republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2025/hb-1371.md

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Bill	Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel	Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel; Authorizes first responder amputees to continue to serve as first responders; creates Florida Medal of Valor & Florida Blue/Red Heart Medal; prohibits use of motor vehicle kill switches; requires mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for attempted murder in first degree committed against specified justice system personnel; prohibits depriving specified officers of digital recording devices or restraint devices, rendering them useless, or otherwise preventing officer from defending himself or herself or summoning assistance; revises requirements for reporting of missing persons information; creates Critical Infrastructure Mapping Grant Program within FDLE; specifies requirements for testing inmates for infectious diseases.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2025	HB 1371	Florida HB 1371 (2025)	bill	crimes	enacted	2025-176	Alvarez, D. Nix	6	58	2	2025-02-27	2025-06-24	openstates	ocd-bill/f2b1fc74-6003-456a-bdde-61574b3e0890	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1371/ByCategory	1a837ac1c37dd4785b25cccaea6d97c2f88e82cc8975c13634a2fb473396f032	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 1371 (2025) — Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel

Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel; Authorizes first responder amputees to continue to serve as first responders; creates Florida Medal of Valor & Florida Blue/Red Heart Medal; prohibits use of motor vehicle kill switches; requires mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for attempted murder in first degree committed against specified justice system personnel; prohibits depriving specified officers of digital recording devices or restraint devices, rendering them useless, or otherwise preventing officer from defending himself or herself or summoning assistance; revises requirements for reporting of missing persons information; creates Critical Infrastructure Mapping Grant Program within FDLE; specifies requirements for testing inmates for infectious diseases.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-176.

Version chain

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

1. H 1371 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 1371 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 1371 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. H 1371 c3 (committee substitute) — source
5. H 1371 e1 (engrossed) — source
6. H 1371 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alvarez, D. — primary (person)
• Budget Committee — primary (organization)
• Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
• Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
• Nix — primary (person)
• Abbott — cosponsor (person)
• Alvarez, J. — cosponsor (person)
• Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Booth — cosponsor (person)
• Fabricio — cosponsor (person)
• Owen — cosponsor (person)
• Rizo — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-27 Filed filing
• 2025-03-04 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
• 2025-03-05 Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2025-03-05 Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2025-03-05 Referred to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-05 Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• 2025-03-24 PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
• 2025-03-26 Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-26 Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• 2025-03-26 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2025-03-26 CS Filed filing
• 2025-03-26 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) reading-1
• 2025-03-27 Referred to Budget Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-27 Referred to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-27 Now in Budget Committee
• 2025-04-04 Added to Budget Committee agenda
• 2025-04-08 Favorable with CS by Budget Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-09 Reported out of Budget Committee
• 2025-04-09 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2025-04-09 CS Filed filing
• 2025-04-09 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) reading-1
• 2025-04-10 Referred to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2025-04-10 Now in Judiciary Committee
• 2025-04-15 Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
• 2025-04-17 Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-17 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
• 2025-04-17 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2025-04-17 CS Filed filing
• 2025-04-17 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2025-04-17 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/24/2025)
• 2025-04-17 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) reading-1
• 2025-04-22 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2025)
• 2025-04-24 Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
• 2025-04-24 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2025-04-24 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/24/2025)
• 2025-04-24 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2025-04-24 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2025)
• 2025-04-25 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2025-04-25 Amendment 791963 Failed
• 2025-04-25 Amendment 382679 adopted
• 2025-04-25 Placed on 3rd reading reading-3
• 2025-04-25 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2025-04-25 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2025-04-25 CS passed as amended; YEAS 111, NAYS 0 passage
• 2025-04-25 In Messages
• 2025-04-28 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2025-04-28 Received enrolled
• 2025-04-29 Withdrawn from Rules withdrawal
• 2025-04-29 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2025-04-29 Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1444
• 2025-04-29 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2025-04-29 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2025-04-29 CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 passage
• 2025-04-29 In Messages
• 2025-04-29 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2025-06-18 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-06-23 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-06-24 Chapter No. 2025-176

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f2b1fc74-6003-456a-bdde-61574b3e0890. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).