---
type: "Bill"
title: "Private Property Rights"
description: "Private Property Rights"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1159"
citation: "Florida HB 1159 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-155"
primary_sponsors: ["La Rosa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec3eda70-4cfa-460b-89cd-51ed3f88d3b0"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1159/ByCategory"
source_hash: "28bc0a3ef68b48fdc86d89c996504b063528282c94b5b07f5d762592e9c223e1"
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 1159 (2019) — Private Property Rights

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-155.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 1159 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1159/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1159 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1159/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1159 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1159/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **77–36** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **12–3** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **19–4** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **19–4** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **22–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- La Rosa — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 03/19/19, 8:00 am, 12 HOB
- **2019-03-19** Favorable by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2019-04-02** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 04/04/19, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2019-04-04** Favorable by Commerce Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2019-04-16** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/18/19, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2019-04-18** CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 4
- **2019-04-18** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-04-18** CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time
- **2019-04-20** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/25/19
- **2019-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** CS passed; YEAS 77 NAYS 36 `passage`
- **2019-04-25** In Messages
- **2019-04-25** Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Received
- **2019-04-26** Withdrawn from Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-26** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1400
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time -SJ 568, 578 `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 22 NAYS 16 `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-25** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-27** Chapter No. 2019-155

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec3eda70-4cfa-460b-89cd-51ed3f88d3b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).