SB 444 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Human Trafficking Awareness

Summary

Human Trafficking Awareness; Requiring the Department of Education to identify a curriculum regarding human trafficking awareness; specifying required components of the curriculum; authorizing in-person or online training; requiring public schools to require that certain personnel have received certain training, etc.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Last action Apr 28, 2025

Maddy AI version diff · 1 comparison

What changed between versions

S 444 Filed → S 444 c1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to shift responsibility for creating the human trafficking training curriculum from individual school districts to the Department of Education, which must provide a free curriculum by December 1, 2025. The training requirements now apply to charter schools through an amendment to the charter school compliance statutes, and the bill was reclassified as a Committee Substitute with updated metadata.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include charter schools, which were not explicitly covered in the original version. The responsibility for developing the training curriculum shifted from individual school districts to the state Department of Education.

REQUIREMENT

Changed who must provide the training curriculum from individual school districts to the Department of Education, which must identify a free curriculum by December 1, 2025.

Added authorization for the training to be conducted either in-person or online.

ELIGIBILITY

Added charter schools to the list of entities required to comply with human trafficking awareness training requirements.

TIMELINE

Added a specific deadline of December 1, 2025, for the Department of Education to identify the free training curriculum.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill metadata including version number, committee assignment, and effective date information.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 21, 2025

How they voted

23–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 25

Apr 21, 2025

D Democratic5

5 Yea

100% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

17 Yea 2

89% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Apr 21, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (23-0-2)

senate

Apr 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0

upper

Apr 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/21/25, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building

upper

Apr 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

CS by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; YEAS 8 NAYS 0

upper

Apr 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education, 04/10/25, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 9 NAYS 0

upper

Mar 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 03/31/25, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building

upper

Mar 10, 2025

Introduced

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Rules

upper

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors