republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/hb-631.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

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Bill	Possession of Real Property	Possession of Real Property	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2018	HB 631	Florida HB 631 (2018)	bill	limitation of actions beaches and shores easements service of process real property	enacted	2018-94	Edwards-Walpole	5	35	5	2017-11-13	2018-03-27	openstates	ocd-bill/b985be68-37e8-4389-8729-da513a4f7e59	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00631/ByCategory	86bce7c4eea3f02dead309cad762d830a9b51ffe15c55e6777dd139475f0f463	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 631 (2018) — Possession of Real Property

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-94.

Version chain

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

1. H 631 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 631 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 631 e1 (engrossed) — source
4. H 631 e2 (engrossed) — source
5. H 631 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 92–14 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — 15–3 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 95–17 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 29–7 (pass) · upper
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee) — 13–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Edwards-Walpole — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-11-13 Filed filing
• 2017-11-27 Referred to Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2018-01-08 On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee, 01/10/18, 8:30 am, Sumner Hall
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-10 CS by Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 1
• 2018-01-11 Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2018-01-11 CS by Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 307, 308
• 2018-01-16 Now in Judiciary Committee
• 2018-01-23 On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 01/25/18, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
• 2018-01-25 Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 3 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-25 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-08 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/14/18
• 2018-02-14 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-14 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-14 Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
• 2018-02-14 Amendment(s) adopted (645239)
• 2018-02-14 CS passed as amended; YEAS 92 NAYS 14 passage
• 2018-02-20 In Messages
• 2018-02-20 Referred to Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules referral-committee
• 2018-02-21 Received
• 2018-03-05 Withdrawn from Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules withdrawal
• 2018-03-05 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-03-05 Substituted for CS/SB 804
• 2018-03-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-05 Amendment(s) adopted (296326)
• 2018-03-05 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-06 CS passed as amended; YEAS 29 NAYS 7 -SJ 769, 770 passage
• 2018-03-06 In returning messages
• 2018-03-08 Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (296326) -HJ 1107, 1109
• 2018-03-08 CS passed as amended; YEAS 95 NAYS 17 -HJ 1109, 1110 passage
• 2018-03-08 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
• 2018-03-21 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2018-03-23 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-03-27 Chapter No. 2018-94

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b985be68-37e8-4389-8729-da513a4f7e59. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).