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type: "Bill"
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title: "Recovery of Spaceflight Assets"
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description: "Recovery of Spaceflight Assets; Provides spaceflight entity retains ownership of spaceflight asset after launch or upon reentry; requires person who finds item reasonably identifiable as spaceflight asset to report description & location to law enforcement; requires law enforcement to notify owner of spaceflight asset; authorizes owner of spaceflight asset to enter private property; prohibits person from appropriating spaceflight asset to his or her own use or refusing to surrender spaceflight asset to law enforcement or owner; provides criminal penalties."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 221"
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citation: "Florida HB 221 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["aviation"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2021-197"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-01-12"
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last_action: "2021-07-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/218e34e7-48d8-47c8-ad6a-b5322981833e"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/221/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "97d4bce310562f020b33a1e7f1ad9eb22eee4184abecfb9269249701512df26f"
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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 221 (2021) — Recovery of Spaceflight Assets
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Recovery of Spaceflight Assets; Provides spaceflight entity retains ownership of spaceflight asset after launch or upon reentry; requires person who finds item reasonably identifiable as spaceflight asset to report description & location to law enforcement; requires law enforcement to notify owner of spaceflight asset; authorizes owner of spaceflight asset to enter private property; prohibits person from appropriating spaceflight asset to his or her own use or refusing to surrender spaceflight asset to law enforcement or owner; provides criminal penalties.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-197.
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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 221 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/221/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 221 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/221/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 221 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/221/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 221 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/221/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable (Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-12** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-01-22** Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee; Tourism, Infrastructure and Energy Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-01** PCS added to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee agenda
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- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
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- **2021-03-03** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-04** Reported out of Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-04** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
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- **2021-03-04** CS Filed
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- **2021-03-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
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- **2021-03-08** Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-08** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-08** Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-09** Added to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee agenda
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- **2021-03-11** Favorable by Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-11** Reported out of Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-11** Now in Judiciary Committee
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- **2021-03-22** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
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- **2021-03-24** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
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- **2021-03-24** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
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- **2021-03-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
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- **2021-03-24** CS Filed
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- **2021-03-25** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
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- **2021-03-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2021-03-26** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/15/2021)
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- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-15** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 1 `passage`
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- **2021-04-15** Immediately certified
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- **2021-04-15** In Messages
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- **2021-04-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-20** Received
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- **2021-04-22** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
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- **2021-04-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2021-04-22** Substituted for CS/SB 936
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- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-22** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-26** In Messages
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- **2021-04-26** Ordered enrolled
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- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-197
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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/218e34e7-48d8-47c8-ad6a-b5322981833e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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