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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status chapter_law primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Recovery of Spaceflight Assets Recovery of Spaceflight Assets; Provides spaceflight entity retains ownership of spaceflight asset after launch or upon reentry; requires person who finds item reasonably identifiable as spaceflight asset to report description & location to law enforcement; requires law enforcement to notify owner of spaceflight asset; authorizes owner of spaceflight asset to enter private property; prohibits person from appropriating spaceflight asset to his or her own use or refusing to surrender spaceflight asset to law enforcement or owner; provides criminal penalties. us/states/fl Florida Legislature 2021 HB 221 Florida HB 221 (2021)
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Florida HB 221 (2021) — Recovery of Spaceflight Assets

Recovery of Spaceflight Assets; Provides spaceflight entity retains ownership of spaceflight asset after launch or upon reentry; requires person who finds item reasonably identifiable as spaceflight asset to report description & location to law enforcement; requires law enforcement to notify owner of spaceflight asset; authorizes owner of spaceflight asset to enter private property; prohibits person from appropriating spaceflight asset to his or her own use or refusing to surrender spaceflight asset to law enforcement or owner; provides criminal penalties.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-197.

Version chain

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

  1. H 221 Filed (filed) — source
  2. H 221 c1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. H 221 c2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. H 221 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Passage, Third Reading — 1151 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Favorable (Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee) — 160 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable (Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee) — 160 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — 170 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-12 Filed filing
  • 2021-01-22 Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee; Tourism, Infrastructure and Energy Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-01 PCS added to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee agenda
  • 2021-03-02 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  • 2021-03-03 Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
  • 2021-03-04 Reported out of Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
  • 2021-03-04 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
  • 2021-03-04 CS Filed
  • 2021-03-04 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  • 2021-03-08 Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-08 Referred to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-08 Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
  • 2021-03-09 Added to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee agenda
  • 2021-03-11 Favorable by Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-11 Reported out of Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
  • 2021-03-11 Now in Judiciary Committee
  • 2021-03-22 Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
  • 2021-03-24 Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
  • 2021-03-24 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
  • 2021-03-24 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
  • 2021-03-24 CS Filed
  • 2021-03-25 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
  • 2021-03-26 Bill referred to House Calendar
  • 2021-03-26 Added to Second Reading Calendar
  • 2021-04-08 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/15/2021)
  • 2021-04-15 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-04-15 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-04-15 CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 1 passage
  • 2021-04-15 Immediately certified
  • 2021-04-15 In Messages
  • 2021-04-19 Referred to Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2021-04-20 Received
  • 2021-04-22 Withdrawn from Appropriations withdrawal
  • 2021-04-22 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  • 2021-04-22 Substituted for CS/SB 936
  • 2021-04-22 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-04-22 Placed on 3rd reading
  • 2021-04-26 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-04-26 CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 passage
  • 2021-04-26 In Messages
  • 2021-04-26 Ordered enrolled
  • 2021-06-28 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
  • 2021-06-29 Approved by Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-07-06 Chapter No. 2021-197

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/218e34e7-48d8-47c8-ad6a-b5322981833e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).