republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2020/hb-255.md

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Bill	Florida Commission on Human Relations	Florida Commission on Human Relations; Provides quorum requirements for Commission on Human Relations & its panels; revises number of persons commission may recommend for Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame; provides limitation on time civil action may be filed after alleged violation of Florida Civil Rights Act; revises length of time commission or AG has to resolve complaint of discrimination in club membership; revises timeline relating to complaints alleging prohibited personnel action.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2020	HB 255	Florida HB 255 (2020)	bill		enacted	2020-153	Antone	3	34	4	2019-09-30	2020-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e6f9ca7c-bd7b-4a89-ab19-5c1ebf41468e	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/255/ByCategory	f932787bb16a4ac44306eda0159b421978abe35b267abe56570bf2f15c372c7e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 255 (2020) — Florida Commission on Human Relations

Florida Commission on Human Relations; Provides quorum requirements for Commission on Human Relations & its panels; revises number of persons commission may recommend for Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame; provides limitation on time civil action may be filed after alleged violation of Florida Civil Rights Act; revises length of time commission or AG has to resolve complaint of discrimination in club membership; revises timeline relating to complaints alleging prohibited personnel action.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-153.

Version chain

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

1. H 255 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 255 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 255 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Antone — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-09-30 Filed filing
• 2019-10-10 Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Introduced introduction
• 2020-01-31 On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 3:30 pm, Sumner Hall
• 2020-02-04 CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
• 2020-02-05 Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2020-02-06 Original reference(s) removed: Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
• 2020-02-06 CS referred to Judiciary Committee
• 2020-02-06 Now in Judiciary Committee
• 2020-02-06 CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
• 2020-02-10 On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Sumner Hall
• 2020-02-12 Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-12 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-03-03 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
• 2020-03-06 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-03-06 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2020-03-09 Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
• 2020-03-10 Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
• 2020-03-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-03-11 CS passed; YEAS 116 NAYS 0 passage
• 2020-03-11 In Messages
• 2020-03-11 Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Rules referral-committee
• 2020-03-11 Withdrawn from Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Rules withdrawal
• 2020-03-11 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2020-03-11 Substituted for SB 726
• 2020-03-11 Received
• 2020-03-11 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-03-11 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2020-03-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-03-12 CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 passage
• 2020-03-12 Ordered enrolled
• 2020-06-17 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2020-06-30 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-07-01 Chapter No. 2020-153

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e6f9ca7c-bd7b-4a89-ab19-5c1ebf41468e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).