---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taking of Bears"
description: "Taking of Bears; Providing for the taking of bears without certain penalties under specified conditions; requiring the disposal of such bears by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; prohibiting certain possession, sale, and disposal of such bears or their parts; etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 87"
citation: "Florida HB 87 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-256"
primary_sponsors: ["Shoaf"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-09-28"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32cda031-b2b0-4ebf-9a49-6768a05ad396"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/87/ByCategory"
source_hash: "36121bd753a4078cb301ba40dab65c77dab50cb04bb27ace29fb014dcc24e030"
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 87 (2024) — Taking of Bears

Taking of Bears; Providing for the taking of bears without certain penalties under specified conditions; requiring the disposal of such bears by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; prohibiting certain possession, sale, and disposal of such bears or their parts; etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-256.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 87 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/87/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 87 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/87/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 87 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/87/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 87 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/87/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **88–29** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **83–28** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **24–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Infrastructure Strategies Committee — primary (organization)
- Shoaf — primary (person)
- Andrade — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Rudman — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Tant — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-28** Filed `filing`
- **2023-10-17** Referred to Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-17** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-17** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-17** Now in Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee
- **2023-12-05** Added to Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-12-12** Favorable by Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-12-12** Reported out of Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee
- **2023-12-12** Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** Added to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-19** Favorable by Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-19** Reported out of Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-01-19** Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2024-01-26** Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
- **2024-01-30** Favorable with CS by Infrastructure Strategies Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2024-01-30** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-30** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-31** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-01-31** 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 88, NAYS 29 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** In Messages
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-02-21** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-21** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 632
- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Amendment(s) adopted (542244)
- **2024-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** CS passed as amended; YEAS 24 NAYS 12 `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Immediately certified
- **2024-02-21** In Messages
- **2024-03-07** Added to Senate Message List
- **2024-03-07** Amendment 542244 Concur
- **2024-03-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 83, NAYS 28 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-06-07** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-24** Chapter No. 2024-256

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32cda031-b2b0-4ebf-9a49-6768a05ad396`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).