---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exposure of Sexual Organs"
description: "Exposure of Sexual Organs; Increases criminal penalties for exposure of sexual organs for second or subsequent offense; authorizes warrantless arrests when law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that person has unlawfully exposures sexual organs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 675"
citation: "Florida HB 675 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["criminal procedure and corrections"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-84"
primary_sponsors: ["Mercado"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-11-18"
last_action: "2020-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e321e5f-fef5-44ef-857d-c5ec08140775"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/675/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f1795707b4069d8b80fcbefabd2996b9bd56c61d4f87bf87b180f356c51fd0ee"
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 675 (2020) — Exposure of Sexual Organs

Exposure of Sexual Organs; Increases criminal penalties for exposure of sexual organs for second or subsequent offense; authorizes warrantless arrests when law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that person has unlawfully exposures sexual organs.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-84.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 675 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/675/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 675 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/675/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 675 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/675/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **14–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mercado — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-18** Filed `filing`
- **2019-12-03** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/21/20, 10:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2020-01-21** Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-21** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2020-01-31** On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2020-02-04** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-04** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2020-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2020-02-12** CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-14** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-02-14** CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time
- **2020-02-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-09** Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
- **2020-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** CS passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** In Messages
- **2020-03-10** Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-10** Substituted for CS/SB 1018
- **2020-03-10** Received
- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-24** Chapter No. 2020-84

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e321e5f-fef5-44ef-857d-c5ec08140775`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).