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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


       Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) November 5, 2018


                FIRST TRUST SENIOR FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND II
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



       Massachusetts                   811-21539                  11-3716541
(State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer
     of Incorporation)                                       Identification No.)


 120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
       Wheaton, Illinois                                            60187
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                          (Zip Code)


      Registrant's telephone number, including area code   (630) 765-8000


       ___________________________________________________________________
         (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)



Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):


|_|   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
      (17 CFR 230.425)

|_|   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
      (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

|_|   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

|_|   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


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Item 7.01    Regulation FD Disclosure.


First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (the "Fund") is filing herewith
a press release issued on November 5, 2018 as Exhibit 99.1. The press release
was issued by First Trust Advisors L.P. to report that its Leveraged Finance
Investment Team, portfolio manager of the Fund, will release an update on the
market and the Fund on November 7, 2018. Details regarding access to the update
are contained in the press release included herein.



Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.


      (d)    Exhibits

        Exhibit
        Number        Description

           99.1       Press release of First Trust Advisors L.P. dated
                      November 5, 2018.




                                   SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: November 5, 2018          FIRST TRUST SENIOR FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND II

                                 By:    /s/ W. Scott Jardine
                                        ----------------------------------
                                 Name:   W. Scott Jardine
                                 Title:  Secretary





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

        Exhibit
        Number        Description

           99.1       Press release of First Trust Advisors L.P. dated
                      November 5, 2018.
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

       Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) November 5, 2018

                FIRST TRUST SENIOR FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND II
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

       Massachusetts                   811-21539                  11-3716541
(State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer
     of Incorporation)                                       Identification No.)

 120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
       Wheaton, Illinois                                            60187
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                          (Zip Code)

      Registrant's telephone number, including area code   (630) 765-8000

       ___________________________________________________________________
         (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

|_|   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
      (17 CFR 230.425)

|_|   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
      (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

|_|   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

|_|   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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Item 7.01    Regulation FD Disclosure.

First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (the "Fund") is filing herewith
a press release issued on November 5, 2018 as Exhibit 99.1. The press release
was issued by First Trust Advisors L.P. to report that its Leveraged Finance
Investment Team, portfolio manager of the Fund, will release an update on the
market and the Fund on November 7, 2018. Details regarding access to the update
are contained in the press release included herein.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

      (d)    Exhibits

        Exhibit
        Number        Description

           99.1       Press release of First Trust Advisors L.P. dated
                      November 5, 2018.

                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: November 5, 2018          FIRST TRUST SENIOR FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND II

                                 By:    /s/ W. Scott Jardine
                                        ----------------------------------
                                 Name:   W. Scott Jardine
                                 Title:  Secretary

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

        Exhibit
        Number        Description

           99.1       Press release of First Trust Advisors L.P. dated
                      November 5, 2018.