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type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Commission on Human Relations"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 255"
citation: "Florida HB 255 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-153"
primary_sponsors: ["Antone"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-09-30"
last_action: "2020-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6f9ca7c-bd7b-4a89-ab19-5c1ebf41468e"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/255/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f932787bb16a4ac44306eda0159b421978abe35b267abe56570bf2f15c372c7e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/255/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 255 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/255/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 255 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/255/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **140** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **160** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **370** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1160** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6f9ca7c-bd7b-4a89-ab19-5c1ebf41468e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).