---
type: "Bill"
title: "Traveling Across County Lines to Commit a Burglary"
description: "Traveling Across County Lines to Commit a Burglary; Removes requirement that travel across county lines be for specified purpose in order to reclassify burglary offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 6037"
citation: "Florida HB 6037 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-116"
primary_sponsors: ["Snyder"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-09-24"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f482c1ba-6e4c-49c1-8adc-8150dcfbb2c2"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/6037/ByCategory"
source_hash: "006dcae7e27d484adeee1781969d53cf71224a9d8b5438b820c98f0779ea7078"
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 6037 (2022) — Traveling Across County Lines to Commit a Burglary

Traveling Across County Lines to Commit a Burglary; Removes requirement that travel across county lines be for specified purpose in order to reclassify burglary offense.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-116.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 6037 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/6037/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 6037 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/6037/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **14–6** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **24–13** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **79–36** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee) — **14–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Snyder — primary (person)
- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
- Truenow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-24** Filed `filing`
- **2021-10-06** Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-06** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-06** Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2021-10-14** Added to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-10-21** Favorable by Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-21** Reported out of Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2021-10-21** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2022-01-11** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-13** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-13** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2022-01-13** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2022-01-13** 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** Passed; YEAS 79, NAYS 36 `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-24** In Messages
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Received
- **2022-03-03** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-03** Substituted for SB 360
- **2022-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** Passed; YEAS 24 NAYS 13 -SJ 686, 687 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-10** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-12** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-12** Chapter No. 2022-116

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f482c1ba-6e4c-49c1-8adc-8150dcfbb2c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).