--- type: "Bill" title: "Exposures of First Responders to Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs" description: "Exposures of First Responders to Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs; Providing criminal penalties for adults who, in the course of unlawfully possessing specified controlled substances, recklessly expose a first responder to such substances and an overdose or serious bodily injury of the first responder results; prohibiting the arrest, charging, prosecution, or penalizing under specified provisions of law of a person acting in good faith who seeks medical assistance for an individual experiencing, or believed to be experiencing, an alcohol-related or a drug-related overdose, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2024" identifier: "SB 718" citation: "Florida SB 718 (2024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2024-68" primary_sponsors: ["Collins", "Criminal Justice", "Fiscal Policy"] version_count: 5 action_count: 35 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2023-12-06" last_action: "2024-04-09" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7732134-837e-4d08-9630-70283dff7cf8" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/718/ByCategory" source_hash: "d2429c471d9358a674dfdb76abba5edf46d33894affe44ce7907e7aa1c7f156b" 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 SB 718 (2024) — Exposures of First Responders to Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs Exposures of First Responders to Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs; Providing criminal penalties for adults who, in the course of unlawfully possessing specified controlled substances, recklessly expose a first responder to such substances and an overdose or serious bodily injury of the first responder results; prohibiting the arrest, charging, prosecution, or penalizing under specified provisions of law of a person acting in good faith who seeks medical assistance for an individual experiencing, or believed to be experiencing, an alcohol-related or a drug-related overdose, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-68. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 718 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/718/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 718 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/718/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 718 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/718/BillText/c2/HTML) 4. **S 718 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/718/BillText/c3/HTML) 5. **S 718 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/718/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **18–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–1** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **30–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **100–12** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice — primary (organization) - Collins — primary (person) - Criminal Justice — primary (person) - Fiscal Policy — primary (person) - Hooper — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-12-06** Filed `filing` - **2023-12-15** Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2024-01-09** Introduced `introduction` - **2024-01-18** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/23/24, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building - **2024-01-23** CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 1 - **2024-01-24** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2024-01-24** CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time - **2024-01-25** Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice - **2024-02-08** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/13/24, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building - **2024-02-13** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 - **2024-02-15** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2024-02-15** Now in Fiscal Policy - **2024-02-20** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time - **2024-02-22** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/27/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building - **2024-02-27** CS/CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 - **2024-02-28** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2024-02-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2024-02-28** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/01/24 - **2024-02-28** CS/CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time - **2024-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2024-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2024-03-01** CS passed; YEAS 30 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2024-03-01** In Messages - **2024-03-04** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2024-03-04** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2024) - **2024-03-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) `reading-1` - **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2024-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2024-03-05** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2024-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 100, NAYS 12 `passage` - **2024-03-06** Ordered enrolled `enrolled` - **2024-04-04** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2024-04-09** Chapter No. 2024-68 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); 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Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).