---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting Consumers Against Pandemic-related Fraud"
description: "Protecting Consumers Against Pandemic-related Fraud; Defines \"personal protective equipment\"; prohibits dissemination of false or misleading information relating to personal protective equipment with specified intent; prohibits dissemination of false or misleading vaccine information with specified intent; authorizes state attorney or statewide prosecutor to prosecute violation; authorizes AG to seek civil remedies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 9"
citation: "Florida HB 9 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-34"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5b40aef-e5c3-4b3f-aa7d-51ea5c3fb911"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/9/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2c297e4e1e66a611fa64481552c78aa62f96ebe48d33f17d0e089ee55750cc67"
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 9 (2021) — Protecting Consumers Against Pandemic-related Fraud

Protecting Consumers Against Pandemic-related Fraud; Defines "personal protective equipment"; prohibits dissemination of false or misleading information relating to personal protective equipment with specified intent; prohibits dissemination of false or misleading vaccine information with specified intent; authorizes state attorney or statewide prosecutor to prosecute violation; authorizes AG to seek civil remedies.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-34.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 9 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/9/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 9 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/9/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 9 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/9/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-07** Referred to Pandemics and Public Emergencies Committee; Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-07** On Committee agenda-- Pandemics and Public Emergencies Committee, 01/14/21, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2021-01-14** Favorable by Pandemics and Public Emergencies Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-14** Now in Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2021-02-03** Added to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-02-10** Favorable by Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Reported out of Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2021-02-10** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-22** PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2021-03-01** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-01** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-01** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-01** CS Filed
- **2021-03-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-03-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2021)
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-03-04** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-18** Message sent to senate
- **2021-03-18** In Messages
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/25/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-23** Received
- **2021-03-25** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/27/21
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-27** In Messages
- **2021-04-27** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-26** Chapter No. 2021-34

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5b40aef-e5c3-4b3f-aa7d-51ea5c3fb911`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).