---
type: "Bill"
title: "Offenses Against Certain Animals"
description: "Offenses Against Certain Animals; Prohibits offering or doing violence to police horse or police canine in certain circumstances; increases classification of specified criminal offenses committed against police canines, fire canines, SAR canines, or police horses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1047"
citation: "Florida HB 1047 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-110"
primary_sponsors: ["Killebrew", "Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-22"
last_action: "2023-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3317612b-8b9f-4198-b450-5f015940202e"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1047/ByCategory"
source_hash: "23ae2a01cadcbfdd46099366a83595ca0728b03fed5e4930ee8836c2c4196384"
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 1047 (2023) — Offenses Against Certain Animals

Offenses Against Certain Animals; Prohibits offering or doing violence to police horse or police canine in certain circumstances; increases classification of specified criminal offenses committed against police canines, fire canines, SAR canines, or police horses.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-110.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1047 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1047/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1047 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1047/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1047 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1047/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Killebrew — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Arrington — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Massullo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-29** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-04-06** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-04-11** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-17** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2023-04-19** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-19** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-19** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-01** Substituted for SB 1300
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-23** Chapter No. 2023-110

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3317612b-8b9f-4198-b450-5f015940202e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).