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type: "Bill"
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title: "Emergency Reporting"
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description: "Emergency Reporting; Requiring the Division of Emergency Management to create a list of reportable incidents; requiring such list to include certain events; requiring a political subdivision to report incidents contained on the list to the State Watch Office; authorizing the Division of Emergency Management to establish guidelines a political subdivision must follow to report an incident, etc."
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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: "SB 538"
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citation: "Florida SB 538 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["military affairs and related matters"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2020-53"
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primary_sponsors: ["Diaz"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-10-16"
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last_action: "2020-06-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06b9a2fe-5eef-43f7-ae63-af1bbd71d6d5"
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source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/538/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "a08f8c2cfa2e407f4330290abbcd5497f7af1ee1daa4745bd40b9cd17228a6b6"
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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 SB 538 (2020) — Emergency Reporting
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Emergency Reporting; Requiring the Division of Emergency Management to create a list of reportable incidents; requiring such list to include certain events; requiring a political subdivision to report incidents contained on the list to the State Watch Office; authorizing the Division of Emergency Management to establish guidelines a political subdivision must follow to report an incident, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-53.
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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. **S 538 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/538/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 538 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/538/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 538 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/538/BillText/c2/HTML)
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4. **S 538 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/538/BillText/e1/HTML)
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5. **S 538 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/538/BillText/e2/HTML)
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6. **S 538 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/538/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Returning Messages — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Diaz — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-10-16** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-11-01** Referred to Infrastructure and Security; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2020-01-16** On Committee agenda-- Infrastructure and Security, 01/21/20, 4:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
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- **2020-01-21** CS by Infrastructure and Security; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
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- **2020-01-22** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2020-01-23** Now in Community Affairs
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- **2020-01-27** CS by Infrastructure and Security read 1st time
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- **2020-02-05** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/10/20, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
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- **2020-02-10** CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
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- **2020-02-11** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2020-02-12** Now in Rules
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- **2020-02-12** CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
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- **2020-02-14** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/19/20, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building
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- **2020-02-19** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-19** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/20
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- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-06** Amendment(s) adopted (682306)
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- **2020-03-06** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-06** In Messages
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- **2020-03-09** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-09** Received
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- **2020-03-10** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/10/20
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- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-10** Amendment(s) adopted (093237) -HJ 1042, 1043
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- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-11** CS passed as amended; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-11** In returning messages
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- **2020-03-12** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (093237)
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- **2020-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-12** Ordered engrossed, then 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. 2020-53
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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/06b9a2fe-5eef-43f7-ae63-af1bbd71d6d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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