---
type: "Bill"
title: "Written Threats to Conduct Mass Shootings or Acts of Terrorism"
description: "Written Threats to Conduct Mass Shootings or Acts of Terrorism"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 165"
citation: "Florida HB 165 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["internet", "and boating", "threats", "electronic communications", "terrorism", "sentencing"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-128"
primary_sponsors: ["Justice Appropriations Subcommittee"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-09-21"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e283608-f5be-433f-860c-1b9a575bf7c4"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00165/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5a3baf010c06e76252df678484bc636f2f52522f19d713c47bd17f720de3e75e"
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 165 (2018) — Written Threats to Conduct Mass Shootings or Acts of Terrorism

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-128.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 165 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/165/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 165 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/165/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 165 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/165/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 165 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/165/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 165 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/165/BillText/e1/PDF)
6. **H 165 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/165/BillText/e2/PDF)
7. **H 165 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/165/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **16–3** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **94–7** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **96–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-09-21** Filed `filing`
- **2017-09-26** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-18** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 10/25/17, 10:30 am, Sumner Hall
- **2017-10-25** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- **2017-10-26** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2017-10-31** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2017-11-29** On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 12/06/17, 1:30 pm, Morris Hall
- **2017-12-06** CS/CS by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
- **2017-12-07** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2017-12-08** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 01/11/18, 8:30 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-01-09** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-09** CS/CS by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-11** CS/CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 3
- **2018-01-11** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-11** CS/CS/CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time
- **2018-01-16** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/18
- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** Amendment(s) adopted (027797) -HJ 826, 828
- **2018-03-02** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** CS passed as amended; YEAS 96 NAYS 17 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** In Messages
- **2018-03-07** Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations -SJ 877, 878 `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Received
- **2018-03-08** Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 310
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Amendment(s) adopted (591146)
- **2018-03-08** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** In returning messages
- **2018-03-09** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (591146)
- **2018-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 94 NAYS 7 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2018-03-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-02** Chapter No. 2018-128, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7026 (Ch. 2018-3)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e283608-f5be-433f-860c-1b9a575bf7c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).