---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protection of Specified Personnel"
description: "Protection of Specified Personnel; Requires violation to be committed with specified intent; prohibits specified threats against justice, judicial assistant, clerk of court, or clerk personnel or family member of such person; prohibits specified harassment of certain personnel with intent to intimidate or coerce such person to perform or refrain from performing lawful duty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 67"
citation: "Florida HB 67 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-194"
primary_sponsors: ["Gottlieb"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-12-19"
last_action: "2023-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b401a92-4b1e-4583-8c2b-7aeddaf4cb16"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/67/ByCategory"
source_hash: "bc8c43a504f15e7494dd6a610f21520d8168e15b921ee4e2b5a618b42bde90f0"
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 67 (2023) — Protection of Specified Personnel

Protection of Specified Personnel; Requires violation to be committed with specified intent; prohibits specified threats against justice, judicial assistant, clerk of court, or clerk personnel or family member of such person; prohibits specified harassment of certain personnel with intent to intimidate or coerce such person to perform or refrain from performing lawful duty.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-194.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 67 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/67/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 67 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/67/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 67 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/67/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 67 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/67/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Gottlieb — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
- Duggan — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-19** Filed `filing`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-17** PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-21** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-22** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-22** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-22** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-04-06** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-04-11** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-17** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2023-04-19** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-19** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-19** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2023)
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-27** In Messages
- **2023-04-27** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 174
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** 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. 2023-194

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b401a92-4b1e-4583-8c2b-7aeddaf4cb16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).