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| Bill | Exploitation of Vulnerable Persons | Exploitation of Vulnerable Persons; Specifying conditions under which a person commits exploitation of a person 65 years of age or older; providing criminal penalties for violations of the act; specifying that not knowing the age of a victim is not a defense to such crime; authorizing persons who are in imminent danger of exploitation to petition for an injunction for protection; providing time limitations for commencing prosecution for violations of the act, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2023 | SB 232 | Florida SB 232 (2023) |
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enacted | 2023-133 |
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4 | 31 | 4 | 2023-02-01 | 2023-05-26 | openstates | ocd-bill/a7dd141d-2eae-4eda-8289-3b91998c91fa | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/232/ByCategory | d77efcf79921b50e73604ddb49d75df84d9cf02216c2384d1fd4e1c487b6e216 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida SB 232 (2023) — Exploitation of Vulnerable Persons
Exploitation of Vulnerable Persons; Specifying conditions under which a person commits exploitation of a person 65 years of age or older; providing criminal penalties for violations of the act; specifying that not knowing the age of a victim is not a defense to such crime; authorizing persons who are in imminent danger of exploitation to petition for an injunction for protection; providing time limitations for commencing prosecution for violations of the act, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-133.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- S 232 Filed (filed) — source
- S 232 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- S 232 e1 (engrossed) — source
- S 232 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 7–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable — 19–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Criminal Justice — primary (person)
- Garcia — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-02-01 Filed
filing - 2023-02-09 Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
referral-committee - 2023-03-07 Introduced
introduction - 2023-03-08 On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/13/23, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- 2023-03-13 CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- 2023-03-14 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2023-03-15 Original reference(s) removed: Judiciary
- 2023-03-15 Remaining references corrected to Fiscal Policy
- 2023-03-15 Now in Fiscal Policy
- 2023-03-15 CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
- 2023-03-20 On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/23/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- 2023-03-23 Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-23 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2023-04-05 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/11/23
- 2023-04-11 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-04-11 Amendment(s) adopted (415238)
- 2023-04-11 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-04-11 CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
passage - 2023-04-12 In Messages
- 2023-05-01 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2023-05-01 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023)
- 2023-05-01 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
reading-1 - 2023-05-02 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-05-02 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2023-05-02 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2023-05-03 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-05-03 CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0
passage - 2023-05-03 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2023-05-16 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2023-05-25 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2023-05-26 Chapter No. 2023-133
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7dd141d-2eae-4eda-8289-3b91998c91fa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).