Florida · Senate Bill 406 · 2025 Regular Session

Hate Crimes

SB 406 Sponsored by Barbara Sharief Withdrawn

  1. Introduced Jan 29, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 10, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Oct 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Designating as a hate crime a person’s false reporting of the commission of a crime in whole or in part because of certain beliefs or perceptions about another person; providing criminal penalties; authorizing a court to order a program or training directed at hate crime prevention and education, etc.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy · Senate Criminal Justice
  3. CommitteeWithdrawn from Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy · Senate Criminal Justice
  4. SenateWithdrawn prior to introduction

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.