/ByCategory"
source_hash: "85c891052935762dbc200d33603be7544a1642eeff330dfe6dac935fa4f114e3"
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 1415 (2024) — Peer Support for First Responders

Peer Support for First Responders; Revises definition of "first responder" to include correctional officers & correctional probation officers.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-35.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1415 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1415/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1415 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1415/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1415 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1415/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chamberlin — primary (person)
- Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Arrington — cosponsor (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-06** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-30** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-02-01** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-02-01** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-01** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-02** Original reference removed: Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2024-02-02** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2024-02-12** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2024-02-14** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2024-02-14** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-02-14** 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 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** In Messages
- **2024-02-28** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-01** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-01** Substituted for SB 1712
- **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`
- **2024-03-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-22** Chapter No. 2024-35

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6ed2c1b-33ad-4803-bcfb-1bf3a37e3aeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).