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Bill	First Responders and Correctional Officers	First Responders and Correctional Officers; Prohibiting certain persons who participate in peer support communication with a first responder from testifying or divulging specified information under certain circumstances; specifying that an allegation or complaint of misconduct against a law enforcement officer or a correctional officer may originate from any source; authorizing law enforcement and correctional agencies to request a separate agency to conduct an investigation of a complaint under certain circumstances, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2020	HB 573	Florida HB 573 (2020)	bill		enacted	2020-104	Casello McClain	6	41	6	2019-11-07	2020-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/62d51b94-2163-40df-9c4a-dc8f669d63bb	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/573/ByCategory	9d1417baeab4eee561c0591a6db0ab3604bb140ec1261a415ec370a1ddf39069	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 573 (2020) — First Responders and Correctional Officers

First Responders and Correctional Officers; Prohibiting certain persons who participate in peer support communication with a first responder from testifying or divulging specified information under certain circumstances; specifying that an allegation or complaint of misconduct against a law enforcement officer or a correctional officer may originate from any source; authorizing law enforcement and correctional agencies to request a separate agency to conduct an investigation of a complaint under certain circumstances, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-104.

Version chain

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

1. H 573 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 573 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 573 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. H 573 e1 (engrossed) — source
5. H 573 e2 (engrossed) — source
6. H 573 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage, Third Reading — 118–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Casello — primary (person)
• McClain — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-11-07 Filed filing
• 2019-11-15 Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee; Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Introduced introduction
• 2020-01-27 On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 01/29/20, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
• 2020-01-29 CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
• 2020-01-30 Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2020-01-31 CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
• 2020-02-02 Now in Health and Human Services Committee
• 2020-02-10 On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Morris Hall
• 2020-02-12 Favorable by Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-12 Now in Judiciary Committee
• 2020-02-14 On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/18/20, 3:00 pm, Sumner Hall
• 2020-02-18 CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
• 2020-02-19 Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2020-02-19 CS/CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time
• 2020-02-20 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-03-03 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
• 2020-03-06 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-03-06 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2020-03-09 Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
• 2020-03-10 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-03-10 Amendment(s) adopted (877421)
• 2020-03-10 CS passed as amended; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 passage
• 2020-03-10 In Messages
• 2020-03-10 Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules referral-committee
• 2020-03-10 Received
• 2020-03-11 Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules withdrawal
• 2020-03-11 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2020-03-11 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 160
• 2020-03-11 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-03-11 Amendment(s) adopted (910716)
• 2020-03-11 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2020-03-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-03-12 CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 732, 733 passage
• 2020-03-12 In returning messages
• 2020-03-12 Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (910716)
• 2020-03-12 CS passed as amended; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 passage
• 2020-03-12 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
• 2020-06-17 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2020-06-27 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-29 Chapter No. 2020-104

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/62d51b94-2163-40df-9c4a-dc8f669d63bb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).