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| Bill | Sexual Offenses | Sexual Offenses; Replaces term "child pornography" with term "child sexual abuse material"; revises criteria related to reclassification of specified offenses; revises mandatory minimum sentences for certain sexual offenses by persons previously convicted of sexual offenses; increases penalty for employing, authorizing, or inducing child of specified age to engage in sexual performance; prohibits person from employing, authorizing, or inducing child younger than 12 years of age to engage in sexual performance; requires mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenses when committed by specified offenders; increases penalty for knowingly soliciting, possessing, controlling, or intentionally viewing certain materials that include child sexual abuse material; provides applicability of specified mandatory minimum sentences; increases penalty for intentionally creating generated child sexual abuse material; prohibits person from transmitting child sexual abuse material to another person; revises punishments for certain sexual activities involving animals; requires certain court order to be effective for certain number of years; increases criminal penalties for possessing child-like sex doll; provides that prosecution for certain acts in connection with obscene, lewd, etc., materials does not prohibit person from prosecution for other specified offenses; requires mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenses when committed by specified offenders; ranks offenses on offense severity ranking chart of Criminal Punishment Code. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2026 | HB 1159 | Florida HB 1159 (2026) |
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enacted | 2026-20 |
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4 | 45 | 5 | 2026-01-07 | 2026-04-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/4ad9f5ab-0e88-43b7-bbf2-1ad9d28dc5bc | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1159/ByCategory | 758c7472c003cdae38effaf3ec98b39130641216c97c4ebfb1a99791c20423e2 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 1159 (2026) — Sexual Offenses
Sexual Offenses; Replaces term "child pornography" with term "child sexual abuse material"; revises criteria related to reclassification of specified offenses; revises mandatory minimum sentences for certain sexual offenses by persons previously convicted of sexual offenses; increases penalty for employing, authorizing, or inducing child of specified age to engage in sexual performance; prohibits person from employing, authorizing, or inducing child younger than 12 years of age to engage in sexual performance; requires mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenses when committed by specified offenders; increases penalty for knowingly soliciting, possessing, controlling, or intentionally viewing certain materials that include child sexual abuse material; provides applicability of specified mandatory minimum sentences; increases penalty for intentionally creating generated child sexual abuse material; prohibits person from transmitting child sexual abuse material to another person; revises punishments for certain sexual activities involving animals; requires certain court order to be effective for certain number of years; increases criminal penalties for possessing child-like sex doll; provides that prosecution for certain acts in connection with obscene, lewd, etc., materials does not prohibit person from prosecution for other specified offenses; requires mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenses when committed by specified offenders; ranks offenses on offense severity ranking chart of Criminal Punishment Code.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-20.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 1159 Filed (filed) — source
- H 1159 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 1159 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 1159 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Judiciary Committee) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Justice Budget Subcommittee) — 14–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — 14–1 (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — 105–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Jacques — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Nix — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Weinberger — cosponsor (person)
- Yarkosky — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-07 Filed
filing - 2026-01-13 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2026-01-15 Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-01-15 Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-01-15 Referred to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee - 2026-01-15 Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- 2026-02-03 Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- 2026-02-05 Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-05 Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- 2026-02-05 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2026-02-05 CS Filed
filing - 2026-02-05 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2026-02-06 Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-02-06 Referred to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee - 2026-02-06 Now in Justice Budget Subcommittee
- 2026-02-10 Added to Justice Budget Subcommittee agenda
- 2026-02-12 Favorable by Justice Budget Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-12 Reported out of Justice Budget Subcommittee
- 2026-02-12 Now in Judiciary Committee
- 2026-02-24 PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- 2026-02-26 Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-26 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- 2026-02-26 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2026-02-26 CS Filed
filing - 2026-02-26 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2026-02-26 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2026)
- 2026-02-26 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
reading-1 - 2026-03-03 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-03-03 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2026-03-03 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-03-03 CS passed; YEAS 105, NAYS 0
passage - 2026-03-03 In Messages
- 2026-03-03 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2026-03-03 Received
enrolled - 2026-03-09 Withdrawn from Rules
withdrawal - 2026-03-09 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2026-03-09 Substituted for CS/SB 1750
- 2026-03-09 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-03-09 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-03-09 CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
passage - 2026-03-09 In Messages
- 2026-03-09 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2026-04-01 Chapter No. 2026-20
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ad9f5ab-0e88-43b7-bbf2-1ad9d28dc5bc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).