---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearm and Destructive Device Offenses"
description: "Firearm and Destructive Device Offenses; Makes offense of human trafficking during which person possesses firearm or destructive device or specified firearms or accessories subject to specified mandatory minimums; revises maximum time minor who commits unlawful firearm possession may be required to serve in secure detention; provides penalty for second or subsequent offense of grand theft of firearm; requires detention determination & juvenile risk assessment instrument to consider juvenile's unlawful firearm use; requires juvenile charged with offense involving unlawful firearm possession or use to be placed in secure detention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1465"
citation: "Florida HB 1465 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)", "crimes"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-87"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrison", "Snyder"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f7769d3-6458-4410-80b1-77e5350ec47e"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1465/ByCategory"
source_hash: "95e751480f56647539667636b31efb15de3077c6cf73e9d1b7c6b97d057d3217"
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 1465 (2023) — Firearm and Destructive Device Offenses

Firearm and Destructive Device Offenses; Makes offense of human trafficking during which person possesses firearm or destructive device or specified firearms or accessories subject to specified mandatory minimums; revises maximum time minor who commits unlawful firearm possession may be required to serve in secure detention; provides penalty for second or subsequent offense of grand theft of firearm; requires detention determination & juvenile risk assessment instrument to consider juvenile's unlawful firearm use; requires juvenile charged with offense involving unlawful firearm possession or use to be placed in secure detention.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-87.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1465 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1465/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1465 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1465/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1465 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1465/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **96–5** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **14–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Garrison — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
- Botana — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-09** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-13** Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-13** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-17** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-21** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-21** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-03-29** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2023-03-31** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2023-03-31** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-31** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-03** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-03** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-03** 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** CS passed; YEAS 96, NAYS 5 `passage`
- **2023-04-13** In Messages
- **2023-04-14** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-02** Substituted for CS/SB 1456
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** In Messages
- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-17** Chapter No. 2023-87

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f7769d3-6458-4410-80b1-77e5350ec47e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).