HB 245 - Florida House (2026) - Child Pornography Terminology - Bill Sponsor

Florida House Bill 245

Session 2026

Child Pornography Terminology

Active

Passed House on Feb 17, 2026

Sponsors

First Action

Oct 22, 2025

Latest Action

Feb 26, 2026

Origin Chamber

House

Type

Bill

Bill Number

245

State

Florida

Session

2026

Sponsorship by Party

Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Primary

Primary

Michelle Salzman

Cosponsor

Peggy Gossett-Seidman

Cosponsor

Taylor Michael Yarkosky

Cosponsor

House Votes (1)

checkPassed on February 17, 2026

Motion Text

Passage, Third Reading

House Roll Call Votes

Republicans

Democrats

Unknowns

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Angela "Angie" Nixon

Yes

Anna V. Eskamani

Yes

Yes

Ashley Viola Gantt

Yes

Yes

Yes

Bill Partington

Yes

Bradford Troy "Brad" Yeager

Yes

Yes

Bruce Hadley Antone

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Christine Hunschofsky

Yes

Yes

Dana Lee Trabulsy

Yes

Daniel Antonio "Danny" Alvarez

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Didn't Vote

Demi Busatta Cabrera

Yes

Dianne "Ms Dee" Hart

Yes

Didn't Vote

Douglas Michael "Doug" Bankson

Yes

Yes

Didn't Vote

Felicia Simone Robinson

Yes

Fentrice Driskell

Yes

Fiona McFarland

Yes

Gallop Franklin II

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

James Vernon "Jim" Mooney, Jr.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Jenna Persons-Mulicka

Yes

Jennifer "Rita" Harris

Yes

Jennifer Canady

Yes

Jennifer Kincart Jonsson

Yes

Jervonte "Tae" Edmonds

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Juan Carlos Porras

Yes

Yes

Karen Gonzalez Pittman

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kevin D. Chambliss

Yes

Kevin M. Steele

Didn't Vote

Yes

Kimberly Berfield

Yes

Kimberly Daniels

Didn't Vote

Yes

Yes

Lawrence McClure

Yes

Leonard Spencer

Didn't Vote

Yes

Lindsay Michelle Cross

Yes

Yes

Marie Paule Woodson

Yes

Yes

Michael "Mike" Gottlieb

Yes

Yes

Michele K. Rayner-Goolsby

Yes

Michelle Salzman

Yes

Mike Giallombardo

Yes

Yes

Mitch Rosenwald

Didn't Vote

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Peggy Gossett-Seidman

Yes

Philip Wayne "Griff" Griffitts, Jr.

Yes

Rachel Lora Saunders Plakon

Yes

Randall Scott "Randy" Maggard

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Robert A. "Robbie" Brackett

Didn't Vote

Robert Alexander "Alex" Andrade

Yes

Robert Charles "Chuck" Brannan III

Yes

Robin Bartleman

Yes

Ryan Chamberlin

Yes

Yes

Yes

Shane G. Abbott

Yes

Smith

Yes

Susan L. Valdés

Yes

Susan Plasencia

Yes

Taylor Michael Yarkosky

Yes

Thomas Patterson "Patt" Maney

Yes

Tiffany Esposito

Yes

Tobin Rogers "Toby" Overdorf

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tyler I. Sirois

Yes

Yes

Wallace Aristide

Yes

Webster Barnaby

Yes

William Cloud "Will" Robinson , Jr.

Yes

Yes

Yvette Benarroch

Yes

Yvonne Hayes Hinson

Yes

Summary

Child Pornography Terminology; Replaces the term "child pornography" with the term "child sexual abuse material."

Text (2)

H 245 Filed

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/245/BillText/Filed/PDF

H 245 c1

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/245/BillText/c1/PDF

Documents (4)

Bill Analysis -- Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) (11/18/2025 6:14 PM)

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/245/Analyses/h0245a.CRM.PDF

Bill Analysis -- Health & Human Services Committee (Post-Meeting) (1/27/2026 6:47 PM)

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/245/Analyses/h0245c.HHS.PDF

Bill Analysis -- Judiciary Committee (Post-Meeting) (2/3/2026 1:57 PM)

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/245/Analyses/h0245e.JDC.PDF

557785 - Amendment to H 245 Filed

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/245/Amendment/557785/PDF

Actions (33)

Show Only Major Actions

02/26/2026

Senate

On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building

02/18/2026

Senate

Received

02/18/2026

Senate

Referred to Rules

02/17/2026

Senate

In Messages

02/17/2026

House

CS passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0

02/17/2026

House

Read 3rd time

02/17/2026

House

Added to Third Reading Calendar

02/17/2026

House

Read 2nd time

02/10/2026

House

Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/17/2026)

02/03/2026

House

Added to Second Reading Calendar

02/03/2026

House

Bill released to House Calendar

02/03/2026

House

Reported out of Judiciary Committee

02/03/2026

House

Favorable by Judiciary Committee

01/30/2026

House

Added to Judiciary Committee agenda

01/27/2026

House

Now in Judiciary Committee

01/27/2026

House

Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee

01/27/2026

House

Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee

01/23/2026

House

Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda

01/13/2026

House

1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

01/13/2026

House

1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

11/19/2025

House

Now in Health & Human Services Committee

11/19/2025

House

Referred to Judiciary Committee

11/19/2025

House

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

11/18/2025

House

CS Filed

11/18/2025

House

Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

11/18/2025

House

Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee

11/18/2025

House

Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee

11/10/2025

House

Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda

10/28/2025

House

Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

10/28/2025

House

Referred to Judiciary Committee

10/28/2025

House

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

10/28/2025

House

Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee

10/22/2025

House

Filed

Sources

FL Legislature

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/245/ByCategory

Open States

https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB245/

Record Created

Nov 4, 2025 10:24:05 AM

Record Updated

Mar 2, 2026 11:24:16 AM