---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Education of Background Screening Requirements"
description: "Public Education of Background Screening Requirements; Requires AHCA, in conjunction with specified agencies, to develop & maintain care provider background screening education & awareness webpage; provides requirements for resources provided on webpage; requires that specified agencies provide link to webpage on their respective websites & promote inclusion of link in certain media; requires that webpage be active by specified date & reviewed & updated annually."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 531"
citation: "Florida HB 531 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["labor"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-118"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunschofsky", "Trabulsy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2025-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a1c7979-6af0-4ab7-8228-8e5fbb71d5e9"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/531/ByCategory"
source_hash: "350fccffabee2f8f7e4c14f7babd2e84bd18db7e4709c5199d9a98042269c240"
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 531 (2025) — Public Education of Background Screening Requirements

Public Education of Background Screening Requirements; Requires AHCA, in conjunction with specified agencies, to develop & maintain care provider background screening education & awareness webpage; provides requirements for resources provided on webpage; requires that specified agencies provide link to webpage on their respective websites & promote inclusion of link in certain media; requires that webpage be active by specified date & reviewed & updated annually.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-118.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 531 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/531/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 531 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/531/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 531 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/531/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 531 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/531/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Health Care Budget Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Human Services Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Hunschofsky — primary (person)
- Trabulsy — primary (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Human Services Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Now in Human Services Subcommittee
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-07** Added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-11** Favorable with CS by Human Services Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee
- **2025-03-11** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-03-11** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-03-12** Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Now in Health Care Budget Subcommittee
- **2025-03-28** Added to Health Care Budget Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-04-07** PCS added to Health Care Budget Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-04-09** Favorable with CS by Health Care Budget Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Reported out of Health Care Budget Subcommittee
- **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 Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2025-04-21** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2025-04-22** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-22** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2025-04-22** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2025-04-22** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-22** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2025)
- **2025-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **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; YEAS 107, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-25** In Messages
- **2025-04-25** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-25** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-28** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-28** Substituted for CS/SB 614
- **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-28** In Messages
- **2025-04-28** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-02** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-04** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-05** Chapter No. 2025-118

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a1c7979-6af0-4ab7-8228-8e5fbb71d5e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).