HB 1117: Offenses Evidencing Prejudice
GENERAL BILL by Rosenwald
Offenses Evidencing Prejudice; Expands grounds for reclassification of offenses to include acts based on gender or gender identity of any person; specifies that reclassification must occur if offense was based in whole or in part on specified characteristics of any person; provides that it is essential element of certain offense that defendant perceived, knew, or had reasonable grounds to know or perceive that person was included in certain class of person; specifies that reclassification of certain offense must occur if offense was based in whole or in part on disability of any person; reclassifies certain offenses committed against person with disability; expands data Governor is required to collect & disseminate to include specified incidents.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/7/2026 House • Filed
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HB 1117, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/7/2026 at 11:32 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1388 Offenses Evidencing Prejudice Smith Identical Last Action: 1/7/2026 S Filed 
Citations - Statutes (4)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 775.085 Evidencing prejudice while committing offense; reclassification. Page 2 (pdf) 775.0863 Evidencing prejudice while committing offense against person with mental or physical disability; reclassification. Page 4 (pdf) 817.034 Florida Communications Fraud Act. Page 5 (pdf) 877.19 Hate Crimes Reporting Act. Page 7 (pdf)