---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aggravating Factors for Capital Felonies"
description: "Aggravating Factors for Capital Felonies; Adds as an aggravating factor that capital felony was committed against head of state, or in an attempt to commit such crime capital felony was committed against another individual."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 653"
citation: "Florida HB 653 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["criminal procedure and corrections"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-138"
primary_sponsors: ["Holcomb", "Nix"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-17"
last_action: "2025-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dec22bdc-3a92-4ba5-a5af-cbf510dc53ea"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/653/ByCategory"
source_hash: "4bf017c958848556a03b7838ea1a98a64e3f8e8a5cc6bcd5633acf5f3edf82fe"
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 653 (2025) — Aggravating Factors for Capital Felonies

Aggravating Factors for Capital Felonies; Adds as an aggravating factor that capital felony was committed against head of state, or in an attempt to commit such crime capital felony was committed against another individual.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-138.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 653 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/653/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 653 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/653/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **99–13** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **25–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holcomb — primary (person)
- Nix — primary (person)
- Fabricio — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-17** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-10** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-12** Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2025-03-12** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2025-03-24** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2025-03-26** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2025-03-26** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2025-03-26** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/24/2025)
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed; YEAS 99, NAYS 13 `passage`
- **2025-04-24** In Messages
- **2025-04-24** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-29** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-29** Substituted for SB 776
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Passed; YEAS 25 NAYS 12 `passage`
- **2025-04-30** In Messages
- **2025-04-30** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-13** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-16** Chapter No. 2025-138

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dec22bdc-3a92-4ba5-a5af-cbf510dc53ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).