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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1503: Harm to Minors

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1503 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Harm to Minors. Primary sponsor: Michelle Salzman (Republican). Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 777 (Ch. 2025-132).

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.

Harm to Minors ; Requires manufacturers of tablets or smartphones to manufacture devices with filters enabled upon activation of device in this state; provides civil & criminal liability; authorizes Attorney General, parents, & guardians to bring certain actions; provides for damages & criminal penalties; increases criminal penalties for certain acts involving minors; revises definition of term "sexual offender".

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Michelle SalzmanPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse1

“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. Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 777 (Ch. 2025-132)
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
  4. Referred to Commerce Committee
  5. Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  6. Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
  7. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  8. Filed

Sources

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