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type: "Bill"
title: "Statewide Prosecutor"
description: "Statewide Prosecutor; Specifying that certain crimes facilitated by or connected to the use of the Internet occur in every judicial circuit within the state; authorizing the Office of Statewide Prosecution to investigate and prosecute crimes involving voting in an election for a federal or state office, voting in an election on a referendum, an initiative, or an issue, the petition activities for a federal or state office, the petition activities for a referendum, an initiative, or an issue, or voter registration, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023B"
identifier: "SB 4B"
citation: "Florida SB 4B (2023B)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["executive branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-2"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-02-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66aefa67-304b-4ad7-a297-7ac524d418d1"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023B/4B/ByCategory"
source_hash: "4041dc33ff20f784dcff87feee6fffd446849cfcd6b945e591dc2bf8ec2b6acf"
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 4B (2023B) — Statewide Prosecutor
Statewide Prosecutor; Specifying that certain crimes facilitated by or connected to the use of the Internet occur in every judicial circuit within the state; authorizing the Office of Statewide Prosecution to investigate and prosecute crimes involving voting in an election for a federal or state office, voting in an election on a referendum, an initiative, or an issue, the petition activities for a federal or state office, the petition activities for a referendum, an initiative, or an issue, or voter registration, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-2.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 4B Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023B/4B/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 4B er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023B/4B/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Motion to Read Third Time, Second Reading — **371** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **2712** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **7733** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **146** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Martin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/07/23, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2023-02-06** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-07** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 14 NAYS 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-02-07** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/08/23
- **2023-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Passed; YEAS 27 NAYS 12 `passage`
- **2023-02-08** In Messages
- **2023-02-08** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/9/2023)
- **2023-02-08** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Substituted for HB 3B
- **2023-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-09** Amendment 942611 Failed
- **2023-02-09** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Passed; YEAS 77, NAYS 33 `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-10** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-15** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-15** Chapter No. 2023-2
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66aefa67-304b-4ad7-a297-7ac524d418d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).