---
type: "Bill"
title: "Violent Offenses Committed Against Criminal Defense Attorneys"
description: "Violent Offenses Committed Against Criminal Defense Attorneys; Providing for the reclassification of specified offenses committed against criminal defense attorneys, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 384"
citation: "Florida SB 384 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-190"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradley", "Criminal Justice"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b743e70-23e6-4ece-976d-cc5008324652"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/384/ByCategory"
source_hash: "bec02e06be26133218dbb49cebc9f754c312946ffe9ffa91cf928551a0284aa8"
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 SB 384 (2023) — Violent Offenses Committed Against Criminal Defense Attorneys

Violent Offenses Committed Against Criminal Defense Attorneys; Providing for the reclassification of specified offenses committed against criminal defense attorneys, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-190.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 384 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/384/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 384 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/384/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 384 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/384/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bradley — primary (person)
- Criminal Justice — primary (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/13/23, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2023-03-13** CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-14** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-14** CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
- **2023-03-15** Original reference(s) removed: Judiciary
- **2023-03-15** Remaining references corrected to Rules
- **2023-03-15** Now in Rules
- **2023-03-31** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/05/23, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-05** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-05** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/12/23
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Immediately certified
- **2023-04-12** In Messages
- **2023-04-12** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-12** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2023)
- **2023-04-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-13** Substituted for CS/HB 71
- **2023-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** CS passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-13** 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. 2023-190

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b743e70-23e6-4ece-976d-cc5008324652`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).