---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pub. Rec./Site-specific Location Information of Endangered and Threatened Species"
description: "Pub. Rec./Site-specific Location Information of Endangered and Threatened Species; Provides exemption from public records requirements for site-specific location information of endangered & threatened species; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 549"
citation: "Florida HB 549 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-129"
primary_sponsors: ["Overdorf"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-11-06"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f938408-d526-4e5c-8171-f0a8afc427ec"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/549/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5ff923233ae71f3a07b981ee02a6490d1146d39ddc222046e53b1afeb3a2a773"
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 549 (2020) — Pub. Rec./Site-specific Location Information of Endangered and Threatened Species

Pub. Rec./Site-specific Location Information of Endangered and Threatened Species; Provides exemption from public records requirements for site-specific location information of endangered & threatened species; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-129.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 549 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/549/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 549 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/549/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 549 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/549/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Overdorf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-11-15** Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-31** On Committee agenda-- Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 12:00 pm, 12 HOB
- **2020-02-04** CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-05** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-02-05** CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2020-02-06** Original reference(s) removed: Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee
- **2020-02-06** CS referred to State Affairs Committee
- **2020-02-06** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2020-02-25** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 02/27/20, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2020-02-27** Favorable by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 22 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-27** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** In Messages
- **2020-03-09** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Received
- **2020-03-10** Withdrawn from Environment and Natural Resources; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-10** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 812
- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Chapter No. 2020-129

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f938408-d526-4e5c-8171-f0a8afc427ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).