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type: "Bill"
title: "Solicitation of Minors to Commit Lewd or Lascivious Act"
description: "Solicitation of Minors to Commit Lewd or Lascivious Act; Prohibits person 24 years of age or older from soliciting person 16 or 17 years of age in writing to commit lewd or lascivious act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 431"
citation: "Florida HB 431 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-123"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker", "Daniels"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e186ab4-3f60-4df2-bdc4-74a521f0de73"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/431/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2557a95794c585424a9ae3c4aa664a0a243e84637f08ea8637b85cee0ddbb390"
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 431 (2023) — Solicitation of Minors to Commit Lewd or Lascivious Act
Solicitation of Minors to Commit Lewd or Lascivious Act; Prohibits person 24 years of age or older from soliciting person 16 or 17 years of age in writing to commit lewd or lascivious act.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-123.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 431 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/431/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 431 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/431/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 431 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/431/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **380** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **180** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **1120** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **210** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Baker — primary (person)
- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Daniels — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Canady — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Gottlieb — cosponsor (person)
- Jacques — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
- Nixon — cosponsor (person)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Tramont — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-24** 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
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-30** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-30** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-31** Original reference removed: Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-07** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-11** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-04-11** 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 Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-04-28** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-28** Substituted for CS/SB 486
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** In Messages
- **2023-04-28** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-25** Chapter No. 2023-123
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e186ab4-3f60-4df2-bdc4-74a521f0de73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).