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Bill Public Records Public Records; Prohibits county recorder from removing grantor, grantee, or party name from register of Official Records & index under certain conditions; prescribes requirements for person claiming public records exemption; authorizes release of restricted information to certain entities whose information was removed; authorizes disclosure of exempt information to specified parties; provides criminal penalties; requires that request to maintain exempt status be notarized; prescribes procedures for removal of exempt information; provides that exempt status of home address contained in Official Records is maintained only during certain period; prescribes procedures to release protected decedent's removed information; requires daily schedule of deeds & conveyances to include notification of any information therein which is subject to request for removal. us/states/fl Florida Legislature 2021 HB 781 Florida HB 781 (2021)
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Florida HB 781 (2021) — Public Records

Public Records; Prohibits county recorder from removing grantor, grantee, or party name from register of Official Records & index under certain conditions; prescribes requirements for person claiming public records exemption; authorizes release of restricted information to certain entities whose information was removed; authorizes disclosure of exempt information to specified parties; provides criminal penalties; requires that request to maintain exempt status be notarized; prescribes procedures for removal of exempt information; provides that exempt status of home address contained in Official Records is maintained only during certain period; prescribes procedures to release protected decedent's removed information; requires daily schedule of deeds & conveyances to include notification of any information therein which is subject to request for removal.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-215.

Version chain

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

  1. H 781 Filed (filed) — source
  2. H 781 c1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. H 781 c2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. H 781 e1 (engrossed) — source
  5. H 781 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — 190 (pass) · lower
  • Passage, Third Reading — 1180 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Favorable (Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee) — 170 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable (Government Operations Subcommittee) — 150 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-04 Filed filing
  • 2021-02-22 Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-22 Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-22 Referred to State Affairs Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-22 Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
  • 2021-03-02 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  • 2021-03-22 PCS added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
  • 2021-03-24 Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee
  • 2021-03-26 Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
  • 2021-03-26 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
  • 2021-03-26 CS Filed
  • 2021-03-26 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  • 2021-03-29 Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-29 Referred to State Affairs Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-29 Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
  • 2021-04-02 Added to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee agenda
  • 2021-04-06 Favorable by Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-06 Reported out of Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
  • 2021-04-06 Now in State Affairs Committee
  • 2021-04-13 Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
  • 2021-04-15 Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
  • 2021-04-15 Reported out of State Affairs Committee
  • 2021-04-15 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
  • 2021-04-15 CS Filed
  • 2021-04-15 Bill referred to House Calendar
  • 2021-04-15 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
  • 2021-04-15 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
  • 2021-04-16 Amendment 338739 filed
  • 2021-04-20 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-04-20 Amendment 338739 adopted
  • 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 CS passed as amended; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 passage
  • 2021-04-21 Message sent to senate
  • 2021-04-21 In Messages
  • 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 CS/CS/CS/SB 844
  • 2021-04-22 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-04-22 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-04-22 CS 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. 2021-215

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/515cbeac-9ad3-4eb3-ba8c-6d6d75062391. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).