republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2022/hb-31.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firefighter Inquiries and Investigations"
description: "Firefighter Inquiries and Investigations; Provides firefighters have certain rights during informal inquiry; provides firefighter may not be subjected to certain disciplinary action during informal inquiry or interrogation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 31"
citation: "Florida HB 31 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public officers", "employees", "and records"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-110"
primary_sponsors: ["Busatta Cabrera", "Casello"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-08-10"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2fefdbf-0853-4bbc-9ba7-cc32178a6e89"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/31/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8e4124f4ac531b436a847ef8068e41b01187720b2f77853dde173bdbbab7f248"
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 31 (2022) — Firefighter Inquiries and Investigations

Firefighter Inquiries and Investigations; Provides firefighters have certain rights during informal inquiry; provides firefighter may not be subjected to certain disciplinary action during informal inquiry or interrogation.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-110.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 31 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/31/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 31 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/31/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Operations Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Busatta Cabrera — primary (person)
- Casello — primary (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
- Caruso — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Diamond — cosponsor (person)
- Duran — cosponsor (person)
- Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Gottlieb — cosponsor (person)
- Harding — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hinson — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Jenne — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- LaMarca — cosponsor (person)
- Learned — cosponsor (person)
- McCurdy — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Rayner — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson, F. — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Sirois — cosponsor (person)
- Tant — cosponsor (person)
- Willhite — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-09-17** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-17** Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-17** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-17** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2021-10-13** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-10-20** Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-20** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2021-10-20** Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2021-11-23** Added to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-12-01** Favorable by Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-12-01** Reported out of Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2021-12-01** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2022-01-11** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-13** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-13** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2022-01-13** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2022-01-13** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-03** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/9/2022)
- **2022-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-02-09** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10** Passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-10** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-10** In Messages
- **2022-02-11** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Received
- **2022-02-17** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2022-02-17** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-02-17** Substituted for SB 264
- **2022-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-17** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-17** In Messages
- **2022-02-17** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-12** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-12** Chapter No. 2022-110

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2fefdbf-0853-4bbc-9ba7-cc32178a6e89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).