---
type: "Bill"
title: "Internet Crimes Against Children Programs"
description: "Internet Crimes Against Children Programs; Renaming the Online Sting Operations Grant Program created within the Department of Law Enforcement as the Internet Crimes Against Children Grant Program; revising the purpose of the grant program; revising the authorized uses for grant program funds; creating the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Funding Program within the Department of Law Enforcement, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 656"
citation: "Florida SB 656 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)", "t"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-96"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-11-24"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0301b16-60fe-4a96-99de-1303d4763c06"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/656/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6f6f5841f983c10d0dcddd52fe16984ed2c4764ba78ee0e5059a1e439c1cbb9b"
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 656 (2026) — Internet Crimes Against Children Programs

Internet Crimes Against Children Programs; Renaming the Online Sting Operations Grant Program created within the Department of Law Enforcement as the Internet Crimes Against Children Grant Program; revising the purpose of the grant program; revising the authorized uses for grant program funds; creating the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Funding Program within the Department of Law Enforcement, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-96.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 656 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/656/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 656 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/656/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 656 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/656/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bradley — primary (person)
- Criminal Justice — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-24** Filed `filing`
- **2025-12-09** Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-01-15** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/20/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2026-01-20** CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2026-01-21** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2026-01-22** Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- **2026-01-22** CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
- **2026-01-23** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 01/28/26, 3:45 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2026-01-28** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Now in Fiscal Policy
- **2026-02-02** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/05/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-02-05** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-02-09** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/11/26
- **2026-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-11** Immediately certified
- **2026-02-11** In Messages
- **2026-03-10** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-03-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026)
- **2026-03-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Chapter No. 2026-96

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0301b16-60fe-4a96-99de-1303d4763c06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).