---
type: "Bill"
title: "Attorney Fees and Costs"
description: "Attorney Fees and Costs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 829"
citation: "Florida HB 829 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["civil practice and procedure"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-151"
primary_sponsors: ["Sabatini"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c911bd2-1ef7-44d2-9dec-7570aabcf8b0"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/829/ByCategory"
source_hash: "c4ea92ccd4ee0764413775aa9740ad09d94fb19fe1d4e978c15958363872178b"
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 829 (2019) — Attorney Fees and Costs

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-151.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 829 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/829/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 829 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/829/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 829 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/829/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 829 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/829/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 829 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/829/BillText/e1/PDF)
6. **H 829 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/829/BillText/e2/PDF)
7. **H 829 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/829/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **25–14** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- Senate Message, Passage — **77–31** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **74–37** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **12–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sabatini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-18** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/20/19, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2019-03-20** CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 3
- **2019-03-20** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-21** Now in Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2019-03-21** CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-22** On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 03/26/19, 8:00 am, 12 HOB
- **2019-03-26** CS/CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 4
- **2019-03-27** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-27** CS/CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-28** 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/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 12 NAYS 6
- **2019-04-17** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-04-17** CS/CS/CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/19
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Amendment(s) adopted (027327)
- **2019-04-24** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** CS passed as amended; YEAS 74 NAYS 37 `passage`
- **2019-04-25** In Messages
- **2019-04-25** Referred to Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Received
- **2019-04-30** Withdrawn from Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-30** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1140
- **2019-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment(s) adopted (892770)
- **2019-04-30** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 25 NAYS 14 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** In returning messages
- **2019-05-02** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (892770)
- **2019-05-02** CS passed as amended; YEAS 77 NAYS 31 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2019-06-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-27** Chapter No. 2019-151

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c911bd2-1ef7-44d2-9dec-7570aabcf8b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).