---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vexatious Litigants"
description: "Vexatious Litigants; Expands actions subject to Florida Vexatious Litigant Law; revises eligibility for designation as vexatious litigant; revises sanctions & remedies for vexatious litigation; prohibits clerks of court from accepting certain filings from vexatious litigant; specifies duration of automatic stay imposed against vexatious litigation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1559"
citation: "Florida HB 1559 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-128"
primary_sponsors: ["Fabricio", "Sapp"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-28"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ca4686a-22e8-4999-b077-89e9f1e86986"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1559/ByCategory"
source_hash: "85426a75ccf91b3b68e38abc40de2285d8eb335ca553c5566a0d7320a780be80"
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 1559 (2025) — Vexatious Litigants

Vexatious Litigants; Expands actions subject to Florida Vexatious Litigant Law; revises eligibility for designation as vexatious litigant; revises sanctions & remedies for vexatious litigation; prohibits clerks of court from accepting certain filings from vexatious litigant; specifies duration of automatic stay imposed against vexatious litigation.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-128.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1559 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1559/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1559 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1559/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1559 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1559/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1559 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1559/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Fabricio — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Sapp — primary (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2025-03-25** Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-27** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2025-03-27** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-03-27** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-27** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-03-28** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2025-04-04** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2025-04-08** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2025-04-08** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-04-08** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-08** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-09** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025)
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** In Messages
- **2025-04-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-23** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-23** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-23** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1650
- **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-23** In Messages
- **2025-04-23** In Messages
- **2025-04-23** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-04** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-05** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06** Chapter No. 2025-128

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ca4686a-22e8-4999-b077-89e9f1e86986`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).