HB 29 Florida House · 2025 Regular Session

Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact

Summary
Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; Provides public records & meetings exemptions relating to Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact & its committees; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemptions; provides statements of public necessity.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 6, 2024 Last action Jun 16, 2025
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What changed between versions

H 29 Filed H 29 c1 · 5 edits
MODERATE
This bill was revised to consolidate and clarify exemptions for the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact Commission regarding public meetings and public records. The changes reorganize the text to better explain why these exemptions are necessary for Florida to participate in the interstate compact, while also adding a sunset provision requiring legislative review by 2030.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact, but the language was restructured to improve clarity and add explanatory findings about why exemptions are needed.
REQUIREMENT

Reorganized the statutory language to combine public meetings and public records exemptions into a clearer structure with specific findings explaining the necessity of each exemption.

Added new Section 2 containing legislative findings that explain the public necessity for the exemptions, clarifying that without them Florida cannot effectively implement the interstate compact.

TIMELINE

Added a sunset provision requiring the exemptions to be reviewed and potentially repealed by October 2, 2030, unless re-enacted by the Legislature.

TECHNICAL

Changed document references from 'Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact Commission' to 'Social Work Licensure Compact Commission' for consistency, and updated page counts from 5 to 4 pages.

Changed the bill title from 'HB 29' to 'CS/HB 29' to indicate it is a committee substitute version.

Floor votes · House Apr 9, 2025

How they voted

1100
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 118
Apr 9, 2025
D Democratic34
33 Yea 1
97% Yea
R Republican84
77 Yea 7
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
35
Key actions
13
Committee
18
Apr 10, 2025
Committee
Referred to Fiscal Policy
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 0
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Added to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee agenda
lower
Jan 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
lower
Jan 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Jan 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
lower
Jan 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
lower
2 primary · 4 co-sponsors

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