---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibited Acts in Connection with Obscene or Lewd Materials"
description: "Prohibited Acts in Connection with Obscene or Lewd Materials"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 160"
citation: "Florida SB 160 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-45"
primary_sponsors: ["Book"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7bc2c39-ff5b-4eb5-9cd5-869537d181d9"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/160/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0c0bec0580562095341808fd4c60ead8076ef9c080706b77f10ebdef51f8a1e6"
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 SB 160 (2019) — Prohibited Acts in Connection with Obscene or Lewd Materials

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-45.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 160 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/160/BillText/Filed/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- CS/SB 160 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Book — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-17** Filed `filing`
- **2019-01-10** Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/11/19, 2:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2019-02-11** CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 4 NAYS 0
- **2019-02-12** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-02-13** Now in Judiciary
- **2019-02-25** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/04/19, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-03-04** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** Now in Rules
- **2019-03-05** CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
- **2019-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/13/19, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-03-13** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-03-25** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/27/19
- **2019-03-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-04** In Messages
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/30/19
- **2019-04-29** Received
- **2019-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment(s) adopted (820239)
- **2019-04-30** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** In returning messages
- **2019-05-02** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (820239)
- **2019-05-02** CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2019-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-05-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** Chapter No. 2019-45, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2019-167)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7bc2c39-ff5b-4eb5-9cd5-869537d181d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).