republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2024/sb-678.md

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Bill	Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy Grant Program	Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy Grant Program; Defining the term “investigative genetic genealogy”; requiring that certain methods be in accordance with Department of Law Enforcement rules and compatible with certain databases; specifying the intent for certain funding; creating the Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy Grant Program within the Department of Law Enforcement, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2024	SB 678	Florida SB 678 (2024)	bill	criminal procedure and corrections	enacted	2024-113	Bradley Criminal Justice	4	32	5	2023-12-04	2024-04-29	openstates	ocd-bill/c985fea5-fb25-4dc3-9cf1-f596438816a5	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/678/ByCategory	ea2b08733107f3371821cb89cf5e12cac68170ee6ca2586108ec4c71f169bb0e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida SB 678 (2024) — Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy Grant Program

Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy Grant Program; Defining the term “investigative genetic genealogy”; requiring that certain methods be in accordance with Department of Law Enforcement rules and compatible with certain databases; specifying the intent for certain funding; creating the Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy Grant Program within the Department of Law Enforcement, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-113.

Version chain

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

1. S 678 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 678 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 678 e1 (engrossed) — source
4. S 678 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 17–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bradley — primary (person)
• Criminal Justice — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-04 Filed filing
• 2023-12-13 Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy referral-committee
• 2024-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2024-01-11 On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/16/24, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
• 2024-01-16 CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
• 2024-01-17 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2024-01-17 CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
• 2024-01-18 Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
• 2024-02-08 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/13/24, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
• 2024-02-13 Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-13 Now in Fiscal Policy
• 2024-02-19 On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/22/24, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
• 2024-02-22 Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-23 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2024-02-26 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/24
• 2024-02-28 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-28 Amendment(s) adopted (197284)
• 2024-02-28 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-02-28 In Messages
• 2024-02-28 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2024-03-01 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2024)
• 2024-03-01 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) reading-1
• 2024-03-04 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-03-04 Placed on 3rd reading reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2024-03-05 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-05 CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-03-05 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2024-04-16 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-26 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-29 Chapter No. 2024-113

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c985fea5-fb25-4dc3-9cf1-f596438816a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).