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type: "Bill"
title: "Disclosure of Grand Jury Testimony"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 117"
citation: "Florida HB 117 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["criminal procedure and corrections"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-7"
primary_sponsors: ["Gossett-Seidman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-09"
last_action: "2024-02-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7aa482b-a1dc-4a19-9dd7-e3dcc6e509e1"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/117/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8ccb2338f6d932f212472ea6b086eb52593585e40f42edee21919ae59213eaef"
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 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](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/117/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 117 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/117/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 117 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/117/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **370** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1190** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7aa482b-a1dc-4a19-9dd7-e3dcc6e509e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).