---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Statutes"
description: "Criminal Statutes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 1656"
citation: "Florida SB 1656 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["crimes"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-63"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-01"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e90f6ce3-fd2a-4c8e-8901-a3bda5a0e538"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1656/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2bd75a56fb9a24a0a6d8d1b9d0da42dd46ffc2de112715e1eb1e6d0168f810c6"
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 1656 (2019) — Criminal Statutes

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-63.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1656 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1656/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1656 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1656/BillText/c1/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **110–4** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-08** Referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-20** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/25/19, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-03-25** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Now in Criminal Justice
- **2019-03-27** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/01/19, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2019-04-01** CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 3 NAYS 1
- **2019-04-02** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-04-03** Now in Rules
- **2019-04-03** CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
- **2019-04-18** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/23/19, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-04-23** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/25/19
- **2019-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Amendment(s) adopted (225308)
- **2019-04-25** Ordered engrossed
- **2019-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-26** In Messages
- **2019-04-26** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/19
- **2019-04-26** Received
- **2019-04-29** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** CS passed; YEAS 110 NAYS 4 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Chapter No. 2019-63

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e90f6ce3-fd2a-4c8e-8901-a3bda5a0e538`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).