--- type: "Bill" title: "Dangerous Dogs" description: "Dangerous Dogs; Requiring, rather than authorizing, that dogs subject to certain dangerous dog investigations which have killed or bitten a human being to a certain severity be immediately confiscated, placed in quarantine if necessary, impounded, and held; requiring the owner of a dog subject to a dangerous dog investigation to provide certain information to an animal control authority; requiring an animal shelter, a humane organization, or certain animal control agencies to provide specified information to potential adopters; revising the conditions under which an owner is authorized to exercise a dangerous dog; revising the civil penalty for violations; providing criminal penalties for persons who resist or obstruct an animal control authority, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 593" citation: "Florida HB 593 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["torts"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2025-61" primary_sponsors: ["Sapp"] version_count: 4 action_count: 49 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2025-02-13" last_action: "2025-05-22" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e4ada43-19a0-48ee-86e2-d4ba7224aca7" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/593/ByCategory" source_hash: "f6deba1cd0a7ee2e2e4a1137362687ff5729286b56b573bbb55ca4da2c25b021" 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 593 (2025) — Dangerous Dogs Dangerous Dogs; Requiring, rather than authorizing, that dogs subject to certain dangerous dog investigations which have killed or bitten a human being to a certain severity be immediately confiscated, placed in quarantine if necessary, impounded, and held; requiring the owner of a dog subject to a dangerous dog investigation to provide certain information to an animal control authority; requiring an animal shelter, a humane organization, or certain animal control agencies to provide specified information to potential adopters; revising the conditions under which an owner is authorized to exercise a dangerous dog; revising the civil penalty for violations; providing criminal penalties for persons who resist or obstruct an animal control authority, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-61. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 593 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/593/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 593 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/593/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 593 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/593/BillText/e1/PDF) 4. **H 593 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/593/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower - Passage — **112–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee — primary (organization) - Sapp — primary (person) - Barnaby — cosponsor (person) - Casello — cosponsor (person) - Chamberlin — cosponsor (person) - Chambliss — cosponsor (person) - Driskell — cosponsor (person) - López, J. — cosponsor (person) - Partington — cosponsor (person) - Rosenwald — cosponsor (person) - Valdés — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-13** Filed `filing` - **2025-02-19** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-02-19** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-02-19** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-02-19** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-02-19** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee - **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1` - **2025-03-17** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda - **2025-03-19** Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-20** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee - **2025-03-20** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2025-03-20** CS Filed `filing` - **2025-03-20** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1` - **2025-03-21** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-03-21** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-03-21** Now in Judiciary Committee - **2025-04-04** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda - **2025-04-08** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-08** Reported out of Judiciary Committee - **2025-04-08** Now in State Affairs Committee - **2025-04-15** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda - **2025-04-17** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-17** Reported out of State Affairs Committee - **2025-04-17** Bill released to House Calendar - **2025-04-17** Added to Second Reading Calendar - **2025-04-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/23/2025) - **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-23** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-23** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2025-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-23** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2025-04-23** In Messages - **2025-04-23** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2025-04-23** Received `enrolled` - **2025-04-28** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal` - **2025-04-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2025-04-28** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 572 - **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-28** Amendment(s) adopted (874468) - **2025-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2025-04-28** In Messages - **2025-04-30** Senate Message List - **2025-04-30** Amendment 874468 Concur - **2025-04-30** CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2025-04-30** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled` - **2025-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-22** Chapter No. 2025-61 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e4ada43-19a0-48ee-86e2-d4ba7224aca7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).