---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records/Photograph or Video or Audio Recording of the Killing of a Minor/Autopsy Reports of Minors"
description: "Public Records/Photograph or Video or Audio Recording of the Killing of a Minor/Autopsy Reports of Minors; Creating an exemption from public records requirements for a photograph or video or audio recording of the killing of a minor, with exceptions; creating the \"Rex and Brody Act\"; creating an exemption from public records requirements for autopsy reports of minors whose deaths were related to acts of domestic violence; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 404"
citation: "Florida SB 404 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-44"
primary_sponsors: ["Perry", "Rules"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ada5478-ea14-47ee-b89f-11e3b1011de9"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/404/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2216b31c150bcf834b9dceb562dc8f1af07aed2fcfb41ad12a3da88d4587829d"
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 404 (2023) — Public Records/Photograph or Video or Audio Recording of the Killing of a Minor/Autopsy Reports of Minors

Public Records/Photograph or Video or Audio Recording of the Killing of a Minor/Autopsy Reports of Minors; Creating an exemption from public records requirements for a photograph or video or audio recording of the killing of a minor, with exceptions; creating the "Rex and Brody Act"; creating an exemption from public records requirements for autopsy reports of minors whose deaths were related to acts of domestic violence; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-44.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 404 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/404/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 404 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/404/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 404 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/404/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 404 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/404/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Perry — primary (person)
- Rules — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/06/23, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2023-03-06** Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06** Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-10** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/15/23, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2023-03-15** Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Now in Rules
- **2023-03-17** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/22/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-22** CS by- Rules; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-24** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-03-28** CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2023-04-05** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/11/23
- **2023-04-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Amendment(s) adopted (550788)
- **2023-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-12** In Messages
- **2023-04-24** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2023)
- **2023-04-24** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-27** Substituted for CS/CS/HB 273
- **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 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12** Chapter No. 2023-44

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ada5478-ea14-47ee-b89f-11e3b1011de9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).