---
type: "Bill"
title: "Safe Exchange of Minor Children"
description: "Safe Exchange of Minor Children; Provides requirements for parenting plan relating to exchange of child; requires court to order parties to parenting plan to exchange child at neutral safe exchange location or supervised visitation program; requires sheriffs to designate areas as neutral safe exchange locations; provides immunity from liability; revises forms for injunctions for protection against domestic violence; requires court-ordered injunctions for protection against domestic violence to designate locations for exchange of child of parties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 385"
citation: "Florida HB 385 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)", "domestic relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-226"
primary_sponsors: ["Cassel", "Rudman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-11-09"
last_action: "2024-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c03d35c3-7434-4dd0-8369-39cd5fa6dcf1"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/385/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e81fe0be830f968bcfe6e37f26b93085a6d6a26ee72fa51c2ce377aa41c22533"
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 385 (2024) — Safe Exchange of Minor Children

Safe Exchange of Minor Children; Provides requirements for parenting plan relating to exchange of child; requires court to order parties to parenting plan to exchange child at neutral safe exchange location or supervised visitation program; requires sheriffs to designate areas as neutral safe exchange locations; provides immunity from liability; revises forms for injunctions for protection against domestic violence; requires court-ordered injunctions for protection against domestic violence to designate locations for exchange of child of parties.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-226.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 385 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/385/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 385 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/385/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 385 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/385/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 385 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/385/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 385 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/385/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cassel — primary (person)
- Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Rudman — primary (person)
- Abbott — cosponsor (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Berfield — cosponsor (person)
- Canady — cosponsor (person)
- Chamberlin — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Griffitts — cosponsor (person)
- Hart — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Maney — cosponsor (person)
- Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Redondo — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Yarkosky — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-22** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-22** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-22** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-11-29** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-12-06** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-12-06** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-12-06** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-12-06** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-12-11** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-11** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-12-22** PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2024-01-08** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-08** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2024-01-08** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-08** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-01-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-01-11** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (1/17/2024)
- **2024-01-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-17** Amendment 016161 adopted
- **2024-01-17** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-17** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-01-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-18** CS passed as amended; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-01-18** In Messages
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-02-21** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-21** Substituted for CS/SB 580
- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Immediately certified
- **2024-02-21** In Messages
- **2024-02-21** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-05** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-06** Chapter No. 2024-226

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c03d35c3-7434-4dd0-8369-39cd5fa6dcf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).