---
type: "Bill"
title: "Visiting County and Municipal Detention Facilities"
description: "Visiting County and Municipal Detention Facilities; Authorizes specified persons to visit county & municipal detention facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 119"
citation: "Florida HB 119 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-232"
primary_sponsors: ["Benjamin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4942cde3-008c-41d9-95d1-55ad6cbd2986"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/119/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2fa059d7d01867d86adf7fcde9049ad7b2a101db9c95844f55b38b298fed5101"
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 119 (2023) — Visiting County and Municipal Detention Facilities

Visiting County and Municipal Detention Facilities; Authorizes specified persons to visit county & municipal detention facilities.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-232.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 119 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/119/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 119 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/119/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benjamin — primary (person)
- Chambliss — cosponsor (person)
- Hart — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson, F. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Filed `filing`
- **2023-01-17** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-02-08** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-02-15** Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-02-15** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2023-03-23** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2023-03-23** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-03-23** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2023)
- **2023-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-13** In Messages
- **2023-04-14** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/SB 1510
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-13** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-16** Chapter No. 2023-232

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4942cde3-008c-41d9-95d1-55ad6cbd2986`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).