---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual Offenses"
description: "Sexual Offenses; Replaces term \"child pornography\" with term \"child sexual abuse material\"; revises criteria related to reclassification of specified offenses; revises mandatory minimum sentences for certain sexual offenses by persons previously convicted of sexual offenses; increases penalty for employing, authorizing, or inducing child of specified age to engage in sexual performance; prohibits person from employing, authorizing, or inducing child younger than 12 years of age to engage in sexual performance; requires mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenses when committed by specified offenders; increases penalty for knowingly soliciting, possessing, controlling, or intentionally viewing certain materials that include child sexual abuse material; provides applicability of specified mandatory minimum sentences; increases penalty for intentionally creating generated child sexual abuse material; prohibits person from transmitting child sexual abuse material to another person; revises punishments for certain sexual activities involving animals; requires certain court order to be effective for certain number of years; increases criminal penalties for possessing child-like sex doll; provides that prosecution for certain acts in connection with obscene, lewd, etc., materials does not prohibit person from prosecution for other specified offenses; requires mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenses when committed by specified offenders; ranks offenses on offense severity ranking chart of Criminal Punishment Code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1159"
citation: "Florida HB 1159 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)", "evidence"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-20"
primary_sponsors: ["Jacques"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ad9f5ab-0e88-43b7-bbf2-1ad9d28dc5bc"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1159/ByCategory"
source_hash: "758c7472c003cdae38effaf3ec98b39130641216c97c4ebfb1a99791c20423e2"
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 1159 (2026) — Sexual Offenses

Sexual Offenses; Replaces term "child pornography" with term "child sexual abuse material"; revises criteria related to reclassification of specified offenses; revises mandatory minimum sentences for certain sexual offenses by persons previously convicted of sexual offenses; increases penalty for employing, authorizing, or inducing child of specified age to engage in sexual performance; prohibits person from employing, authorizing, or inducing child younger than 12 years of age to engage in sexual performance; requires mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenses when committed by specified offenders; increases penalty for knowingly soliciting, possessing, controlling, or intentionally viewing certain materials that include child sexual abuse material; provides applicability of specified mandatory minimum sentences; increases penalty for intentionally creating generated child sexual abuse material; prohibits person from transmitting child sexual abuse material to another person; revises punishments for certain sexual activities involving animals; requires certain court order to be effective for certain number of years; increases criminal penalties for possessing child-like sex doll; provides that prosecution for certain acts in connection with obscene, lewd, etc., materials does not prohibit person from prosecution for other specified offenses; requires mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenses when committed by specified offenders; ranks offenses on offense severity ranking chart of Criminal Punishment Code.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-20.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1159 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1159/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1159 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1159/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1159 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1159/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1159 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1159/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Judiciary Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Justice Budget Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **14–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Jacques — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Nix — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Weinberger — cosponsor (person)
- Yarkosky — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2026-02-03** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-02-05** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2026-02-05** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-05** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-05** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-06** Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Now in Justice Budget Subcommittee
- **2026-02-10** Added to Justice Budget Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-02-12** Favorable by Justice Budget Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** Reported out of Justice Budget Subcommittee
- **2026-02-12** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2026-02-24** PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2026-02-26** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2026-02-26** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-26** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2026)
- **2026-02-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** CS passed; YEAS 105, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** In Messages
- **2026-03-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-09** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-09** Substituted for CS/SB 1750
- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** In Messages
- **2026-03-09** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-01** Chapter No. 2026-20

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ad9f5ab-0e88-43b7-bbf2-1ad9d28dc5bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).