---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surrendered Infants"
description: "Surrendered Infants; Authorizes parent to surrender infant with medical staff or licensed healthcare professional at hospital after delivery; authorizes parent to surrender infant by dialing 911 to request that EMS provider meet surrendering parent at specified location; requires surrendering parent to stay with infant until EMS provider arrives to take custody of infant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 775"
citation: "Florida HB 775 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-213"
primary_sponsors: ["Beltran", "Canady"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-07"
last_action: "2024-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7751d4a2-21ef-44ce-9d72-2b710668d935"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/775/ByCategory"
source_hash: "13aa52ef56c84fc40e3405e14d949990870c49b784a9b052dbdabf8f81fdd6ba"
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 775 (2024) — Surrendered Infants

Surrendered Infants; Authorizes parent to surrender infant with medical staff or licensed healthcare professional at hospital after delivery; authorizes parent to surrender infant by dialing 911 to request that EMS provider meet surrendering parent at specified location; requires surrendering parent to stay with infant until EMS provider arrives to take custody of infant.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-213.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 775 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/775/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 775 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/775/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 775 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/775/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beltran — primary (person)
- Canady — primary (person)
- Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
- Abbott — cosponsor (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Chamberlin — cosponsor (person)
- Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Hart — cosponsor (person)
- Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-12-27** Referred to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-27** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-27** Now in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** Added to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** Favorable by Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-11** Reported out of Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
- **2024-01-11** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2024-01-19** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2024-01-23** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-23** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2024-01-23** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-23** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-24** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-01-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-12** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2024)
- **2024-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** In Messages
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-02-21** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-21** Substituted for SB 790
- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** CS passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 0 `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`
- **2024-05-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-30** Chapter No. 2024-213

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7751d4a2-21ef-44ce-9d72-2b710668d935`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).