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type: "Bill"
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title: "Servicemembers Civil Relief Act"
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description: "Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; Provides certain state laws relating to children do not supersede Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; requires DCF to ensure the act is observed in certain cases."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 197"
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citation: "Florida HB 197 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2020-65"
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primary_sponsors: ["Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee", "Local"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-09-18"
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last_action: "2020-06-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eae97e53-60d1-438c-a698-e436f38224f5"
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source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/197/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "73ba9f9f1064c979ed0ba214dacf7caeb06f4cc76bb12eb0e355120396e59fd3"
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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 197 (2020) — Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
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Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; Provides certain state laws relating to children do not supersede Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; requires DCF to ensure the act is observed in certain cases.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-65.
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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 197 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/197/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 197 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/197/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 197 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/197/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee — primary (person)
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- Local — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-09-18** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-09-25** Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-10-31** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 11/07/19, 9:00 am, 12 HOB
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- **2019-11-07** Favorable by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-11-08** Now in Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
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- **2019-12-04** On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 12/11/19, 9:00 am, 12 HOB
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- **2019-12-11** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
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- **2019-12-12** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
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- **2019-12-16** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
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- **2020-01-14** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 01/16/20, 12:30 pm, Morris Hall
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- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2020-01-14** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee read 1st time
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- **2020-01-16** Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-01-16** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-01-16** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/22/20
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- **2020-01-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-01-22** CS passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-01-29** In Messages
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- **2020-02-05** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-06** Received
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- **2020-03-03** Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2020-03-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2020-03-03** Substituted for CS/SB 604
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- **2020-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-04** Ordered enrolled
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- **2020-06-11** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2020-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-22** Chapter No. 2020-65
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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/eae97e53-60d1-438c-a698-e436f38224f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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