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type: "Bill"
title: "Automatic Sealing of Criminal History Records and Making Confidential and Exempt Related Court Records"
description: "Automatic Sealing of Criminal History Records and Making Confidential and Exempt Related Court Records; Requiring a clerk of the court to automatically keep confidential and exempt court records related to certain criminal history records that meet specified criteria, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 376"
citation: "Florida SB 376 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["criminal procedure and corrections"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-189"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgess", "Criminal Justice", "Rules"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d116565f-679a-4a28-9074-34b35042ab1b"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/376/ByCategory"
source_hash: "be591a0426e5a365d5ad45735251c5a54a5cf1373ab3475e89ce2c08b44dbb2d"
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 SB 376 (2023) — Automatic Sealing of Criminal History Records and Making Confidential and Exempt Related Court Records
Automatic Sealing of Criminal History Records and Making Confidential and Exempt Related Court Records; Requiring a clerk of the court to automatically keep confidential and exempt court records related to certain criminal history records that meet specified criteria, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-189.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 376 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/376/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 376 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/376/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 376 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/376/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 376 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/376/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **190** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1151** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **60** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Burgess — primary (person)
- Criminal Justice — primary (person)
- Rules — primary (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-25** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-30** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/04/23, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2023-04-04** CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
- **2023-04-05** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-04-05** Original reference(s) removed: Judiciary
- **2023-04-05** Remaining references corrected to Rules
- **2023-04-05** Now in Rules
- **2023-04-11** CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
- **2023-04-19** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/24/23, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-24** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
- **2023-04-25** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-04-25** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-25** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/23
- **2023-04-25** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** 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 (Committee Substitute 2) `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 1 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-06** Chapter No. 2023-189
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d116565f-679a-4a28-9074-34b35042ab1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).