Legislation: Florida — 2,186 enacted records (OpenStates 2026-07-01)

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Corporate Espionage"
+description: "Corporate Espionage; Prohibits theft of trade secret; prohibits trafficking in trade secrets; reclassifies penalty & increases offense severity ranking for an offense committed with specified intent; requires court to order specified restitution for violation; provides for civil actions for violations; provides exception to criminal & civil liability for certain disclosures."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
+legislature: "Florida Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1523"
+citation: "Florida HB 1523 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["crimes", "criminal procedure and corrections"]
+status: "enacted"
+chapter_law: "2021-75"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beltran"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-03-01"
+last_action: "2021-06-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d4b8361-e167-4d7e-94f7-c43a80f00477"
+source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1523/ByCategory"
+source_hash: "f1e28148a0a6094b9be4c5ab286b483653c3c9418b1f71af898091203975927d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
+---
+
+# Florida HB 1523 (2021) — Corporate Espionage
+
+Corporate Espionage; Prohibits theft of trade secret; prohibits trafficking in trade secrets; reclassifies penalty & increases offense severity ranking for an offense committed with specified intent; requires court to order specified restitution for violation; provides for civil actions for violations; provides exception to criminal & civil liability for certain disclosures.
+
+**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-75.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **H 1523 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1523/BillText/Filed/PDF)
+2. **H 1523 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1523/BillText/er/PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
+- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
+- Favorable (Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beltran — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
+- **2021-03-05** Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-05** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-05** Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
+- **2021-03-05** Added to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee agenda
+- **2021-03-09** Favorable by Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-09** Reported out of Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
+- **2021-03-09** Now in Judiciary Committee
+- **2021-03-15** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
+- **2021-03-17** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-17** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
+- **2021-03-17** Bill released to House Calendar
+- **2021-03-17** Added to Second Reading Calendar
+- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2021)
+- **2021-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-13** Placed on 3rd reading
+- **2021-04-13** Added to Third Reading Calendar
+- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-14** Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
+- **2021-04-15** In Messages
+- **2021-04-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-20** Received
+- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
+- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
+- **2021-04-26** Substituted for CS/SB 1378
+- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-26** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 707, 708 `passage`
+- **2021-04-26** In Messages
+- **2021-04-26** Ordered enrolled
+- **2021-06-04** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
+- **2021-06-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-09** Chapter No. 2021-75
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d4b8361-e167-4d7e-94f7-c43a80f00477`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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