---
type: "Bill"
title: "Abandoned Cemeteries"
description: "Abandoned Cemeteries; Creates Task Force on Abandoned African-American Cemeteries; specifies composition, purpose, & duties of task force; provides meeting requirements; requires task force to submit report to Governor & Legislature; provides for expiration of task force."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 37"
citation: "Florida HB 37 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["executive branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-60"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-12-07"
last_action: "2021-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5bc6e8d-bce6-47d4-86c3-bb9db494ed6a"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/37/ByCategory"
source_hash: "57599362f734fd19f992f0bc3ec18f6e2e6191ea732f219cb25db857d6ea22e9"
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 37 (2021) — Abandoned Cemeteries

Abandoned Cemeteries; Creates Task Force on Abandoned African-American Cemeteries; specifies composition, purpose, & duties of task force; provides meeting requirements; requires task force to submit report to Governor & Legislature; provides for expiration of task force.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-60.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 37 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/37/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 37 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/37/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 37 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/37/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 37 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/37/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Government Operations Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Infrastructure and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-07** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-15** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee; Infrastructure and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-22** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-24** Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-25** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-25** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-25** CS Filed
- **2021-03-25** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-29** Referred to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Now in Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-04-02** Added to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-04-06** Favorable with CS by Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-04-07** Reported out of Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-04-07** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-04-07** CS Filed
- **2021-04-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-04-09** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2021-04-13** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2021-04-15** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2021-04-15** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Received
- **2021-04-29** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-29** Substituted for CS/SB 222
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** In Messages
- **2021-04-29** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-04** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-09** Chapter No. 2021-60

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5bc6e8d-bce6-47d4-86c3-bb9db494ed6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).