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CS/CS/HB 1159

Florida House bill in Session 2026.

Status: enacted. Latest action: April 1, 2026.

Sexual Offenses.

Bill ID FL-2026-HB-1159
Session 2026
Status enacted
Committee Criminal Justice Subcommittee Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee Referred to Judiciary Committee Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
House enacted 2026-04-01
Summary

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."

Sponsor
Judiciary Committee
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Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2026-01-13 Introduced Bill introduced
2026-04-01 Status enacted
2026-04-01 Latest Action - Chapter No. 2026-20
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