republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2024/sb-702.md

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

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	Attorney Fees and Costs	Attorney Fees and Costs; Defining the term “property rights”; requiring courts to award reasonable attorney fees and costs to a prevailing defendant in certain civil actions under specified circumstances, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2024	SB 702	Florida SB 702 (2024)	bill	civil practice and procedure	enacted	2024-232	Martin	2	27	4	2023-12-05	2024-06-17	openstates	ocd-bill/943285d8-0090-4585-b81d-5c5346de583f	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/702/ByCategory	0e7b6ca6edc08e665dfe77780e1319f1f277755ef77855107ce9a9de60254067	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida SB 702 (2024) — Attorney Fees and Costs

Attorney Fees and Costs; Defining the term “property rights”; requiring courts to award reasonable attorney fees and costs to a prevailing defendant in certain civil actions under specified circumstances, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-232.

Version chain

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

1. S 702 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 702 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable — 17–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Martin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-05 Filed filing
• 2023-12-13 Referred to Judiciary; Rules referral-committee
• 2024-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2024-01-11 On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/16/24, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
• 2024-01-16 Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-16 Now in Rules
• 2024-01-19 On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/24/24, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
• 2024-01-24 Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-24 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2024-01-30 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/01/24
• 2024-02-01 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-01 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-01 Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-02-01 Immediately certified
• 2024-02-01 In Messages
• 2024-03-04 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2024-03-04 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2024)
• 2024-03-04 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
• 2024-03-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-03-05 Placed on 3rd reading reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2024-03-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-06 Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-03-06 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2024-05-30 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-06-13 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-06-17 Chapter No. 2024-232

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/943285d8-0090-4585-b81d-5c5346de583f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).