---
type: "Bill"
title: "Preemption of Firearms and Ammunition Regulation"
description: "Preemption of Firearms and Ammunition Regulation; Providing that written or unwritten policies are subject to provisions allowing for recovery of damages if such policies violate specified provisions; providing that a plaintiff challenging a local government regulation concerning firearms is considered a prevailing plaintiff for certain purposes in specified circumstances, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1884"
citation: "Florida SB 1884 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-15"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodrigues"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60a9ea5d-58c3-478d-b614-1d52306e0014"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1884/ByCategory"
source_hash: "9f41341c259e4ca654a8a932d8f79549a0567372120dbe0a49d86d39b191360d"
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 SB 1884 (2021) — Preemption of Firearms and Ammunition Regulation

Preemption of Firearms and Ammunition Regulation; Providing that written or unwritten policies are subject to provisions allowing for recovery of damages if such policies violate specified provisions; providing that a plaintiff challenging a local government regulation concerning firearms is considered a prevailing plaintiff for certain purposes in specified circumstances, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-15.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1884 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1884/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1884 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1884/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **24–16** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **78–39** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **11–6** (pass) · upper
- Quorum, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **6–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rodrigues — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/16/21, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2021-03-16** Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Now in Judiciary
- **2021-03-24** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/29/21, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-29** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 6 NAYS 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Now in Rules
- **2021-04-15** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/20/21, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-04-20** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 11 NAYS 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/22/21
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Amendment(s) failed (139146, 777678)
- **2021-04-22** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Passed; YEAS 24 NAYS 16 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Amendment 293023 filed
- **2021-04-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
- **2021-04-26** Amendment 584915 filed
- **2021-04-26** Amendment 268287 filed
- **2021-04-26** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-04-27** Amendment 201869 filed
- **2021-04-27** Amendment 103781 filed
- **2021-04-27** Amendment 542025 filed
- **2021-04-27** Amendment 103781 withdrawn
- **2021-04-27** Amendment 542025 withdrawn
- **2021-04-27** Amendment 268287 withdrawn
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Amendment 293023 Failed
- **2021-04-27** Amendment 584915 Failed
- **2021-04-27** Amendment 201869 ruled out of order
- **2021-04-27** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Passed; YEAS 78, NAYS 39 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-04-28** Message sent to senate
- **2021-05-07** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-05-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-11** Chapter No. 2021-15

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60a9ea5d-58c3-478d-b614-1d52306e0014`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).