---
type: "Bill"
title: "Illegal Taking, Possession, and Sale of Bears"
description: "Illegal Taking, Possession, and Sale of Bears; Provides that person commits specified violations for illegal taking, possession, & sale of bears; prohibits illegal taking, possession, & sale of bears; provides penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 327"
citation: "Florida HB 327 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["reclamation", "and use"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-66"
primary_sponsors: ["Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-10-10"
last_action: "2020-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ba814a5-efa3-44ce-8a50-4dc51172b7ab"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/327/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6015b14bc26bf4aad770785b2093057f528ef79714804833446133531bcd5114"
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 327 (2020) — Illegal Taking, Possession, and Sale of Bears

Illegal Taking, Possession, and Sale of Bears; Provides that person commits specified violations for illegal taking, possession, & sale of bears; prohibits illegal taking, possession, & sale of bears; provides penalties.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-66.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 327 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/327/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 327 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/327/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 327 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/327/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 327 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/327/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-10-10** Filed `filing`
- **2019-10-16** Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-06** On Committee agenda-- Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee, 11/13/19, 1:00 pm, 12 HOB
- **2019-11-13** CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2019-11-14** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-11-25** Now in Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2020-01-13** On Committee agenda-- Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee, 01/15/20, 9:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-14** CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2020-01-15** Favorable by Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-15** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2020-01-21** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 01/23/20, 9:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2020-01-23** Favorable by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-23** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-01-30** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/05/20
- **2020-02-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** CS passed; YEAS 116 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-12** In Messages
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Criminal Justice; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Received
- **2020-03-10** Withdrawn from Environment and Natural Resources; Criminal Justice; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-10** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 688
- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10** Amendment(s) adopted (686766)
- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** In returning messages
- **2020-03-12** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (686766)
- **2020-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2020-06-11** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-22** Chapter No. 2020-66

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ba814a5-efa3-44ce-8a50-4dc51172b7ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).