---
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).