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type: "Bill"
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title: "Capital Sexual Battery"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 1297"
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citation: "Florida HB 1297 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["crimes", "criminal procedure and corrections"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-25"
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primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-03-01"
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last_action: "2023-05-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c45cd884-a495-4bdf-9bf5-2e2beffc4554"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1297/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "4c4f58c77094177402e5cc6fd77f8ad8adbc0c97024e1bd722e8a94c9b42202d"
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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 1297 (2023) — Capital Sexual Battery
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-25.
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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 1297 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1297/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 1297 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1297/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 1297 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1297/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 1297 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1297/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **14–3** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **95–14** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **16–7** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **34–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Baker — primary (person)
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- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
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- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
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- Black — cosponsor (person)
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- Botana — cosponsor (person)
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- Fernandez-Barquin — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregory — cosponsor (person)
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- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
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- Jacques — cosponsor (person)
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- Leek — cosponsor (person)
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- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
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- Roth — cosponsor (person)
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- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
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- Temple — cosponsor (person)
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- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
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- Yarkosky — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-01** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-06** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-06** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-06** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-06** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-17** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-03-21** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-21** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-22** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2023-03-22** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-22** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-23** Original reference removed: Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-23** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-23** Now in Judiciary Committee
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- **2023-03-29** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
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- **2023-03-31** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-31** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
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- **2023-03-31** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2023-03-31** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2023-04-03** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2023-04-03** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
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- **2023-04-03** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2023)
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- **2023-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-13** Amendment 262267 Failed
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- **2023-04-13** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-13** CS passed; YEAS 95, NAYS 14 `passage`
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- **2023-04-13** In Messages
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- **2023-04-14** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-17** Received `enrolled`
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- **2023-04-18** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2023-04-18** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-04-18** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1342
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- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-18** CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 5 `passage`
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- **2023-04-19** In Messages
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- **2023-04-19** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-01** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-01** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-02** Chapter No. 2023-25
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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/c45cd884-a495-4bdf-9bf5-2e2beffc4554`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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