Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 1312: Crimes Evidencing Prejudice
Did not advance Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
- Did not advance
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 1312 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 26, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Crimes Evidencing Prejudice. Primary sponsor: Barbara Sharief (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Criminal Justice.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Crimes Evidencing Prejudice; Expanding grounds for the reclassification of crimes to include acts of prejudice based upon the gender of a victim; specifying that the reclassification occurs if the crime was based in whole or in part on the actual or perceived characteristics of the victim; revising the definition of the term “mental or physical disability”; defining the term “victim”, etc.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Sharief | Primary sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 35 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Died in Criminal Justice
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
- Introduced
- Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
- Filed