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| Bill | Electronic Legal Documents | Electronic Legal Documents; Clarifies that supervising witnessing of electronic record by online notary public is notarial act; specifies applicability of online notarization procedures to supervision of witnessing of electronic record; modifies witnessing procedures; revises statutory forms for affidavit for acceptance of & reliance upon power of attorney, for notice of election relating to descent of homestead property, for self-proof of will or codicil, for disposition of certain assets at death, & for petition of summary relief for sale or transfer of property owned by absentee, to reflect means of notarization. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2021 | HB 483 | Florida HB 483 (2021) |
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enacted | 2021-205 |
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2 | 40 | 5 | 2021-01-27 | 2021-07-06 | openstates | ocd-bill/4fba6286-43c2-437f-87bd-a1963c674912 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/483/ByCategory | 8c523fe096f1a2ecc0910ba68fbe389634703b2bddbb223161dd7910023b72b4 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 483 (2021) — Electronic Legal Documents
Electronic Legal Documents; Clarifies that supervising witnessing of electronic record by online notary public is notarial act; specifies applicability of online notarization procedures to supervision of witnessing of electronic record; modifies witnessing procedures; revises statutory forms for affidavit for acceptance of & reliance upon power of attorney, for notice of election relating to descent of homestead property, for self-proof of will or codicil, for disposition of certain assets at death, & for petition of summary relief for sale or transfer of property owned by absentee, to reflect means of notarization.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-205.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — 118–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee) — 16–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — 17–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Altman — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-27 Filed
filing - 2021-02-08 Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2021-02-08 Referred to Commerce Committee
referral-committee - 2021-02-08 Referred to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee - 2021-02-08 Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- 2021-03-02 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- 2021-03-26 Added to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee agenda
- 2021-03-30 Favorable by Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-30 Reported out of Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- 2021-03-30 Now in Commerce Committee
- 2021-04-02 Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- 2021-04-06 Favorable by Commerce Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-04-06 Reported out of Commerce Committee
- 2021-04-06 Now in Judiciary Committee
- 2021-04-13 Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- 2021-04-15 Favorable by Judiciary Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-04-15 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- 2021-04-15 Bill released to House Calendar
- 2021-04-15 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2021-04-15 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- 2021-04-20 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-04-20 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2021-04-20 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2021-04-21 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-04-21 Passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0
passage - 2021-04-21 In Messages
- 2021-04-21 Message sent to senate
- 2021-04-21 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2021-04-21 Received
- 2021-04-22 Withdrawn from Rules
withdrawal - 2021-04-22 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2021-04-22 Substituted for SB 848
- 2021-04-22 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-04-22 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-04-22 Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
passage - 2021-04-22 In Messages
- 2021-04-22 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. 2021-205
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4fba6286-43c2-437f-87bd-a1963c674912. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).