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SB 1828 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Trespass

Summary
Trespass; Providing enhanced criminal penalties for trespassing on property maintained or secured by federal, state, or local law enforcement officers if specified notice is posted; prohibiting a person from willfully entering or remaining in a venue during certain ticketed covered events without being authorized, licensed, or invited to enter or remain in such venue, etc.
Issues: ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeBill imposes enhanced criminal penalties for trespassing on law enforcement property and expands criminalization by prohibiting unauthorized entry into venues, aligning with stricter enforcement.95% confidence
Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Last action Apr 23, 2025
Maddy AI version diff · 3 comparisons

What changed between versions

S 1828 c2 → S 1828 c3 · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill version changed from a Committee Substitute 2 to a Committee Substitute 3, updating the committee sponsors from Judiciary and Criminal Justice to include Rules, and changing the effective date from October 1, 2025 to 'upon becoming a law.' The substantive policy content regarding trespass penalties and venue restrictions remains identical between versions.
Scope change
No substantive scope changes; the bill's applicability, penalties, and definitions remain the same.
TIMELINE

Effective date changed from October 1, 2025 to 'upon becoming a law', allowing the bill to take effect immediately upon passage.

TECHNICAL

Committee sponsors updated from Judiciary and Criminal Justice to include Rules committee, reflecting additional committee review.

Document header and version number updated from c2 to c3 to reflect the new committee substitute version.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 8, 2025

How they voted

23–1
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 25
Apr 8, 2025
D Democratic5
4 Yea 1 Nay
80% Yea
I Independent1
1 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
18 Yea 1
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (23-1-1)
senate
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Jonathan Martin
Jonathan Martin
RRepublican
FL
33