---
type: "Bill"
title: "Combating Public Disorder"
description: "Combating Public Disorder; Authorizing specified elected officials to file an appeal to the Administration Commission if the governing body of a municipality makes a specified reduction to the operating budget of the municipal law enforcement agency; providing that a municipality has a duty to allow the municipal law enforcement agency to respond to a riot or unlawful assembly in a specified manner based on specified circumstances; reclassifying the penalty for an assault committed in furtherance of a riot or an aggravated riot; prohibiting cyberintimidation by publication; prohibiting a person from willfully participating in a specified violent public disturbance resulting in specified damage or injury; creating an affirmative defense to a civil action where the plaintiff participated in a riot, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1"
citation: "Florida HB 1 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["crimes", "criminal procedure and corrections", "motor vehicles", "municipalities", "torts"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-6"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 77
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e12ab27-3eae-4c10-b1d7-dcc2e1eecb52"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8c9e5d190e17448b68ef772bb41068522010ffc1cbf8b6f87255cef2f954f9d6"
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 1 (2021) — Combating Public Disorder

Combating Public Disorder; Authorizing specified elected officials to file an appeal to the Administration Commission if the governing body of a municipality makes a specified reduction to the operating budget of the municipal law enforcement agency; providing that a municipality has a duty to allow the municipal law enforcement agency to respond to a riot or unlawful assembly in a specified manner based on specified circumstances; reclassifying the penalty for an assault committed in furtherance of a riot or an aggravated riot; prohibiting cyberintimidation by publication; prohibiting a person from willfully participating in a specified violent public disturbance resulting in specified damage or injury; creating an affirmative defense to a civil action where the plaintiff participated in a riot, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-6.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 1 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- A - 374104, Amendment, Second Reading — **17–22** (fail) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **76–39** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **11–9** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **10–5** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee) — **11–6** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **23–17** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **14–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-15** Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee, 01/27/21, 4:00 pm, Webster Hall
- **2021-01-27** Favorable by Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-27** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-01** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-04** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-04** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-08** PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2021-03-10** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-10** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-10** CS Filed
- **2021-03-11** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-12** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-03-12** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-18** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/25/2021)
- **2021-03-19** Amendment 175541 filed
- **2021-03-19** Amendment 580221 filed
- **2021-03-19** Amendment 491535 filed
- **2021-03-19** Amendment 423835 filed
- **2021-03-19** Amendment 298547 filed
- **2021-03-19** Amendment 567371 filed
- **2021-03-19** Amendment 694491 filed
- **2021-03-19** Amendment 078765 filed
- **2021-03-19** Amendment 155255 filed
- **2021-03-19** Amendment 960979 filed
- **2021-03-19** Amendment 469361 filed late
- **2021-03-19** Amendment 081267 filed late
- **2021-03-19** Amendment 365305 filed late
- **2021-03-19** Amendment 676083 filed late
- **2021-03-19** Amendment 791293 filed late
- **2021-03-19** Amendment 869807 filed late
- **2021-03-22** Amendment 365305 withdrawn
- **2021-03-22** Amendment 081267 withdrawn
- **2021-03-22** Amendment 676083 withdrawn
- **2021-03-22** Amendment 869807 withdrawn
- **2021-03-22** Amendment 469361 withdrawn
- **2021-03-22** Amendment 791293 withdrawn
- **2021-03-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Amendment 694491 temporarily postponed
- **2021-03-25** Amendment 298547 Failed
- **2021-03-25** Amendment 694491 Failed
- **2021-03-25** Amendment 175541 adopted
- **2021-03-25** Amendment 078765 Failed
- **2021-03-25** Amendment 580221 adopted
- **2021-03-25** Amendment 491535 adopted
- **2021-03-25** Amendment 960979 Failed
- **2021-03-25** Amendment 567371 Failed
- **2021-03-25** Amendment 155255 ruled out of order
- **2021-03-25** Amendment 423835 adopted
- **2021-03-25** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-03-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-26** CS passed as amended; YEAS 76, NAYS 39 `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Message sent to senate
- **2021-03-31** In Messages
- **2021-04-02** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/09/21, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-04-06** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/10/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Meeting cancelled
- **2021-04-07** Received
- **2021-04-09** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 11 NAYS 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-09** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/14/21
- **2021-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Amendment(s) failed (280910, 374104, 432142, 442172, 450464, 484354, 526562, 577848, 650056, 674492, 701782, 751634, 766236, 842162) -SJ 418, 423, 430, 434
- **2021-04-14** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** CS passed; YEAS 23 NAYS 17 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-15** In Messages
- **2021-04-15** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-04-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-04-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-20** Chapter No. 2021-6

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e12ab27-3eae-4c10-b1d7-dcc2e1eecb52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).