Files
republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2021/hb-649.md
T
2026-07-06 17:26:47 -04:00

110 lines
6.0 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Petition for Objection to Assessment"
description: "Petition for Objection to Assessment; Specifies requirements for content, delivery, & posting of certain association notices; provides that certain associations have right to seek judicial review, appeal decisions, & represent unit or parcel owners in certain proceedings; requires certain associations to defend unit or parcel owners in certain proceedings; provides that individual unit or parcel owners do not have to be named as defendants in certain proceedings; revises parties considered defendants in tax suit; provides options to unit or parcel owners for defending tax suit; specifies conditions for releasing unit or parcel owner from lis pendens related to certain actions; authorizes condominium association to take certain actions relating to challenge to ad valorem taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 649"
citation: "Florida HB 649 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-209"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d4a010b-2aea-44a5-8c0d-47d73123a143"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/649/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8a34c1f14975d368c8aeb16d5cf6f092ee4294729e3a02261c1c1635d969d1b3"
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 649 (2021) — Petition for Objection to Assessment
Petition for Objection to Assessment; Specifies requirements for content, delivery, & posting of certain association notices; provides that certain associations have right to seek judicial review, appeal decisions, & represent unit or parcel owners in certain proceedings; requires certain associations to defend unit or parcel owners in certain proceedings; provides that individual unit or parcel owners do not have to be named as defendants in certain proceedings; revises parties considered defendants in tax suit; provides options to unit or parcel owners for defending tax suit; specifies conditions for releasing unit or parcel owner from lis pendens related to certain actions; authorizes condominium association to take certain actions relating to challenge to ad valorem taxes.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-209.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 649 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/649/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 649 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/649/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 649 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/649/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **170** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee) — **180** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **190** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **1160** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Civil Justice and Property Rights Subcommittee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** Added to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-04** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2021-03-05** Reported out of Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2021-03-05** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-05** CS Filed
- **2021-03-05** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Now in Ways & Means Committee
- **2021-03-18** Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
- **2021-03-22** Favorable by Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
- **2021-03-22** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-25** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2021-03-29** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-29** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-03-29** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/15/2021)
- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-15** In Messages
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Received
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-26** Substituted for SB 996
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** 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. 2021-209
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d4a010b-2aea-44a5-8c0d-47d73123a143`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).