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| Bill | Civil Remedies | Civil Remedies; Creates rebuttable presumption that lodestar fee is sufficient & reasonable attorney fee in most civil actions; reduces statute of limitations for negligence actions; provides standards for bad faith actions; provides for distribution of proceeds when two or more third-party claims arising out of single occurrence exceed policy limits; limits applicability of provisions relating to attorney fees in certain actions against insurers; provides standards for evidence to prove damages for medical expenses in certain civil actions; requires certain disclosures with respect to claims for medical expenses for treatment rendered under letters of protection; requires trier of fact to consider fault of certain persons who contribute to an injury; provides that owner or principal operator of multifamily residential property which substantially implements specified security measures on that property has presumption against liability in connection with certain criminal acts that occur on premises; revises provisions relating to immunity from liability for injury to trespassers on real property; specifies applicability of provisions relating to offer of judgment & demand for judgment. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2023 | HB 837 | Florida HB 837 (2023) |
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enacted | 2023-15 |
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5 | 50 | 5 | 2023-02-15 | 2023-03-27 | openstates | ocd-bill/53c5e324-de18-49a8-8d5f-a5e3d5c10b1b | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/837/ByCategory | 05198606e31e2c13a91ec4b99f25dae8fabe128910eb36c99d43cd06da429ab2 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 837 (2023) — Civil Remedies
Civil Remedies; Creates rebuttable presumption that lodestar fee is sufficient & reasonable attorney fee in most civil actions; reduces statute of limitations for negligence actions; provides standards for bad faith actions; provides for distribution of proceeds when two or more third-party claims arising out of single occurrence exceed policy limits; limits applicability of provisions relating to attorney fees in certain actions against insurers; provides standards for evidence to prove damages for medical expenses in certain civil actions; requires certain disclosures with respect to claims for medical expenses for treatment rendered under letters of protection; requires trier of fact to consider fault of certain persons who contribute to an injury; provides that owner or principal operator of multifamily residential property which substantially implements specified security measures on that property has presumption against liability in connection with certain criminal acts that occur on premises; revises provisions relating to immunity from liability for injury to trespassers on real property; specifies applicability of provisions relating to offer of judgment & demand for judgment.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-15.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 837 Filed (filed) — source
- H 837 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 837 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 837 e1 (engrossed) — source
- H 837 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — 80–31 (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — 12–6 (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — 16–8 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 23–15 (pass) · upper
- D - 113938, Amendment, Second Reading — 16–23 (fail) · upper
Sponsors
- Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Fabricio — primary (person)
- Gregory — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Botana — cosponsor (person)
- Caruso — cosponsor (person)
- Killebrew — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-02-15 Filed
filing - 2023-02-15 Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2023-02-15 Referred to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee - 2023-02-15 Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
- 2023-02-17 Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
- 2023-02-24 Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-02-25 Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
- 2023-02-25 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2023-02-25 CS Filed
filing - 2023-02-28 Referred to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee - 2023-02-28 Now in Judiciary Committee
- 2023-03-06 Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- 2023-03-07 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2023-03-07 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2023-03-08 Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-09 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- 2023-03-09 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2023-03-09 CS Filed
filing - 2023-03-09 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
reading-1 - 2023-03-10 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2023-03-10 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2023-03-13 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/16/2023)
- 2023-03-16 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-03-16 Amendment 065491 adopted
- 2023-03-16 Amendment 473057 Failed
- 2023-03-16 Amendment 885617 Failed
- 2023-03-16 Amendment 353849 Failed
- 2023-03-16 Amendment 662849 Failed
- 2023-03-16 Amendment 263047 adopted as amended
- 2023-03-16 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2023-03-16 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2023-03-17 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-03-17 CS passed as amended; YEAS 80, NAYS 31
passage - 2023-03-17 In Messages
- 2023-03-20 Referred to Fiscal Policy
referral-committee - 2023-03-21 Received
enrolled - 2023-03-22 Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy
withdrawal - 2023-03-22 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2023-03-22 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 236
- 2023-03-22 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-03-22 Amendment(s) failed (113938, 129080)
- 2023-03-22 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2023-03-23 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-03-23 CS passed; YEAS 23 NAYS 15
passage - 2023-03-23 Immediately certified
- 2023-03-24 In Messages
- 2023-03-24 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2023-03-24 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2023-03-24 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2023-03-27 Chapter No. 2023-15
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/53c5e324-de18-49a8-8d5f-a5e3d5c10b1b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).