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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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enacted | 2021-215 | 5 | 49 | 5 | 2021-02-04 | 2021-07-06 | openstates | ocd-bill/515cbeac-9ad3-4eb3-ba8c-6d6d75062391 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/781/ByCategory | bbd369221206572424cf55ebf4abe8e54c5b28a0244bf6b4172698595978ce3e | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
- H 781 Filed (filed) — source
- H 781 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 781 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 781 e1 (engrossed) — source
- H 781 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — 118–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee) — 17–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Operations Subcommittee) — 15–0 (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).