---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic Legal Documents"
description: "Electronic Legal Documents; Clarifies that supervising witnessing of electronic record by online notary public is notarial act; specifies applicability of online notarization procedures to supervision of witnessing of electronic record; modifies witnessing procedures; revises statutory forms for affidavit for acceptance of & reliance upon power of attorney, for notice of election relating to descent of homestead property, for self-proof of will or codicil, for disposition of certain assets at death, & for petition of summary relief for sale or transfer of property owned by absentee, to reflect means of notarization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 483"
citation: "Florida HB 483 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["domestic relations", "estates and trusts", "public officers", "employees", "and records"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-205"
primary_sponsors: ["Altman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fba6286-43c2-437f-87bd-a1963c674912"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/483/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8c523fe096f1a2ecc0910ba68fbe389634703b2bddbb223161dd7910023b72b4"
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 483 (2021) — Electronic Legal Documents

Electronic Legal Documents; Clarifies that supervising witnessing of electronic record by online notary public is notarial act; specifies applicability of online notarization procedures to supervision of witnessing of electronic record; modifies witnessing procedures; revises statutory forms for affidavit for acceptance of & reliance upon power of attorney, for notice of election relating to descent of homestead property, for self-proof of will or codicil, for disposition of certain assets at death, & for petition of summary relief for sale or transfer of property owned by absentee, to reflect means of notarization.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-205.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 483 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/483/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 483 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/483/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Altman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-26** Added to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-30** Favorable by Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Reported out of Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2021-03-30** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2021-04-02** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2021-04-06** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2021-04-06** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2021-04-13** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2021-04-15** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Reported out of Judiciary 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** Passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Received
- **2021-04-22** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-22** Substituted for SB 848
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** In Messages
- **2021-04-22** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-205

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fba6286-43c2-437f-87bd-a1963c674912`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).