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Bill Safety of Religious Institutions Safety of Religious Institutions; Authorizes, for specified purposes, concealed weapons or firearms licensee to carry firearm on certain property of church, synagogue, or other religious institution. us/states/fl Florida Legislature 2021 HB 259 Florida HB 259 (2021)
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Florida HB 259 (2021) — Safety of Religious Institutions

Safety of Religious Institutions; Authorizes, for specified purposes, concealed weapons or firearms licensee to carry firearm on certain property of church, synagogue, or other religious institution.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-200.

Version chain

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

  1. H 259 Filed (filed) — source
  2. H 259 c1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. H 259 c2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. H 259 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Favorable (Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee) — 143 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable — 106 (pass) · upper
  • Favorable With Committee Substitute (Education & Employment Committee) — 165 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — 126 (pass) · lower
  • Passage, Third Reading — 7637 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 2416 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-14 Filed filing
  • 2021-01-22 Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee; Education and Employment Committee; Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-03 Added to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee agenda
  • 2021-02-10 Favorable by Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-02-10 Reported out of Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
  • 2021-02-10 Now in Education & Employment Committee
  • 2021-03-02 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  • 2021-03-08 Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
  • 2021-03-10 Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee
  • 2021-03-10 Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
  • 2021-03-10 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
  • 2021-03-10 CS Filed
  • 2021-03-10 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  • 2021-03-12 Referred to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-12 Now in Judiciary Committee
  • 2021-03-15 Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
  • 2021-03-17 Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
  • 2021-03-17 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
  • 2021-03-18 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
  • 2021-03-18 CS Filed
  • 2021-03-18 Bill referred to House Calendar
  • 2021-03-18 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/25/2021)
  • 2021-03-18 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
  • 2021-03-25 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-03-25 Placed on 3rd reading
  • 2021-03-25 Added to Third Reading Calendar
  • 2021-03-26 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-03-26 CS passed; YEAS 76, NAYS 37 passage
  • 2021-03-31 In Messages
  • 2021-04-02 Referred to Rules referral-committee
  • 2021-04-07 Received
  • 2021-04-14 On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/14/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Not Considered
  • 2021-04-15 On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/20/21, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
  • 2021-04-20 Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 10 NAYS 6 committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-20 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  • 2021-04-22 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/26/21
  • 2021-04-26 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-04-26 Amendment(s) failed (676756, 730786, 900148, 930410, 970332)
  • 2021-04-26 Placed on 3rd reading
  • 2021-04-27 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-04-27 CS passed; YEAS 24 NAYS 16 passage
  • 2021-04-27 In Messages
  • 2021-04-27 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. 2021-200

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e04b3b27-288c-4364-96ca-fc6139b45cfd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).