---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sovereign Immunity for Professional Firms"
description: "Sovereign Immunity for Professional Firms; Provides applicability; requires that contracts with certain professional firms must, to extent permitted by law, provide indemnity to DOT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 619"
citation: "Florida HB 619 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-271"
primary_sponsors: ["Tuck"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-11-21"
last_action: "2024-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/731782db-a977-488b-9f46-cd5202f4777b"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/619/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a8c77109759209a38d5b52d8c29b73be60c6ad214a4199328e6d3472318ee95b"
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 619 (2024) — Sovereign Immunity for Professional Firms

Sovereign Immunity for Professional Firms; Provides applicability; requires that contracts with certain professional firms must, to extent permitted by law, provide indemnity to DOT.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-271.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 619 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/619/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 619 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/619/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 619 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/619/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 619 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/619/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Transportation & Modals Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Tuck — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-21** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-30** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-30** Referred to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-30** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-30** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-12** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-12** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Referred to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Now in Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
- **2024-01-23** Added to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-25** Favorable with CS by Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-26** Reported out of Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
- **2024-01-26** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-26** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2024-02-05** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2024-02-07** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2024-02-07** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-02-07** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/21/2024)
- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** In Messages
- **2024-02-23** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-04** Substituted for CS/SB 1534
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** In Messages
- **2024-03-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-28** Chapter No. 2024-271

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/731782db-a977-488b-9f46-cd5202f4777b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).