---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel"
description: "Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel; Authorizes first responder amputees to continue to serve as first responders; creates Florida Medal of Valor & Florida Blue/Red Heart Medal; prohibits use of motor vehicle kill switches; requires mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for attempted murder in first degree committed against specified justice system personnel; prohibits depriving specified officers of digital recording devices or restraint devices, rendering them useless, or otherwise preventing officer from defending himself or herself or summoning assistance; revises requirements for reporting of missing persons information; creates Critical Infrastructure Mapping Grant Program within FDLE; specifies requirements for testing inmates for infectious diseases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1371"
citation: "Florida HB 1371 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["crimes"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-176"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarez, D.", "Nix"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 58
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-27"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2b1fc74-6003-456a-bdde-61574b3e0890"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1371/ByCategory"
source_hash: "1a837ac1c37dd4785b25cccaea6d97c2f88e82cc8975c13634a2fb473396f032"
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 1371 (2025) — Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel

Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel; Authorizes first responder amputees to continue to serve as first responders; creates Florida Medal of Valor & Florida Blue/Red Heart Medal; prohibits use of motor vehicle kill switches; requires mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for attempted murder in first degree committed against specified justice system personnel; prohibits depriving specified officers of digital recording devices or restraint devices, rendering them useless, or otherwise preventing officer from defending himself or herself or summoning assistance; revises requirements for reporting of missing persons information; creates Critical Infrastructure Mapping Grant Program within FDLE; specifies requirements for testing inmates for infectious diseases.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-176.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1371 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1371/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1371 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1371/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1371 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1371/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1371 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1371/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 1371 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1371/BillText/e1/PDF)
6. **H 1371 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1371/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alvarez, D. — primary (person)
- Budget Committee — primary (organization)
- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Nix — primary (person)
- Abbott — cosponsor (person)
- Alvarez, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Booth — cosponsor (person)
- Fabricio — cosponsor (person)
- Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2025-03-24** PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-26** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2025-03-26** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-03-26** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-03-27** Referred to Budget Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Now in Budget Committee
- **2025-04-04** Added to Budget Committee agenda
- **2025-04-08** Favorable with CS by Budget Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Reported out of Budget Committee
- **2025-04-09** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-04-09** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2025-04-15** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2025-04-17** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2025-04-17** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-04-17** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-17** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/24/2025)
- **2025-04-17** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2025)
- **2025-04-24** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- **2025-04-24** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/24/2025)
- **2025-04-24** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2025)
- **2025-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-25** Amendment 791963 Failed
- **2025-04-25** Amendment 382679 adopted
- **2025-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-25** CS passed as amended; YEAS 111, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-25** In Messages
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-29** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-29** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1444
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-29** In Messages
- **2025-04-29** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-24** Chapter No. 2025-176

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2b1fc74-6003-456a-bdde-61574b3e0890`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).