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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Nuisances"
description: "Public Nuisances; Prohibits person from distributing onto private property any material for purpose of intimidating or threatening owner, resident, or invitee; prohibits person from willfully & maliciously harassing, threatening, or intimidating another person based on person's wearing or displaying of any indicia relating to any religious or ethnic heritage; requires violations be reported as hate crimes; prohibits display or projection of images onto building, structure, or property without permission; prohibits person who willfully enters campus of state university or Florida College System institution for purpose of threatening or intimidating another person from remaining on such campus after being warned to depart."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 269"
citation: "Florida HB 269 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-24"
primary_sponsors: ["Caruso", "Fine"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6cc9cef-0c61-4f42-a6e6-77464c4e36a2"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/269/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f0729e5e79c9dc8966003a27f076d98096704633e45503af35b9e4a641da7dad"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---
# Florida HB 269 (2023) — Public Nuisances
Public Nuisances; Prohibits person from distributing onto private property any material for purpose of intimidating or threatening owner, resident, or invitee; prohibits person from willfully & maliciously harassing, threatening, or intimidating another person based on person's wearing or displaying of any indicia relating to any religious or ethnic heritage; requires violations be reported as hate crimes; prohibits display or projection of images onto building, structure, or property without permission; prohibits person who willfully enters campus of state university or Florida College System institution for purpose of threatening or intimidating another person from remaining on such campus after being warned to depart.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-24.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 269 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/269/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 269 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/269/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 269 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/269/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 269 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/269/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **180** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **141** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1120** (pass) · lower
- Cosponsorship, Third Reading — **1140** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Caruso — primary (person)
- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Fine — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Abbott — cosponsor (person)
- Altman — cosponsor (person)
- Alvarez — cosponsor (person)
- Amesty — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Andrade — cosponsor (person)
- Antone — cosponsor (person)
- Arrington — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Beltran — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
- Berfield — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Borrero — cosponsor (person)
- Botana — cosponsor (person)
- Brackett — cosponsor (person)
- Bracy Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Brannan — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Busatta Cabrera — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Canady — cosponsor (person)
- Casello — cosponsor (person)
- Cassel — cosponsor (person)
- Chambliss — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Clemons — cosponsor (person)
- Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Driskell — cosponsor (person)
- Duggan — cosponsor (person)
- Dunkley — cosponsor (person)
- Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Esposito — cosponsor (person)
- Fabricio — cosponsor (person)
- Fernandez-Barquin — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Gantt — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Garrison — cosponsor (person)
- Giallombardo — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzalez Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)
- Gottlieb — cosponsor (person)
- Grant — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory — cosponsor (person)
- Griffitts — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hart — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hinson — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Jacques — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Killebrew — cosponsor (person)
- Koster — cosponsor (person)
- LaMarca — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- Maney — cosponsor (person)
- Massullo — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Melo — cosponsor (person)
- Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Nixon — cosponsor (person)
- Overdorf — cosponsor (person)
- Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Persons-Mulicka — cosponsor (person)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
- Porras — cosponsor (person)
- Rayner-Goolsby — cosponsor (person)
- Renner — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Roach — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson, F. — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson, W. — cosponsor (person)
- Rommel — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Rudman — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Shoaf — cosponsor (person)
- Silvers — cosponsor (person)
- Sirois — cosponsor (person)
- Skidmore — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Stark — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Stevenson — cosponsor (person)
- Tant — cosponsor (person)
- Temple — cosponsor (person)
- Tomkow — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Tramont — cosponsor (person)
- Truenow — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
- Waldron — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)
- Yarkosky — cosponsor (person)
- Yeager — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-19** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-03** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-07** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-08** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-08** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-08** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-13** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-15** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-15** 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
- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** In Messages
- **2023-04-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-04-26** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-26** Substituted for CS/SB 994
- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-02** Chapter No. 2023-24
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6cc9cef-0c61-4f42-a6e6-77464c4e36a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).