---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adoption Records"
description: "Adoption Records; Provides that name & identity of birth parent, adoptive parent, & adoptee may be disclosed from adoption records without court order."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 89"
citation: "Florida HB 89 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["civil practice and procedure"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-42"
primary_sponsors: ["Stark"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-08-22"
last_action: "2020-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/926194a4-e0f6-4482-b625-b2012a613fb8"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/89/ByCategory"
source_hash: "c08332cbe22dc6b38748376bf27bf0f6a48dbda1911e6df59c2813674362757a"
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 89 (2020) — Adoption Records

Adoption Records; Provides that name & identity of birth parent, adoptive parent, & adoptee may be disclosed from adoption records without court order.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-42.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 89 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/89/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 89 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/89/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 89 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/89/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health Quality Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stark — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-09-23** Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Civil Justice Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-30** On Committee agenda-- Health Quality Subcommittee, 11/06/19, 9:30 am, Mashburn Hall
- **2019-11-06** Favorable by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-11-06** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-27** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 01/29/20, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2020-01-29** Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-30** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2020-02-14** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/18/20, 3:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2020-02-18** CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-20** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-02-20** CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time
- **2020-02-21** 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 -HJ `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 119 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-04** In Messages
- **2020-03-05** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** Received
- **2020-03-12** Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-12** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-12** Substituted for CS/SB 302
- **2020-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-12** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-13** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-18** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-19** Chapter No. 2020-42

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/926194a4-e0f6-4482-b625-b2012a613fb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).