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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Florida Commission on Human Relations"
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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."
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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 255"
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citation: "Florida HB 255 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2020-153"
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primary_sponsors: ["Antone"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2019-09-30"
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last_action: "2020-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6f9ca7c-bd7b-4a89-ab19-5c1ebf41468e"
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source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/255/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "f932787bb16a4ac44306eda0159b421978abe35b267abe56570bf2f15c372c7e"
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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 255 (2020) — Florida Commission on Human Relations
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-153.
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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 255 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/255/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 255 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/255/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 255 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/255/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Antone — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-09-30** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-10-10** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2020-01-31** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 3:30 pm, Sumner Hall
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- **2020-02-04** CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
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- **2020-02-05** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
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- **2020-02-06** Original reference(s) removed: Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2020-02-06** CS referred to Judiciary Committee
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- **2020-02-06** Now in Judiciary Committee
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- **2020-02-06** CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
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- **2020-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Sumner Hall
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- **2020-02-12** Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-12** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
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- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-09** Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
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- **2020-03-10** Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
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- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 116 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-11** In Messages
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- **2020-03-11** Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-11** Withdrawn from Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2020-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2020-03-11** Substituted for SB 726
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- **2020-03-11** Received
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- **2020-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-11** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-12** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-12** Ordered enrolled
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- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2020-06-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-01** Chapter No. 2020-153
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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/e6f9ca7c-bd7b-4a89-ab19-5c1ebf41468e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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