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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1718: 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

SB 1718 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Harm to Minors. Primary sponsor: Ingoglia. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Criminal Justice, 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; Citing this act as the “Protect Our Children Act”; requiring manufacturers of tablets or smartphones to manufacture, beginning on a specified date, such devices so that a filter meeting certain requirements is enabled upon activation of the device in this state; authorizing the Attorney General to enjoin or bring certain actions, issue subpoenas, conduct hearings, and seek revocation of applicable licenses or certificates; increasing criminal penalties for adults who intentionally lure or entice, or who attempt to lure or entice, children under the age of 12 into a structure, dwelling, or conveyance for other than a lawful purpose, etc.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
IngogliaPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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 Criminal Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 777 (Ch. 2025-132)
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Introduced
  4. Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
  5. Filed

Sources

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