republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2024/hb-117.md

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Bill	Disclosure of Grand Jury Testimony	Disclosure of Grand Jury Testimony; Revises list of persons prohibited from disclosing testimony of witness examined before grand jury or evidence it receives; creates exception for request by media or interested person.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2024	HB 117	Florida HB 117 (2024)	bill	criminal procedure and corrections	enacted	2024-7	Gossett-Seidman	3	44	2	2023-10-09	2024-02-29	openstates	ocd-bill/a7aa482b-a1dc-4a19-9dd7-e3dcc6e509e1	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/117/ByCategory	8ccb2338f6d932f212472ea6b086eb52593585e40f42edee21919ae59213eaef	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 117 (2024) — Disclosure of Grand Jury Testimony

Disclosure of Grand Jury Testimony; Revises list of persons prohibited from disclosing testimony of witness examined before grand jury or evidence it receives; creates exception for request by media or interested person.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-7.

Version chain

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

1. H 117 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 117 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 117 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 119–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
• Gossett-Seidman — primary (person)
• Basabe — cosponsor (person)
• Canady — cosponsor (person)
• Cassel — cosponsor (person)
• Chaney — cosponsor (person)
• Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
• Mooney — cosponsor (person)
• Roth — cosponsor (person)
• Stark — cosponsor (person)
• Tramont — cosponsor (person)
• Waldron — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-10-09 Filed filing
• 2023-10-17 Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-10-17 Referred to Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-10-17 Referred to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2023-10-17 Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• 2024-01-09 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
• 2024-01-17 Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
• 2024-01-19 Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-19 Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• 2024-01-19 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2024-01-19 CS Filed filing
• 2024-01-22 Referred to Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Referred to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Now in Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee
• 2024-01-22 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) reading-1
• 2024-01-25 Added to Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee agenda
• 2024-01-29 Favorable by Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-29 Reported out of Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee
• 2024-01-29 Now in Judiciary Committee
• 2024-02-05 Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
• 2024-02-07 Favorable by Judiciary Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-07 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
• 2024-02-07 Bill released to House Calendar
• 2024-02-07 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2024-02-12 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2024)
• 2024-02-15 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-15 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-15 CS passed; YEAS 119, NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-02-15 In Messages
• 2024-02-16 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Received enrolled
• 2024-02-21 Withdrawn from Rules withdrawal
• 2024-02-21 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2024-02-21 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 234
• 2024-02-21 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-21 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-21 CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-02-21 Immediately certified
• 2024-02-21 In Messages
• 2024-02-21 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-28 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-02-29 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-02-29 Chapter No. 2024-7

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7aa482b-a1dc-4a19-9dd7-e3dcc6e509e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).