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type: "Bill"
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title: "Possession of Real Property"
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description: "Possession of Real Property"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 631"
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citation: "Florida HB 631 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["limitation of actions", "beaches and shores", "easements", "service of process", "real property"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2018-94"
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primary_sponsors: ["Edwards-Walpole"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-11-13"
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last_action: "2018-03-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b985be68-37e8-4389-8729-da513a4f7e59"
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source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00631/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "86bce7c4eea3f02dead309cad762d830a9b51ffe15c55e6777dd139475f0f463"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 631 (2018) — Possession of Real Property
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-94.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 631 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/631/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 631 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/631/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 631 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/631/BillText/e1/PDF)
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4. **H 631 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/631/BillText/e2/PDF)
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5. **H 631 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/631/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **92–14** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **15–3** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **95–17** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **29–7** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee) — **13–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Edwards-Walpole — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-11-13** Filed `filing`
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- **2017-11-27** Referred to Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-08** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee, 01/10/18, 8:30 am, Sumner Hall
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- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2018-01-10** CS by Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 1
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- **2018-01-11** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
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- **2018-01-11** CS by Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 307, 308
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- **2018-01-16** Now in Judiciary Committee
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- **2018-01-23** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 01/25/18, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
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- **2018-01-25** Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-01-25** Placed on Calendar
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- **2018-02-08** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/14/18
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- **2018-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-14** Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
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- **2018-02-14** Amendment(s) adopted (645239)
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- **2018-02-14** CS passed as amended; YEAS 92 NAYS 14 `passage`
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- **2018-02-20** In Messages
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- **2018-02-20** Referred to Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-21** Received
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- **2018-03-05** Withdrawn from Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2018-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2018-03-05** Substituted for CS/SB 804
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- **2018-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-05** Amendment(s) adopted (296326)
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- **2018-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2018-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-06** CS passed as amended; YEAS 29 NAYS 7 -SJ 769, 770 `passage`
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- **2018-03-06** In returning messages
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- **2018-03-08** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (296326) -HJ 1107, 1109
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- **2018-03-08** CS passed as amended; YEAS 95 NAYS 17 -HJ 1109, 1110 `passage`
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- **2018-03-08** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
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- **2018-03-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2018-03-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-03-27** Chapter No. 2018-94
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b985be68-37e8-4389-8729-da513a4f7e59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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