republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/hb-581.md

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Florida HB 581 (2018) — Subpoenas in Investigations of Sexual Offenses

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-93.

Version chain

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

1. H 581 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 581 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 581 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Latvala — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-11-08 Filed filing
• 2017-11-15 Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-22 On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/24/18, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
• 2018-01-24 CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
• 2018-01-26 Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2018-01-26 CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
• 2018-01-29 Original reference(s) removed: Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
• 2018-01-29 CS referred to Judiciary Committee
• 2018-01-29 Now in Judiciary Committee
• 2018-02-13 On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/15/18, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
• 2018-02-15 Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-22 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
• 2018-02-28 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-28 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-01 Read 3rd time -HJ 755, 756 reading-3
• 2018-03-01 CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 passage
• 2018-03-01 In Messages
• 2018-03-01 Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules referral-committee
• 2018-03-02 Received
• 2018-03-08 Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules withdrawal
• 2018-03-08 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-03-08 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 618
• 2018-03-08 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-08 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-09 CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 passage
• 2018-03-09 Ordered enrolled
• 2018-03-21 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2018-03-23 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-03-27 Chapter No. 2018-93

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77697ed4-25bd-4623-a915-5e5d5b927485. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).