---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schemes to Defraud"
description: "Schemes to Defraud; Provides for reclassification of certain offenses when committed against persons 65 years of age or older, against minors, or against persons with disabilities; provides for civil actions for damages by persons whose image or likeness was used in scheme to defraud with their consent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1171"
citation: "Florida HB 1171 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-129"
primary_sponsors: ["Steele"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8d01f89-28b6-415c-ac8a-45f41f3c07db"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1171/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6142197dce59d9661c6423b3909e6b2fbc158abeee0e669a3c4aacf4d8d43abc"
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 1171 (2024) — Schemes to Defraud

Schemes to Defraud; Provides for reclassification of certain offenses when committed against persons 65 years of age or older, against minors, or against persons with disabilities; provides for civil actions for damages by persons whose image or likeness was used in scheme to defraud with their consent.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-129.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1171 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1171/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1171 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1171/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1171 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1171/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1171 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1171/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **104–8** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Steele — primary (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Botana — cosponsor (person)
- Canady — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-25** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-25** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-26** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-26** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-02-01** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-02-05** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-02-05** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2024-02-19** PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2024-02-21** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2024-02-21** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-21** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-21** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-22** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-02-22** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-22** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/27/2024)
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** CS passed; YEAS 104, NAYS 8 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** In Messages
- **2024-02-28** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-05** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-05** Substituted for SB 1220
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** In Messages
- **2024-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-29** Chapter No. 2024-129

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8d01f89-28b6-415c-ac8a-45f41f3c07db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).