---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Sheltering of Persons with Pets"
description: "Emergency Sheltering of Persons with Pets; Requires DOE to assist DEM in determining strategies regarding evacuation of persons with pets; requires certain counties to designate shelter that can accommodate persons with pets; specifies requirements for such shelters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 705"
citation: "Florida HB 705 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["military affairs and related matters"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-132"
primary_sponsors: ["Oversight", "Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-11-19"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0deaf1d-2874-4f6d-aabc-8dba687acd68"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/705/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f710e760136149b06a3d14d318828a95bfb6a2e8059746a57bbbe261e1665e24"
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 705 (2020) — Emergency Sheltering of Persons with Pets

Emergency Sheltering of Persons with Pets; Requires DOE to assist DEM in determining strategies regarding evacuation of persons with pets; requires certain counties to designate shelter that can accommodate persons with pets; specifies requirements for such shelters.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-132.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 705 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/705/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 705 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/705/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 705 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/705/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Oversight, Transparency & Public Management Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Oversight — primary (person)
- Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-19** Filed `filing`
- **2019-12-03** Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; Health Quality Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-31** On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 3:30 pm, Morris Hall
- **2020-02-04** CS by Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-05** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-02-05** CS by Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2020-02-06** Original reference(s) removed: Health Quality Subcommittee
- **2020-02-06** CS referred to Health and Human Services Committee; State Affairs Committee
- **2020-02-06** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2020-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2020-02-12** Favorable by Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-12** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2020-02-18** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 02/20/20, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2020-02-20** Favorable by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/03/20
- **2020-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-04** In Messages
- **2020-03-04** Referred to Infrastructure and Security; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Received
- **2020-03-05** Withdrawn from Infrastructure and Security; Community Affairs; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-05** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 752
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-06** 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. 2020-132

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0deaf1d-2874-4f6d-aabc-8dba687acd68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).