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

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Sovereign Immunity for Professional Firms"
+description: "Sovereign Immunity for Professional Firms; Provides applicability; requires that contracts with certain professional firms must, to extent permitted by law, provide indemnity to DOT."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
+legislature: "Florida Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 619"
+citation: "Florida HB 619 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+chapter_law: "2024-271"
+primary_sponsors: ["Tuck"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-11-21"
+last_action: "2024-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/731782db-a977-488b-9f46-cd5202f4777b"
+source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/619/ByCategory"
+source_hash: "a8c77109759209a38d5b52d8c29b73be60c6ad214a4199328e6d3472318ee95b"
+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 619 (2024) — Sovereign Immunity for Professional Firms
+
+Sovereign Immunity for Professional Firms; Provides applicability; requires that contracts with certain professional firms must, to extent permitted by law, provide indemnity to DOT.
+
+**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-271.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **H 619 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/619/BillText/Filed/PDF)
+2. **H 619 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/619/BillText/c1/PDF)
+3. **H 619 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/619/BillText/c2/PDF)
+4. **H 619 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/619/BillText/er/PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **38–1** (pass) · upper
+- Passage, Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
+- Transportation & Modals Subcommittee — primary (organization)
+- Tuck — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-11-21** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-11-30** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-11-30** Referred to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-11-30** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-11-30** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
+- **2024-01-09** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
+- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
+- **2024-01-11** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-12** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
+- **2024-01-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
+- **2024-01-12** CS Filed `filing`
+- **2024-01-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-16** Referred to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-16** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-16** Now in Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
+- **2024-01-23** Added to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee agenda
+- **2024-01-25** Favorable with CS by Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-26** Reported out of Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
+- **2024-01-26** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
+- **2024-01-26** CS Filed `filing`
+- **2024-01-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-29** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-29** Now in Judiciary Committee
+- **2024-02-05** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
+- **2024-02-07** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-07** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
+- **2024-02-07** Bill released to House Calendar
+- **2024-02-07** Added to Second Reading Calendar
+- **2024-02-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/21/2024)
+- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-21** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-21** Added to Third Reading Calendar
+- **2024-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-22** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 1 `passage`
+- **2024-02-22** In Messages
+- **2024-02-23** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-27** Received `enrolled`
+- **2024-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
+- **2024-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
+- **2024-03-04** Substituted for CS/SB 1534
+- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 1 `passage`
+- **2024-03-04** In Messages
+- **2024-03-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2024-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-06-28** Chapter No. 2024-271
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/731782db-a977-488b-9f46-cd5202f4777b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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