---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tampering with or Fabricating Physical Evidence"
description: "Tampering with or Fabricating Physical Evidence; Provides enhanced criminal penalties for tampering with or fabricating physical evidence in certain criminal proceedings & investigations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 287"
citation: "Florida HB 287 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-84"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrison"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-10-13"
last_action: "2022-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3607826c-04b7-4f8a-8c05-dba94d64f80b"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/287/ByCategory"
source_hash: "57cf8f4a31ae1a2886527eabd242f82f4b6d545b87c100ea8c55ab162671793a"
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 287 (2022) — Tampering with or Fabricating Physical Evidence

Tampering with or Fabricating Physical Evidence; Provides enhanced criminal penalties for tampering with or fabricating physical evidence in certain criminal proceedings & investigations.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-84.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 287 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/287/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 287 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/287/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 287 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/287/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **111–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Garrison — primary (person)
- Beltran — cosponsor (person)
- Byrd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-13** Filed `filing`
- **2021-10-22** Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-22** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-22** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-22** Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2021-11-23** PCS added to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-12-02** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2021-12-02** Reported out of Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2021-12-02** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-12-02** CS Filed
- **2021-12-03** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-03** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-03** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-01-13** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-18** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-18** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-01-18** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2022-01-24** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2022-01-26** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-26** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2022-01-26** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2022-01-26** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/22/2022)
- **2022-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-02-22** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** CS passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-24** In Messages
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Received
- **2022-03-02** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-02** Substituted for CS/SB 796
- **2022-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-02** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-03** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-04** Chapter No. 2022-84

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3607826c-04b7-4f8a-8c05-dba94d64f80b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).