Florida · Senate Bill 276 · 2025 Regular Session

Sheltering or Aiding Unmarried Minors

  1. Introduced Jan 15, 2025
  2. In committee Jan 29, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Oct 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Creating a presumption of knowledge upon proof that an unmarried minor has not attained 18 years of age for the purpose of unlawfully sheltering or aiding unmarried minors; providing a defense to unlawfully sheltering or aiding unmarried minors; increasing criminal penalties, etc.

Every action

11 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules · Senate Criminal Justice
  3. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/04/25, 2:00 pm, 37 Senate Building · Senate Criminal Justice
  4. CommitteeFavorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 · Senate Criminal Justice8–0 vote
  5. SenateIntroduced
  6. CommitteeNow in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
  7. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
  8. CommitteeFavorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs6–0 vote
  9. CommitteeNow in Rules · Senate Rules
  10. SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  11. CommitteeDied in Rules · Senate Rules

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 2 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 4, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 Passed 8–0
Apr 1, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 Passed 6–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.