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type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual Cyberharassment"
description: "Sexual Cyberharassment; Revises requirements for enhanced penalty for second or subsequent conviction; prohibits violations for pecuniary or any other financial gain; provides for award of punitive damages in civil actions; provides statute of limitations for prosecution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1451"
citation: "Florida HB 1451 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-84"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker", "Gottlieb"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-28"
last_action: "2025-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8288138-4324-42fc-b913-26446ff88404"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1451/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f221f69d055527c06a596f5dae2d8fd623e00a416584dc1162a1e9a0dfdf6d68"
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 1451 (2025) — Sexual Cyberharassment
Sexual Cyberharassment; Revises requirements for enhanced penalty for second or subsequent conviction; prohibits violations for pecuniary or any other financial gain; provides for award of punitive damages in civil actions; provides statute of limitations for prosecution.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-84.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 1451 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1451/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1451 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1451/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1451 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1451/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1451 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1451/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Baker — primary (person)
- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Gottlieb — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Driskell — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Overdorf — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2025-03-28** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-04-01** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2025-04-01** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-04-01** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-02** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2025-04-15** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2025-04-17** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2025-04-17** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-04-17** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-17** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/23/2025)
- **2025-04-17** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-23** In Messages
- **2025-04-23** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-29** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-29** Substituted for CS/SB 1084
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-29** In Messages
- **2025-04-29** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-23** Chapter No. 2025-84
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8288138-4324-42fc-b913-26446ff88404`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).