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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 857: Assault or Battery on a Utility Worker

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 857 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Assault or Battery on a Utility Worker. Primary sponsor: Jennifer Kincart Jonsson (Republican), Criminal Justice Subcommittee. It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 30, 2025): Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1386 (Ch. 2025-73).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Assault or Battery on a Utility Worker; Defines "utility worker"; provides for reclassification of certain offenses committed against utility workers.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jennifer Kincart JonssonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse49
Criminal Justice SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Jose AlvarezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Erika BoothCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse35
Rachel PlakonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1386 (Ch. 2025-73)
  2. Added to Second Reading Calendar
  3. Bill released to House Calendar
  4. Reported out of Judiciary Committee
  5. Favorable by Judiciary Committee
  6. Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
  7. Now in Judiciary Committee
  8. Reported out of Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
  9. Favorable by Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
  10. Added to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee agenda
  11. Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
  12. Referred to Judiciary Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 25 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source