---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential Tenancies"
description: "Residential Tenancies; Defines \"Florida financial institution.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1305"
citation: "Florida HB 1305 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-199"
primary_sponsors: ["Maggard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3004f2b3-2552-40fb-9873-5afb64d68fd4"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1305/ByCategory"
source_hash: "01146090b5a7e6d85a9d1febe67561b4b70be7f554233374096f24cf5e7ca1f7"
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 1305 (2024) — Residential Tenancies

Residential Tenancies; Defines "Florida financial institution."

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-199.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1305 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1305/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1305 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1305/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1305 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1305/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Maggard — primary (person)
- Chambliss — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Melo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2024-01-30** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-02-01** Favorable by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2024-02-01** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2024-02-06** PCS added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2024-02-08** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-09** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2024-02-09** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-09** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-02-12** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-12** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2024)
- **2024-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** In Messages
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-05** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-05** Substituted for CS/SB 1466
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** In Messages
- **2024-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-05-07** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-17** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-20** Chapter No. 2024-199

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3004f2b3-2552-40fb-9873-5afb64d68fd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).