---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telephone Solicitation"
description: "Telephone Solicitation; Prohibits certain telephonic sales calls; provides conditions under which civil actions may be brought for text message solicitations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 761"
citation: "Florida HB 761 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(adopted)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-150"
primary_sponsors: ["Fabricio"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b33c59a8-bd09-4a5b-a509-61836375a5ae"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/761/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a2abe9a98082db58fa87a08bae0a1c0a05bae8c681958308f7ab7e6438dd2ae4"
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 761 (2023) — Telephone Solicitation

Telephone Solicitation; Prohibits certain telephonic sales calls; provides conditions under which civil actions may be brought for text message solicitations.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-150.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 761 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/761/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 761 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/761/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 761 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/761/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 761 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/761/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 761 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/761/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **12–3** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **29–10** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **99–14** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **16–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Fabricio — primary (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Favorable by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-03-10** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-23** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-27** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-28** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-28** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-29** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2023-03-29** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-06** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee (Amended) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2023-04-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-12** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-13** 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** Amendment 717579 adopted
- **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 as amended; YEAS 99, NAYS 14 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-02** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1308
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 29 NAYS 10 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** In Messages
- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Chapter No. 2023-150

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b33c59a8-bd09-4a5b-a509-61836375a5ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).