---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tampering with an Electronic Monitoring Device"
description: "Tampering with an Electronic Monitoring Device; Revises offense of tampering with electronic monitoring device; provides specified penalty for person under 18 who commits offense; requires revocation of pretrial release of person who tampers with such device while on pretrial release; permits court new bond under specified conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 437"
citation: "Florida HB 437 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-78"
primary_sponsors: ["Daley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82bd2a07-f15d-414a-87f3-5cdc5c50db6d"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/437/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2c446ba088467f31d789ba6d0a1250d1e081a6d9c1c5ab04ae5b451adc65e5f6"
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 437 (2025) — Tampering with an Electronic Monitoring Device

Tampering with an Electronic Monitoring Device; Revises offense of tampering with electronic monitoring device; provides specified penalty for person under 18 who commits offense; requires revocation of pretrial release of person who tampers with such device while on pretrial release; permits court new bond under specified conditions.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-78.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 437 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/437/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 437 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/437/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 437 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/437/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 437 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/437/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **110–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Daley — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-12** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-10** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2025-03-13** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-03-13** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2025-03-24** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2025-03-26** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **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 2) `reading-1`
- **2025-03-27** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-03-27** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-03** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/9/2025)
- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-10** In Messages
- **2025-04-10** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-24** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-24** Substituted for SB 1054
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-24** In Messages
- **2025-04-24** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-23** Chapter No. 2025-78

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82bd2a07-f15d-414a-87f3-5cdc5c50db6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).