SB 772 Florida Senate · 2022 Regular Session

Protection of Victims and Witnesses

Summary
Protection of Victims and Witnesses; Revising the standard for orders to protect certain testifying victims and witnesses; prohibiting depositions of certain victims and witnesses in certain proceedings without a showing of good cause; revising factors to be considered by a court in a motion seeking to protect a victim or witness; requiring the court to appoint a guardian ad litem or other advocate for the deponent under certain circumstances; creating the Statewide Data Repository for Anonymous Human Trafficking Data at the University of South Florida, etc.
Bill status died 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Last action Mar 14, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 17, 2022 · House Mar 2, 2022

How they voted

360
Passed
Total votes 36
Feb 17, 2022
D Democratic14
14 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican22
22 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
36
Key actions
10
Committee
8
Mar 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 114, NAYS 1
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Amendment 477311 adopted
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Feb 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (796990)
upper
Feb 11, 2022
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Feb 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/10/22, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Jan 31, 2022
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 26, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/31/22, 3:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Jan 13, 2022
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 6, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/11/22, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
upper
Nov 16, 2021
Committee
Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors