---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual Offenses Definitions"
description: "Sexual Offenses Definitions; Defining the term “female genitals” and revising the definitions of the terms “sexual battery” and “sexual bestiality”; requiring that HIV test results performed on inmates arrested for sexual offenses involving female genital penetration be disclosed under certain circumstances, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 692"
citation: "Florida SB 692 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["judicial branch", "public business", "regulation of professions and occupations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-165"
primary_sponsors: ["Criminal Justice", "Rules", "Stewart"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-10-27"
last_action: "2022-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f95d3f14-9674-449b-8622-27db09fe366a"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/692/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a5b9a5898058bcb04c73ef9703ec47bab3147de8fd2fff63d85d5ee749cba2e1"
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 692 (2022) — Sexual Offenses Definitions

Sexual Offenses Definitions; Defining the term “female genitals” and revising the definitions of the terms “sexual battery” and “sexual bestiality”; requiring that HIV test results performed on inmates arrested for sexual offenses involving female genital penetration be disclosed under certain circumstances, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-165.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 692 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/692/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 692 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/692/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 692 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/692/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 692 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/692/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 692 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/692/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Returning Messages — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Criminal Justice — primary (person)
- Rules — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Harrell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-27** Filed `filing`
- **2021-11-16** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Criminal Justice; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-27** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/01/22, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2022-02-01** Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-02** Now in Criminal Justice
- **2022-02-03** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/08/22, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2022-02-08** CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 2
- **2022-02-09** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2022-02-09** CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
- **2022-02-11** Now in Rules
- **2022-02-11** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/15/22, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-02-15** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
- **2022-02-16** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-02-16** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2022-02-17** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/23/22
- **2022-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-23** In Messages
- **2022-03-07** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-03-07** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/8/2022)
- **2022-03-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2022-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08** Amendment 028079 adopted
- **2022-03-08** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-08** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** In returning messages
- **2022-03-10** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (028079)
- **2022-03-10** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2022-05-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-06-03** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-06** Chapter No. 2022-165

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f95d3f14-9674-449b-8622-27db09fe366a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).