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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sovereign Immunity for Child Protection Teams"
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description: "Sovereign Immunity for Child Protection Teams; Revises term \"officer, employee, or agent\" as it applies to immunity from personal liability to include members of Child Protection Teams in certain circumstances."
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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 871"
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citation: "Florida HB 871 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["torts"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2021-147"
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primary_sponsors: ["Snyder"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-02-09"
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last_action: "2021-06-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/206eea26-edb0-44ab-8c85-d5b79e3579fd"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/871/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "0a6bb40d57fb1b2576076ffd89d764c7c4e27ec854891c816c22069071837254"
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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 871 (2021) — Sovereign Immunity for Child Protection Teams
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Sovereign Immunity for Child Protection Teams; Revises term "officer, employee, or agent" as it applies to immunity from personal liability to include members of Child Protection Teams in certain circumstances.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-147.
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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 871 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/871/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 871 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/871/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable (Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Snyder — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-09** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-02-22** Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-22** Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-22** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-22** Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
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- **2021-03-16** Added to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee agenda
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- **2021-03-18** Favorable by Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-18** Reported out of Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-18** Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-26** Added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda
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- **2021-03-30** Favorable by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-30** Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-30** Now in Judiciary Committee
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- **2021-04-13** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
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- **2021-04-15** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-15** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
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- **2021-04-15** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2021-04-15** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2021-04-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
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- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-20** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2021-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-21** Passed; YEAS 119, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-21** Message sent to senate
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- **2021-04-21** In Messages
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- **2021-04-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-21** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2021-04-21** Substituted for SB 826
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- **2021-04-21** Received
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- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-21** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-21** In Messages
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- **2021-04-21** Ordered enrolled
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- **2021-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2021-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-23** Chapter No. 2021-147
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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/206eea26-edb0-44ab-8c85-d5b79e3579fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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