---
type: "Bill"
title: "Victims of Crime"
description: "Victims of Crime ; Requiring a court to conduct a hearing to determine whether the taking of a deposition of a victim of a sexual offense who is under the age of 16 is appropriate; requiring a victim to be notified that he or she has the right to be informed of specified information when contacted by certain persons acting on behalf of a defendant in a criminal proceeding, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 667"
citation: "Florida HB 667 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)", "evidence"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-148"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker", "Yarkosky"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9bdf825-6254-457e-b35e-65cd455f35fb"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/667/ByCategory"
source_hash: "901173f072f6cdff480641a0e09d6da61133479f8be14a0e8a1838c6d3ca781f"
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 667 (2023) — Victims of Crime

Victims of Crime ; Requiring a court to conduct a hearing to determine whether the taking of a deposition of a victim of a sexual offense who is under the age of 16 is appropriate; requiring a victim to be notified that he or she has the right to be informed of specified information when contacted by certain persons acting on behalf of a defendant in a criminal proceeding, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-148.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 667 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/667/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 667 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/667/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 667 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/667/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 667 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/667/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Returning Messages — **36–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Yarkosky — primary (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-30** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-30** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-31** Original reference removed: Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-03-31** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-07** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-11** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-04-11** 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 113, 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 CS/CS/SB 510
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Amendment(s) adopted (463652)
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-04** Added to Senate Message List
- **2023-05-04** Amendment 855607 adopted
- **2023-05-04** Amendment 463652 Concur
- **2023-05-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** In returning messages
- **2023-05-04** Concurred in House amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) (855607)
- **2023-05-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 4 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** In Messages
- **2023-05-04** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Chapter No. 2023-148

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9bdf825-6254-457e-b35e-65cd455f35fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).