---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Exploitation Offenses"
description: "Child Exploitation Offenses; Creating the offense of harmful communication to a minor; ranking the offense on the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code; etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1545"
citation: "Florida HB 1545 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["crimes", "criminal procedure and corrections"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-74"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker", "Yarkosky"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab72d8d1-4944-416e-99e1-6f604d4c6263"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1545/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8841cbe4e7e19215a089eca1b7741ff8bb2ea1474dcbc4b67184f18f5bc90375"
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 1545 (2024) — Child Exploitation Offenses

Child Exploitation Offenses; Creating the offense of harmful communication to a minor; ranking the offense on the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code; etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-74.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1545 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1545/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1545 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1545/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1545 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1545/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 1545 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1545/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **100–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Yarkosky — primary (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Chamberlin — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzalez Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Truenow — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Yeager — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** 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** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-02-01** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-02-05** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-02-05** 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
- **2024-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/29/2024)
- **2024-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-01** In Messages
- **2024-03-01** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** 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 1656
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Amendment(s) adopted (285882)
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** In Messages
- **2024-03-07** Added to Senate Message List
- **2024-03-07** Amendment 285882 Concur
- **2024-03-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 100, NAYS 11 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Ordered engrossed, then 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. 2024-74

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab72d8d1-4944-416e-99e1-6f604d4c6263`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).