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type: "Bill"
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title: "Offenses Involving Children"
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description: "Offenses Involving Children; Increases maximum age of child victim of specified acts whose out of court statements may be admissible in certain circumstances; provides that first offense of specified sex trafficking offenses involving minors requires designation of defendant as sexual predator."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 305"
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citation: "Florida HB 305 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["evidence", "executive branch"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2024-71"
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primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-10-31"
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last_action: "2024-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5efa9842-57f4-4870-9521-0aa30fba4ba4"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/305/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "0b27213c529acc199ecda44f106c1b6889c671af628a73f43874e6916ae5fff9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 305 (2024) — Offenses Involving Children
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Offenses Involving Children; Increases maximum age of child victim of specified acts whose out of court statements may be admissible in certain circumstances; provides that first offense of specified sex trafficking offenses involving minors requires designation of defendant as sexual predator.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-71.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 305 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/305/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 305 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/305/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 305 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/305/BillText/e1/PDF)
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4. **H 305 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/305/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Baker — primary (person)
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- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
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- Bell — cosponsor (person)
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- Chamberlin — cosponsor (person)
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- Jacques — cosponsor (person)
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- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
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- McClain — cosponsor (person)
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- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
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- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-10-31** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-11-13** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-11-13** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-11-13** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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- **2023-12-05** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-12-12** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-12-13** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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- **2023-12-13** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2023-12-13** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2023-12-18** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-12-18** Now in Judiciary Committee
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- **2023-12-22** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
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- **2024-01-08** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-08** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
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- **2024-01-08** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-09** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2024-01-11** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (1/17/2024)
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- **2024-01-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-17** Amendment 711849 adopted
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- **2024-01-17** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2024-01-17** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2024-01-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-01-18** CS passed as amended; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2024-01-18** In Messages
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- **2024-01-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-24** Received `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-21** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2024-02-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2024-02-21** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 312
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- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-21** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2024-02-21** Immediately certified
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- **2024-02-21** In Messages
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- **2024-02-21** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-04-08** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-10** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-11** Chapter No. 2024-71
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5efa9842-57f4-4870-9521-0aa30fba4ba4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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