---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual Offender Registration"
description: "Sexual Offender Registration; Redefining the term “sexual offender”, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 234"
citation: "Florida SB 234 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["labor"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-156"
primary_sponsors: ["Book"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-10"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fb77782-15d4-4dbb-9aa1-9277589ed79e"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/234/ByCategory"
source_hash: "4176af136d4f2bcb49ead07e960de6b23c78ce49816f5dd78b2376db0d40ab83"
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 234 (2021) — Sexual Offender Registration

Sexual Offender Registration; Redefining the term “sexual offender”, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-156.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 234 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/234/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 234 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/234/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 234 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/234/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 234 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/234/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 234 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/234/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Returning Messages — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Book — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-10** Filed `filing`
- **2020-12-21** Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/26/21, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2021-01-26** CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2021-01-28** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-01-28** Now in Judiciary
- **2021-02-08** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/15/21, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-02-15** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Now in Rules
- **2021-03-01** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/04/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-02** CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
- **2021-03-04** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
- **2021-03-05** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-03-10** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2021-03-15** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/18/21
- **2021-03-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-18** Immediately certified
- **2021-03-18** In Messages
- **2021-04-08** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2021)
- **2021-04-08** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-04-09** Amendment 122135 filed
- **2021-04-13** Substituted for CS/HB 193
- **2021-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Amendment 122135 adopted
- **2021-04-13** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-13** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-14** Amendment 534913 filed
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Amendment 534913 adopted
- **2021-04-15** Amendment 534913 replaced by engrossed amendment
- **2021-04-15** Amendment 606605 engrossed amendment (replaces 122135, 534913)
- **2021-04-15** CS passed as amended; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-15** In returning messages
- **2021-04-15** Amendment 122135 replaced by engrossed amendment
- **2021-04-27** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (606605)
- **2021-04-27** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2021-06-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-23** Chapter No. 2021-156

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fb77782-15d4-4dbb-9aa1-9277589ed79e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).