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| Bill | Capital Sexual Battery | Capital Sexual Battery; Provides for death sentences for certain child sexual offenders; provides for separate death penalty proceedings in such cases; provides for findings & recommended sentences by jury; provides for imposition of sentence of life imprisonment or death; provides requirements for court order in support of death sentence; provides for automatic review of sentences of death; specifies aggravating factors & mitigating circumstances; provides for victim impact evidence; authorizes state to appeal from sentence on specified grounds. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2023 | HB 1297 | Florida HB 1297 (2023) |
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enacted | 2023-25 |
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4 | 43 | 4 | 2023-03-01 | 2023-05-02 | openstates | ocd-bill/c45cd884-a495-4bdf-9bf5-2e2beffc4554 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1297/ByCategory | 4c4f58c77094177402e5cc6fd77f8ad8adbc0c97024e1bd722e8a94c9b42202d | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 1297 (2023) — Capital Sexual Battery
Capital Sexual Battery; Provides for death sentences for certain child sexual offenders; provides for separate death penalty proceedings in such cases; provides for findings & recommended sentences by jury; provides for imposition of sentence of life imprisonment or death; provides requirements for court order in support of death sentence; provides for automatic review of sentences of death; specifies aggravating factors & mitigating circumstances; provides for victim impact evidence; authorizes state to appeal from sentence on specified grounds.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-25.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 1297 Filed (filed) — source
- H 1297 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 1297 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 1297 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — 14–3 (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — 95–14 (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — 16–7 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 34–5 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Baker — primary (person)
- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Botana — cosponsor (person)
- Fernandez-Barquin — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- Jacques — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Temple — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Yarkosky — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-03-01 Filed
filing - 2023-03-06 Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2023-03-06 Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2023-03-06 Referred to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee - 2023-03-06 Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- 2023-03-07 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2023-03-17 Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- 2023-03-21 Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-21 Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- 2023-03-22 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2023-03-22 CS Filed
filing - 2023-03-22 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2023-03-23 Original reference removed: Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- 2023-03-23 Referred to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee - 2023-03-23 Now in Judiciary Committee
- 2023-03-29 Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- 2023-03-31 Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-31 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- 2023-03-31 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2023-03-31 CS Filed
filing - 2023-04-03 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2023-04-03 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
reading-1 - 2023-04-03 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2023-04-10 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2023)
- 2023-04-13 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-04-13 Amendment 262267 Failed
- 2023-04-13 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2023-04-13 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-04-13 CS passed; YEAS 95, NAYS 14
passage - 2023-04-13 In Messages
- 2023-04-14 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2023-04-17 Received
enrolled - 2023-04-18 Withdrawn from Rules
withdrawal - 2023-04-18 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2023-04-18 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1342
- 2023-04-18 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-04-18 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-04-18 CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 5
passage - 2023-04-19 In Messages
- 2023-04-19 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2023-05-01 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2023-05-01 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2023-05-02 Chapter No. 2023-25
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c45cd884-a495-4bdf-9bf5-2e2beffc4554. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).