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type: "Bill"
title: "Assault or Battery on Hospital Personnel"
description: "Assault or Battery on Hospital Personnel; Provides for reclassification of certain offenses committed against hospital personnel while engaged in performance of their duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 825"
citation: "Florida HB 825 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["crimes"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-128"
primary_sponsors: ["Berfield"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e5f6500-baba-4b2c-85ee-7088a678c171"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/825/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ea22a2a7418efe1880d0e89dd0470b2d6b3264ec1f93c3f940b3f230e2135f00"
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 825 (2023) — Assault or Battery on Hospital Personnel
Assault or Battery on Hospital Personnel; Provides for reclassification of certain offenses committed against hospital personnel while engaged in performance of their duties.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-128.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 825 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/825/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 825 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/825/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **170** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **230** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **120** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **381** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1090** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Berfield — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Jacques — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
- Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stark — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)
- Yeager — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-13** Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-13** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-23** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-27** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-27** 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** Passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** In Messages
- **2023-04-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-02** Substituted for SB 568
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** In Messages
- **2023-05-02** 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. 2023-128
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e5f6500-baba-4b2c-85ee-7088a678c171`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).