---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lost and Abandoned Property"
description: "Lost and Abandoned Property; Revises timeframes within which law enforcement officers must provide certain notices to owners of certain abandoned or lost properties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 487"
citation: "Florida HB 487 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["reclamation", "and use", "vessels"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-30"
primary_sponsors: ["Chaney"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-11-15"
last_action: "2024-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2997fdc-7c0d-44b6-acbb-54060a7ca082"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/487/ByCategory"
source_hash: "b94001869c84590ec7301986fa6eb00bc0c5d6651088eb1fa8571e559705cfc2"
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 487 (2024) — Lost and Abandoned Property

Lost and Abandoned Property; Revises timeframes within which law enforcement officers must provide certain notices to owners of certain abandoned or lost properties.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-30.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 487 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/487/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 487 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/487/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 487 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/487/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chaney — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Caruso — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-15** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-22** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-22** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-22** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-12-05** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-12-12** Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-12-12** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-12-12** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-12-22** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2024-01-08** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-08** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2024-01-08** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-08** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-01-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-01-11** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (1/17/2024)
- **2024-01-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-17** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-17** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-01-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-18** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-01-18** In Messages
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-02-21** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-21** Substituted for SB 682
- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Immediately certified
- **2024-02-21** In Messages
- **2024-02-21** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-19** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-22** Chapter No. 2024-30

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2997fdc-7c0d-44b6-acbb-54060a7ca082`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).