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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1237: Human Trafficking Awareness

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1237 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 26, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Human Trafficking Awareness. Primary sponsor: Toby Overdorf (Republican), Erika Booth (Republican), Education & Employment Committee. It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 22, 2025): Chapter No. 2025-65.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Human Trafficking Awareness; Requiring the Department of Education to identify a curriculum regarding human trafficking awareness; specifying required components of the curriculum; authorizing in-person or online training; requiring public schools to require that certain personnel have received certain training, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Toby OverdorfPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Erika BoothPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse35
Education & Employment CommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Yvette BenarrochCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse81
Daryl CampbellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse99
Linda ChaneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Lindsay CrossCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse60
Tae EdmondsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse88
Anna EskamaniCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Johanna LópezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Michael OwenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse70
Alex RizoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse112
Allison TantCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9
Dana TrabulsyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Marie WoodsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse105

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chapter No. 2025-65
  2. Approved by Governor
  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
  4. Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
  5. CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0
  6. Amendment 525618 Concur
  7. Senate Message List
  8. In Messages
  9. CS passed as amended; YEAS 35 NAYS 0
  10. Read 3rd time
  11. Amendment(s) adopted (525618)
  12. Read 2nd time

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source