# Florida HB 531: Public Education of Background Screening Requirements Florida HB 531, Public Education of Background Screening Requirements, is a 2025 House bill sponsored by Christine Hunschofsky (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-06-05 (Chapter No. 2025-118) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB531-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Florida HB 531 - State: Florida - Session: 2025 - Title: Public Education of Background Screening Requirements - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-11 - Last action: 2025-06-05, Chapter No. 2025-118 - Sponsor: Christine Hunschofsky (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 3 - Subjects: Appropriation, Human Services Subcommittee, Criminal Justice Subcommittee, Health & Human Services Committee, Health Care Budget Subcommittee, Fiscal Policy - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (143 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Christine Hunschofsky (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Health Care Budget Subcommittee - Cosponsor: Human Services Subcommittee - Cosponsor: Dana Trabulsy (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-28 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 36 | 0 | | | 2025-04-25 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 107 | 0 | | ## Actions (50) - 2025-06-05: Chapter No. 2025-118 - 2025-06-04: Approved by Governor - 2025-06-02: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor - 2025-04-28: Ordered enrolled (House) - 2025-04-28: In Messages (House) - 2025-04-28: CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 590 (Senate) - 2025-04-28: Read 3rd time -SJ 590 (Senate) - 2025-04-28: Read 2nd time -SJ 589 (Senate) - 2025-04-28: Substituted for CS/SB 614 -SJ 590 (Senate) - 2025-04-28: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-04-28: Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy -SJ 589 (Senate) - 2025-04-25: Received (Senate) - 2025-04-25: Referred to Fiscal Policy (Senate) - 2025-04-25: In Messages (Senate) - 2025-04-25: CS passed; YEAS 107, NAYS 0 (House) - 2025-04-25: Read 3rd time (House) - 2025-04-25: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House) - 2025-04-25: Placed on 3rd reading (House) - 2025-04-25: Read 2nd time (House) - 2025-04-22: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2025) (House) - 2025-04-22: Added to Second Reading Calendar (House) - 2025-04-22: Bill released to House Calendar (House) - 2025-04-22: Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee (House) - 2025-04-22: Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee (House) - 2025-04-21: Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda (House) - 2025-04-10: Now in Health & Human Services Committee (House) - 2025-04-10: Referred to Health & Human Services Committee (House) - 2025-04-09: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) (House) - 2025-04-09: CS Filed (House) - 2025-04-09: Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) (House) - 2025-04-09: Reported out of Health Care Budget Subcommittee (House) - 2025-04-09: Favorable with CS by Health Care Budget Subcommittee (House) - 2025-04-07: PCS added to Health Care Budget Subcommittee agenda (House) - 2025-03-28: Added to Health Care Budget Subcommittee agenda (House) - 2025-03-12: Now in Health Care Budget Subcommittee (House) - 2025-03-12: Referred to Health & Human Services Committee (House) - 2025-03-12: Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House) - 2025-03-12: Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee (House) - 2025-03-12: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) (House) - 2025-03-11: CS Filed (House) - 2025-03-11: Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) (House) - 2025-03-11: Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee (House) - 2025-03-11: Favorable with CS by Human Services Subcommittee (House) - 2025-03-07: Added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda (House) - 2025-03-04: 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) (House) - 2025-02-19: Now in Human Services Subcommittee (House) - 2025-02-19: Referred to Health & Human Services Committee (House) - 2025-02-19: Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House) - 2025-02-19: Referred to Human Services Subcommittee (House) - 2025-02-11: Filed (House) ## Bill text - er, 2025-07-01: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/531/BillText/er/PDF) - c2, 2025-04-09: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/531/BillText/c2/PDF) - c1, 2025-03-11: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/531/BillText/c1/PDF) - Filed, 2025-02-11: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/531/BillText/Filed/PDF) ## Related bills - HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs (vetoed) - HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program (vetoed) - HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death (vetoed) - HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees (vetoed) - HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates (vetoed) - HB 5015: State Group Insurance (vetoed) ## Sources - [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/531/BillText/er/PDF) - [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/531/BillText/c2/PDF) - [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/531/BillText/c1/PDF) - [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/531/BillText/Filed/PDF) ## Related - [HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1427-2025) - [HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1095-2025) - [HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6017-2025) - [HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1445-2025) - [HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB11-2025) - [HB 5015: State Group Insurance](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB5015-2025) - [Florida bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/florida/bills) - [Florida state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/florida) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB531-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).