---
type: "Bill"
title: "Purple Alert"
description: "Purple Alert; Requires local law enforcement agencies to develop policies for local activation of Purple Alert for certain missing adults; specifies requirements; specifies duties of FDLE's Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse in event of state Purple Alert; specifies conditions under which local law enforcement agency may request clearinghouse to open case."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 937"
citation: "Florida HB 937 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-82"
primary_sponsors: ["Casello", "Keen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-19"
last_action: "2024-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac762da5-355c-48f6-90d1-40f47554df8f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/937/ByCategory"
source_hash: "03ca6cb0685c811eef347b0af866ddbb18f91c23e0588559e3c6a6f976498c1b"
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 937 (2024) — Purple Alert

Purple Alert; Requires local law enforcement agencies to develop policies for local activation of Purple Alert for certain missing adults; specifies requirements; specifies duties of FDLE's Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse in event of state Purple Alert; specifies conditions under which local law enforcement agency may request clearinghouse to open case.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-82.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 937 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/937/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 937 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/937/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Casello — primary (person)
- Keen — primary (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Skidmore — cosponsor (person)
- Truenow — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-19** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-05** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-19** Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-19** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-19** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-01-22** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-24** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-24** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-01-24** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2024-01-26** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2024-01-30** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2024-01-30** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-01-30** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/21/2024)
- **2024-02-21** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- **2024-02-21** 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** Passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** In Messages
- **2024-02-28** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-01** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-01** Substituted for CS/SB 640
- **2024-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Passed; YEAS 31 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-01** In Messages
- **2024-03-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-02** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-12** Chapter No. 2024-82

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac762da5-355c-48f6-90d1-40f47554df8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).