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Bill Exploitation of Vulnerable Persons Exploitation of Vulnerable Persons; Specifying conditions under which a person commits exploitation of a person 65 years of age or older; providing criminal penalties for violations of the act; specifying that not knowing the age of a victim is not a defense to such crime; authorizing persons who are in imminent danger of exploitation to petition for an injunction for protection; providing time limitations for commencing prosecution for violations of the act, etc. us/states/fl Florida Legislature 2023 SB 232 Florida SB 232 (2023)
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Florida SB 232 (2023) — Exploitation of Vulnerable Persons

Exploitation of Vulnerable Persons; Specifying conditions under which a person commits exploitation of a person 65 years of age or older; providing criminal penalties for violations of the act; specifying that not knowing the age of a victim is not a defense to such crime; authorizing persons who are in imminent danger of exploitation to petition for an injunction for protection; providing time limitations for commencing prosecution for violations of the act, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-133.

Version chain

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

  1. S 232 Filed (filed) — source
  2. S 232 c1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. S 232 e1 (engrossed) — source
  4. S 232 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Passage, Third Reading — 1150 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable with Committee Substitute — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Favorable — 190 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading — 380 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Criminal Justice — primary (person)
  • Garcia — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-02-01 Filed filing
  • 2023-02-09 Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy referral-committee
  • 2023-03-07 Introduced introduction
  • 2023-03-08 On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/13/23, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
  • 2023-03-13 CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
  • 2023-03-14 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  • 2023-03-15 Original reference(s) removed: Judiciary
  • 2023-03-15 Remaining references corrected to Fiscal Policy
  • 2023-03-15 Now in Fiscal Policy
  • 2023-03-15 CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
  • 2023-03-20 On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/23/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
  • 2023-03-23 Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-23 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  • 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 (415238)
  • 2023-04-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-04-11 CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 passage
  • 2023-04-12 In Messages
  • 2023-05-01 Bill referred to House Calendar
  • 2023-05-01 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023)
  • 2023-05-01 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) reading-1
  • 2023-05-02 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-05-02 Placed on 3rd reading reading-3
  • 2023-05-02 Added to Third Reading Calendar
  • 2023-05-03 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-05-03 CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 passage
  • 2023-05-03 Ordered enrolled enrolled
  • 2023-05-16 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-05-25 Approved by Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-05-26 Chapter No. 2023-133

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7dd141d-2eae-4eda-8289-3b91998c91fa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).