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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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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.

  1. H 1297 Filed (filed) — source
  2. H 1297 c1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. H 1297 c2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. H 1297 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — 143 (pass) · lower
  • Passage, Third Reading — 9514 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — 167 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 345 (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).