---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic Legal Documents"
description: "Electronic Legal Documents"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 409"
citation: "Florida HB 409 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public officers", "employees", "and records", "evidence", "limitations", "estates and trusts"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-71"
primary_sponsors: ["Perez", "Grant"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/187db813-b300-4ae0-9107-ba37a675cf3b"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/409/ByCategory"
source_hash: "950edb3819d3efcc0d2b8b44fbb1b8abe7063bd3ade5cd01cbf00055bc79998a"
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 409 (2019) — Electronic Legal Documents

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-71.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 409 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/409/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 409 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/409/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 409 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/409/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 409 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/409/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **87–28** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **17–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **14–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Perez — primary (person)
- Grant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/06/19, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall -- Temporarily postponed
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-11** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/13/19, 8:30 am, Sumner Hall
- **2019-03-13** CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 2
- **2019-03-15** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-15** CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-18** Now in Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2019-03-22** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, 03/26/19, 9:00 am, Reed Hall
- **2019-03-26** Favorable by Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2019-04-12** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 04/16/19, 1:30 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2019-04-16** CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 1
- **2019-04-17** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-04-17** CS/CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/19
- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 87 NAYS 28 `passage`
- **2019-04-24** In Messages
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Received
- **2019-05-01** Withdrawn from Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-05-01** Substituted for CS/SB 548
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 849, 850 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Chapter No. 2019-71

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/187db813-b300-4ae0-9107-ba37a675cf3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).