Legislation: Florida — 2,186 enacted records (OpenStates 2026-07-01)

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Pub. Rec./Investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs"
+description: "Pub. Rec./Investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for information relating to investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs of certain social media violations; authorizing the department to disclose such information for specified purposes; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing an exemption from public records requirements for information relating to investigations by the department of certain age verification violations; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
+legislature: "Florida Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 1491"
+citation: "Florida HB 1491 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+chapter_law: "2024-54"
+primary_sponsors: ["Overdorf", "Tramont"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-08"
+last_action: "2024-04-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e40b775a-040a-4295-bdce-0dd72374a7e1"
+source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1491/ByCategory"
+source_hash: "ce3ebce026593e1d0cf7baa2c112b72b2ef36a52d025c4a8bd311bad13f323b4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
+---
+
+# Florida HB 1491 (2024) — Pub. Rec./Investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs
+
+Pub. Rec./Investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for information relating to investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs of certain social media violations; authorizing the department to disclose such information for specified purposes; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing an exemption from public records requirements for information relating to investigations by the department of certain age verification violations; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
+
+**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-54.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **H 1491 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1491/BillText/Filed/PDF)
+2. **H 1491 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1491/BillText/c1/PDF)
+3. **H 1491 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1491/BillText/c2/PDF)
+4. **H 1491 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1491/BillText/e1/PDF)
+5. **H 1491 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1491/BillText/er/PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **113–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **30–5** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Overdorf — primary (person)
+- Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee — primary (organization)
+- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
+- Tramont — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-08** Filed `filing`
+- **2024-01-09** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-09** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-09** Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
+- **2024-01-09** Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
+- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
+- **2024-01-11** Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-11** Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
+- **2024-01-11** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
+- **2024-01-11** CS Filed `filing`
+- **2024-01-11** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-12** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-12** Now in State Affairs Committee
+- **2024-01-12** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
+- **2024-01-17** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-17** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
+- **2024-01-18** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
+- **2024-01-18** CS Filed `filing`
+- **2024-01-18** Bill referred to House Calendar
+- **2024-01-18** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (1/23/2024)
+- **2024-01-18** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-01-23** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2024-01-23** Added to Third Reading Calendar
+- **2024-01-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-01-24** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2024-01-24** In Messages
+- **2024-01-25** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-25** Received `enrolled`
+- **2024-02-12** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/15/24, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
+- **2024-02-15** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/21/24 --If Received `enrolled`
+- **2024-03-01** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
+- **2024-03-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
+- **2024-03-01** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/24
+- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-04** Amendment(s) adopted (644660)
+- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 30 NAYS 5 `passage`
+- **2024-03-04** In Messages
+- **2024-03-06** Added to Senate Message List
+- **2024-03-06** Amendment 644660 Concur
+- **2024-03-06** CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2024-03-06** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2024-04-02** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-03** Chapter No. 2024-54; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 3 (Ch. 2024-42)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e40b775a-040a-4295-bdce-0dd72374a7e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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