---
type: "Bill"
title: "Interference With Sporting or Entertainment Events"
description: "Interference With Sporting or Entertainment Events; Prohibits certain actions during covered sporting & entertainment events; prohibits profiting from violations; provides for seizure & forfeiture of specified assets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 319"
citation: "Florida HB 319 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-195"
primary_sponsors: ["Yarkosky"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/650bd6d0-fbe1-42f6-813a-279df06c2388"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/319/ByCategory"
source_hash: "12a049ba21a091915235d6e3cd2877c680f8ad229db8aad068926090d1989c81"
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 319 (2023) — Interference With Sporting or Entertainment Events

Interference With Sporting or Entertainment Events; Prohibits certain actions during covered sporting & entertainment events; prohibits profiting from violations; provides for seizure & forfeiture of specified assets.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-195.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 319 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/319/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 319 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/319/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 319 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/319/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **109–3** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Yarkosky — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-02-16** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-02-23** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-02-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-02-24** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-28** Original reference removed: Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2023-03-14** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2023-03-14** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-03-14** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-23** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/30/2023)
- **2023-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** CS passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 3 `passage`
- **2023-03-31** In Messages
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-04-11** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-11** Substituted for CS/SB 764
- **2023-04-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-12** In Messages
- **2023-04-12** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-06** Chapter No. 2023-195

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/650bd6d0-fbe1-42f6-813a-279df06c2388`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).