---
type: "Bill"
title: "Legal Notices"
description: "Legal Notices; Revising construction as to the satisfaction of publication requirements for legal notices; revising requirements for newspapers that are qualified to publish legal notices; authorizing the Internet publication of specified governmental agency notices on newspaper websites in lieu of print publication if certain requirements are met; requiring the Florida Press Association to seek to ensure equitable access for minority populations to legal notices posted on the statewide legal notice website; requiring the association to publish and maintain certain reports on the statewide legal notice website, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 35"
citation: "Florida HB 35 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["civil practice and procedure", "evidence", "municipalities", "planning and development", "public officers", "employees", "and records", "reclamation", "and use"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-17"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-12-07"
last_action: "2021-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4b8bed6-1f53-40ad-a5da-2e80fd732b55"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/35/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d420c32bef490cc633deff241e2d52e4470c091376680bec77175aa159363d5b"
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 35 (2021) — Legal Notices

Legal Notices; Revising construction as to the satisfaction of publication requirements for legal notices; revising requirements for newspapers that are qualified to publish legal notices; authorizing the Internet publication of specified governmental agency notices on newspaper websites in lieu of print publication if certain requirements are met; requiring the Florida Press Association to seek to ensure equitable access for minority populations to legal notices posted on the statewide legal notice website; requiring the association to publish and maintain certain reports on the statewide legal notice website, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-17.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 35 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/35/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 35 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/35/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 35 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/35/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 35 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/35/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **105–9** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **17–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **85–34** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee) — **11–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-07** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-15** Referred to Civil Justice and Property Rights Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice and Property Rights Subcommittee, 02/03/21, 4:30 pm, Webster Hall
- **2021-02-03** Favorable by Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Reported out of Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2021-02-03** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-08** 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** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-03-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-11** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/18/2021)
- **2021-03-11** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** CS passed; YEAS 85, NAYS 34 `passage`
- **2021-03-25** In Messages
- **2021-03-25** Message sent to senate
- **2021-03-30** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Received
- **2021-04-29** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-29** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 402
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Amendment(s) adopted (671432)
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** In Messages
- **2021-04-29** Added to Senate Message List
- **2021-04-29** Amendment 671432 Concur
- **2021-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 105, NAYS 9 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2021-04-29** Message sent to senate
- **2021-05-07** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-05-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-11** Chapter No. 2021-17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4b8bed6-1f53-40ad-a5da-2e80fd732b55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).