---
type: "Bill"
title: "Interception of Wire, Oral, or Electronic Communications Made in Violation of Protective Orders"
description: "Interception of Wire, Oral, or Electronic Communications Made in Violation of Protective Orders; Provides exception to prohibitions on interception & recording of communications when communication is received in violation of specified injunction or order; limits use of intercepted communication to evidencing violation of specified injunction or order."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 583"
citation: "Florida HB 583 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-207"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60f3e0c1-71ea-4dcc-83c3-136afe90f39e"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/583/ByCategory"
source_hash: "25674e8807dc98a93093c782ce7b6234d47fe51e76911e17792f44620ecca924"
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 583 (2021) — Interception of Wire, Oral, or Electronic Communications Made in Violation of Protective Orders

Interception of Wire, Oral, or Electronic Communications Made in Violation of Protective Orders; Provides exception to prohibitions on interception & recording of communications when communication is received in violation of specified injunction or order; limits use of intercepted communication to evidencing violation of specified injunction or order.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-207.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 583 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/583/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 583 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/583/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 583 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/583/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-05** Added to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-09** Favorable by Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Reported out of Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2021-03-09** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-22** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2021-03-24** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-24** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-24** CS Filed
- **2021-03-25** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-03-26** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/15/2021)
- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-15** In Messages
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Received
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-26** Substituted for CS/SB 1802
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** 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. 2021-207

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60f3e0c1-71ea-4dcc-83c3-136afe90f39e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).