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type: "Bill"
title: "Sponsorship Identification Disclaimers"
description: "Sponsorship Identification Disclaimers; Modifying provisions governing general independent expenditure disclaimers to conform to changes made by the act; removing an exemption for text messages from certain requirements governing political advertisement disclaimers to conform to changes made by the act; establishing sponsorship identification disclaimer requirements for certain text messages; modifying existing requirements governing telephone call disclaimers; requiring specified persons and organizations sending certain paid text messages to have and maintain a registered agent for specified purposes, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 82"
citation: "Florida SB 82 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-49"
primary_sponsors: ["Baxley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53933d54-5190-483e-9d17-b4572355b2e9"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/82/ByCategory"
source_hash: "4b7627e44fcd188851a0a8bca15221073a9f7da2633be9006f4e72ded9bbaccd"
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 SB 82 (2021) — Sponsorship Identification Disclaimers
Sponsorship Identification Disclaimers; Modifying provisions governing general independent expenditure disclaimers to conform to changes made by the act; removing an exemption for text messages from certain requirements governing political advertisement disclaimers to conform to changes made by the act; establishing sponsorship identification disclaimer requirements for certain text messages; modifying existing requirements governing telephone call disclaimers; requiring specified persons and organizations sending certain paid text messages to have and maintain a registered agent for specified purposes, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-49.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 82 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/82/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 82 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/82/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Favorable — **170** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **110** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **90** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1113** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Baxley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-14** Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/16/21, 12:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2021-02-16** Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** Now in Judiciary
- **2021-02-25** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/02/21, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-02** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Now in Rules
- **2021-03-22** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/25/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-25** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-01** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/07/21
- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-07** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
- **2021-04-26** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 3 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-28** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-04** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-09** Chapter No. 2021-49
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53933d54-5190-483e-9d17-b4572355b2e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).