---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic Monitoring of Persons Charged with or Convicted of Offenses Involving Schools or Students"
description: "Electronic Monitoring of Persons Charged with or Convicted of Offenses Involving Schools or Students; Requires court to consider electronic monitoring & location restrictions as conditions of pretrial release, probation, or community control for persons charged with certain offenses against schools or students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 329"
citation: "Florida HB 329 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["crimes"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-225"
primary_sponsors: ["Maggard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c679b97a-e450-4010-98c3-3ebde444bea4"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/329/ByCategory"
source_hash: "34d335cc85f2dd8cf8d22b4d57c1dafc72dc41b1f66f2b8cc1969239db1dc99e"
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 329 (2023) — Electronic Monitoring of Persons Charged with or Convicted of Offenses Involving Schools or Students

Electronic Monitoring of Persons Charged with or Convicted of Offenses Involving Schools or Students; Requires court to consider electronic monitoring & location restrictions as conditions of pretrial release, probation, or community control for persons charged with certain offenses against schools or students.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-225.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 329 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/329/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 329 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/329/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 329 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/329/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Maggard — primary (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** 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 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-31** In Messages
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-02** Substituted for CS/SB 496
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** In Messages
- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-16** Chapter No. 2023-225

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c679b97a-e450-4010-98c3-3ebde444bea4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).