---
type: "Bill"
title: "Background Screenings"
description: "Background Screenings; Providing that, effective on a specified date, an independent sanctioning authority is deemed to be a qualified entity for the purpose of participating in the Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse; requiring qualified entities to designate a user administrator for a specified purpose; prohibiting certain persons from denying or failing to acknowledge certain criminal history records that have been expunged or sealed, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1069"
citation: "Florida HB 1069 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and solicitations", "criminal procedure and corrections", "judicial branch", "k", "labor", "social welfare"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-114"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunschofsky", "Trabulsy"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20f94621-263a-4310-b07b-322b55472591"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1069/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a4b46568e411271ae77c2100e3da091134985e4597bec201b7437ef1abe94c9b"
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 1069 (2026) — Background Screenings

Background Screenings; Providing that, effective on a specified date, an independent sanctioning authority is deemed to be a qualified entity for the purpose of participating in the Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse; requiring qualified entities to designate a user administrator for a specified purpose; prohibiting certain persons from denying or failing to acknowledge certain criminal history records that have been expunged or sealed, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-114.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1069 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1069/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1069 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1069/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1069 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1069/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1069 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1069/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 1069 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1069/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
- Hunschofsky — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Trabulsy — primary (person)
- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Budget Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-30** PCS added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2026-02-03** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2026-02-04** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-04** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-06** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2026-02-24** PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2026-02-26** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2026-02-26** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-26** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2026)
- **2026-02-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Amendment 885139 adopted
- **2026-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 104, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** In Messages
- **2026-03-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-09** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-09** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1168
- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** In Messages
- **2026-03-09** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Chapter No. 2026-114

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20f94621-263a-4310-b07b-322b55472591`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).