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Bill Electronic Legal Documents Electronic Legal Documents; Clarifies that supervising witnessing of electronic record by online notary public is notarial act; specifies applicability of online notarization procedures to supervision of witnessing of electronic record; modifies witnessing procedures; revises statutory forms for affidavit for acceptance of & reliance upon power of attorney, for notice of election relating to descent of homestead property, for self-proof of will or codicil, for disposition of certain assets at death, & for petition of summary relief for sale or transfer of property owned by absentee, to reflect means of notarization. us/states/fl Florida Legislature 2021 HB 483 Florida HB 483 (2021)
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Florida HB 483 (2021) — Electronic Legal Documents

Electronic Legal Documents; Clarifies that supervising witnessing of electronic record by online notary public is notarial act; specifies applicability of online notarization procedures to supervision of witnessing of electronic record; modifies witnessing procedures; revises statutory forms for affidavit for acceptance of & reliance upon power of attorney, for notice of election relating to descent of homestead property, for self-proof of will or codicil, for disposition of certain assets at death, & for petition of summary relief for sale or transfer of property owned by absentee, to reflect means of notarization.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-205.

Version chain

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

  1. H 483 Filed (filed) — source
  2. H 483 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Passage, Third Reading — 1180 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable (Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee) — 160 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable (Commerce Committee) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — 170 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Altman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-27 Filed filing
  • 2021-02-08 Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-08 Referred to Commerce Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-08 Referred to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-08 Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
  • 2021-03-02 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  • 2021-03-26 Added to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee agenda
  • 2021-03-30 Favorable by Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-30 Reported out of Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
  • 2021-03-30 Now in Commerce Committee
  • 2021-04-02 Added to Commerce Committee agenda
  • 2021-04-06 Favorable by Commerce Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-06 Reported out of Commerce Committee
  • 2021-04-06 Now in Judiciary Committee
  • 2021-04-13 Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
  • 2021-04-15 Favorable by Judiciary Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-15 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
  • 2021-04-15 Bill released to House Calendar
  • 2021-04-15 Added to Second Reading Calendar
  • 2021-04-15 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
  • 2021-04-20 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-04-20 Placed on 3rd reading
  • 2021-04-20 Added to Third Reading Calendar
  • 2021-04-21 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-04-21 Passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 passage
  • 2021-04-21 In Messages
  • 2021-04-21 Message sent to senate
  • 2021-04-21 Referred to Rules referral-committee
  • 2021-04-21 Received
  • 2021-04-22 Withdrawn from Rules withdrawal
  • 2021-04-22 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  • 2021-04-22 Substituted for SB 848
  • 2021-04-22 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-04-22 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-04-22 Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 passage
  • 2021-04-22 In Messages
  • 2021-04-22 Ordered enrolled
  • 2021-06-28 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
  • 2021-06-29 Approved by Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-07-06 Chapter No. 2021-205

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4fba6286-43c2-437f-87bd-a1963c674912. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).