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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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114 lines
5.6 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "DNA Evidence Collected in Sexual Offense Investigations"
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description: "DNA Evidence Collected in Sexual Offense Investigations; Requires FDLE to create & maintain statewide database for tracking sexual offense evidence kits; provides database requirements; requires FDLE to ensure that alleged sexual offense victims & certain other persons are notified of or have access to information regarding such kits & evidence; provides requirements for such notification."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 673"
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citation: "Florida HB 673 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["criminal procedure and corrections"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2021-213"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-02-02"
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last_action: "2021-07-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5605a69b-bb8f-40d3-84e6-de902a4a73cb"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/673/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "7d02973c400abfae1b0e7d2d5cd44a13ce44e2c006f90f5b8afb635970511a4d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 673 (2021) — DNA Evidence Collected in Sexual Offense Investigations
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DNA Evidence Collected in Sexual Offense Investigations; Requires FDLE to create & maintain statewide database for tracking sexual offense evidence kits; provides database requirements; requires FDLE to ensure that alleged sexual offense victims & certain other persons are notified of or have access to information regarding such kits & evidence; provides requirements for such notification.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-213.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 673 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/673/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 673 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/673/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 673 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/673/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 673 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/673/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-02** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-02-18** Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-18** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-18** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-18** Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
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- **2021-03-18** Added to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee agenda
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- **2021-03-22** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-23** Reported out of Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-23** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
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- **2021-03-23** CS Filed
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- **2021-03-23** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
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- **2021-03-24** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-24** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-24** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-26** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
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- **2021-03-30** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-30** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-30** Now in Judiciary Committee
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- **2021-04-02** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
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- **2021-04-06** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
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- **2021-04-06** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
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- **2021-04-06** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
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- **2021-04-06** CS Filed
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- **2021-04-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
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- **2021-04-08** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2021-04-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/15/2021)
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- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-15** CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-15** Immediately certified
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- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
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- **2021-04-15** In Messages
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- **2021-04-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-20** Received
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- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
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- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2021-04-26** Substituted for CS/SB 1002
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- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-26** In Messages
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- **2021-04-26** Ordered enrolled
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- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-213
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5605a69b-bb8f-40d3-84e6-de902a4a73cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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