---
type: "Bill"
title: "Legal Notices"
description: "Legal Notices; Revises requirements for newspapers publishing legal notices; removes option for publication on newspaper's website; provides for publication of legal notices on publicly accessible websites; authorizes governmental agency to publish legal notices on publicly accessible website; authorizes governmental agency with certain percentage of its population located within county meeting population threshold to use publicly accessible website; requires governmental agency to provide specified notice to residents & property owners relating to alternative methods of receiving notices; provides requirement for public bid advertisements made by governmental agencies on publicly accessible websites."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7049"
citation: "Florida HB 7049 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["civil practice and procedure", "county organization and intergovernmental relations", "crimes", "criminal procedure and corrections", "labor", "public officers", "employees", "and records", "public transportation", "taxation and finance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-103"
primary_sponsors: ["Fine", "Grall"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f481c2b-7d45-4745-bee3-c2e53080a965"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7049/ByCategory"
source_hash: "c3dd641defb5ace7f3b0ceeb4c4af1274b8f4e96d4c38c214ba48c5aa4af42b6"
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 7049 (2022) — Legal Notices

Legal Notices; Revises requirements for newspapers publishing legal notices; removes option for publication on newspaper's website; provides for publication of legal notices on publicly accessible websites; authorizes governmental agency to publish legal notices on publicly accessible website; authorizes governmental agency with certain percentage of its population located within county meeting population threshold to use publicly accessible website; requires governmental agency to provide specified notice to residents & property owners relating to alternative methods of receiving notices; provides requirement for public bid advertisements made by governmental agencies on publicly accessible websites.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-103.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 7049 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7049/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7049 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7049/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 7049 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7049/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 7049 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7049/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **26–13** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **9–6** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Judiciary Committee) — **14–5** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **13–7** (pass) · lower
- A - 964618, Amendment, Second Reading — **16–20** (fail) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **78–39** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **79–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fine — primary (person)
- Grall — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
- Fischer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Filed `filing`
- **2022-02-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-02-04** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-17** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2022-02-21** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-21** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-22** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-22** CS Filed
- **2022-02-22** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-02-23** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-23** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2022)
- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** CS passed; YEAS 78, NAYS 39 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Received
- **2022-03-07** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/08/22, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-03-08** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 9 NAYS 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-08** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/22
- **2022-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** Amendment(s) failed (378446, 844640, 941896, 964618) -SJ 759, 760
- **2022-03-09** Amendment(s) adopted (388396)
- **2022-03-09** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** CS passed as amended; YEAS 26 NAYS 13 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** In Messages
- **2022-03-10** Added to Senate Message List
- **2022-03-10** Amendment 388396 Concur
- **2022-03-10** CS passed as amended; YEAS 79, NAYS 40 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2022-05-10** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-10** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-11** Chapter No. 2022-103

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f481c2b-7d45-4745-bee3-c2e53080a965`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).