--- type: "Bill" title: "Florida State Guard" description: "Florida State Guard; Requires each applicant for Florida State Guard to submit fingerprints to Division of State Guard or to certain vendor, entity, or agency; requires fingerprints to be forwarded to FDLE for state processing & to FBI for national criminal history record check; requires DMA, & authorizes division, to review certain results & make specified determination; requires division to bear fees for state & federal fingerprint processing & retention; specifies state cost for fingerprint processing; requires retention of fingerprints by FDLE & enrollment of fingerprints in FBI's national retained print arrest notification program; requires identified arrest record to be reported to division." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2024" identifier: "HB 1551" citation: "Florida HB 1551 (2024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["military affairs and related matters"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2024-36" primary_sponsors: ["Giallombardo"] version_count: 3 action_count: 43 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2024-01-08" last_action: "2024-03-22" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a29fa36c-c9ef-499f-9589-36eddd3d050e" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1551/ByCategory" source_hash: "afc835620d17e5beccc97362b12aad49ebdc8416174c282848f9fc7758530427" 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 1551 (2024) — Florida State Guard Florida State Guard; Requires each applicant for Florida State Guard to submit fingerprints to Division of State Guard or to certain vendor, entity, or agency; requires fingerprints to be forwarded to FDLE for state processing & to FBI for national criminal history record check; requires DMA, & authorizes division, to review certain results & make specified determination; requires division to bear fees for state & federal fingerprint processing & retention; specifies state cost for fingerprint processing; requires retention of fingerprints by FDLE & enrollment of fingerprints in FBI's national retained print arrest notification program; requires identified arrest record to be reported to division. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-36. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 1551 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1551/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 1551 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1551/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 1551 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1551/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **106–7** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Giallombardo — primary (person) - Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization) - Fabricio — cosponsor (person) - Leek — cosponsor (person) - López, J. — 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 Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2024-01-13** Referred to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2024-01-13** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee` - **2024-01-13** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee - **2024-01-23** Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda - **2024-01-25** Favorable by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-01-25** Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee - **2024-01-25** Now in Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee - **2024-02-01** Added to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee agenda - **2024-02-05** Favorable with CS by Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-02-06** Reported out of Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee - **2024-02-06** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2024-02-06** CS Filed `filing` - **2024-02-07** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee` - **2024-02-07** Now in State Affairs Committee - **2024-02-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1` - **2024-02-12** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda - **2024-02-14** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-02-14** Reported out of State Affairs Committee - **2024-02-14** Bill released to House Calendar - **2024-02-14** 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 106, NAYS 7 `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 SB 7058 - **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2024-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2024-03-05** In Messages - **2024-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled` - **2024-03-19** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2024-03-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2024-03-22** Chapter No. 2024-36 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a29fa36c-c9ef-499f-9589-36eddd3d050e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).