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type: "Bill"
title: "Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy Grant Program"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 678"
citation: "Florida SB 678 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["criminal procedure and corrections"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-113"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradley", "Criminal Justice"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-12-04"
last_action: "2024-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c985fea5-fb25-4dc3-9cf1-f596438816a5"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/678/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ea2b08733107f3371821cb89cf5e12cac68170ee6ca2586108ec4c71f169bb0e"
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 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](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/678/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 678 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/678/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 678 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/678/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 678 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/678/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **170** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **70** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **90** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c985fea5-fb25-4dc3-9cf1-f596438816a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).