---
type: "Bill"
title: "Petition for Objection to Assessment"
description: "Petition for Objection to Assessment; Specifies requirements for content, delivery, & posting of certain association notices; provides that certain associations have right to seek judicial review, appeal decisions, & represent unit or parcel owners in certain proceedings; requires certain associations to defend unit or parcel owners in certain proceedings; provides that individual unit or parcel owners do not have to be named as defendants in certain proceedings; revises parties considered defendants in tax suit; provides options to unit or parcel owners for defending tax suit; specifies conditions for releasing unit or parcel owner from lis pendens related to certain actions; authorizes condominium association to take certain actions relating to challenge to ad valorem taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 649"
citation: "Florida HB 649 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-209"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d4a010b-2aea-44a5-8c0d-47d73123a143"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/649/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8a34c1f14975d368c8aeb16d5cf6f092ee4294729e3a02261c1c1635d969d1b3"
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 649 (2021) — Petition for Objection to Assessment

Petition for Objection to Assessment; Specifies requirements for content, delivery, & posting of certain association notices; provides that certain associations have right to seek judicial review, appeal decisions, & represent unit or parcel owners in certain proceedings; requires certain associations to defend unit or parcel owners in certain proceedings; provides that individual unit or parcel owners do not have to be named as defendants in certain proceedings; revises parties considered defendants in tax suit; provides options to unit or parcel owners for defending tax suit; specifies conditions for releasing unit or parcel owner from lis pendens related to certain actions; authorizes condominium association to take certain actions relating to challenge to ad valorem taxes.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-209.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 649 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/649/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 649 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/649/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 649 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/649/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Civil Justice and Property Rights Subcommittee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** Added to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-04** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2021-03-05** Reported out of Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2021-03-05** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-05** CS Filed
- **2021-03-05** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Now in Ways & Means Committee
- **2021-03-18** Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
- **2021-03-22** Favorable by Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
- **2021-03-22** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-25** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2021-03-29** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-29** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-03-29** 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 116, 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 Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Received
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-26** Substituted for SB 996
- **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. 2021-209

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d4a010b-2aea-44a5-8c0d-47d73123a143`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).