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type: "Bill"
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title: "Theft"
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description: "Theft; Reducing minimum threshold amount for grand theft of third degree; creates new offense of grand theft offenses; provides enhanced criminal penalties for committing petit theft of first degree & having certain previous convictions; revises number of thefts required within specified aggregation period required to commit specified violation for retail theft; revises specified timeframes in which individual acts of retail theft may be aggregated; prohibits retail theft with specified number of other persons for specified purpose; prohibits retail theft when social media platform is used to solicit participation; requires person convicted of retail theft to pay specified restitution."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 549"
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citation: "Florida HB 549 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["(vetoed)"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2024-69"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rommel"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-11-20"
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last_action: "2024-04-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aace059d-0505-4d74-8064-0950d9d0d2bd"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/549/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "b85850c0864168c403eccee9c62f24572f4fc2769b56d4a980a81c2cd633c227"
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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 549 (2024) — Theft
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Theft; Reducing minimum threshold amount for grand theft of third degree; creates new offense of grand theft offenses; provides enhanced criminal penalties for committing petit theft of first degree & having certain previous convictions; revises number of thefts required within specified aggregation period required to commit specified violation for retail theft; revises specified timeframes in which individual acts of retail theft may be aggregated; prohibits retail theft with specified number of other persons for specified purpose; prohibits retail theft when social media platform is used to solicit participation; requires person convicted of retail theft to pay specified restitution.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-69.
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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 549 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/549/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 549 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/549/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 549 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/549/BillText/e1/PDF)
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4. **H 549 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/549/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **36–3** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **83–27** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **84–31** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Rommel — primary (person)
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- Botana — cosponsor (person)
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- Canady — cosponsor (person)
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- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
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- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
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- Leek — cosponsor (person)
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- Roth — cosponsor (person)
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- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
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- Tant — cosponsor (person)
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- Truenow — cosponsor (person)
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- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
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- Yeager — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-11-20** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-11-30** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-11-30** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-11-30** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-11-30** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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- **2024-01-08** PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
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- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2024-01-10** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-10** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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- **2024-01-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2024-01-10** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2024-01-11** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-11** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-11** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2024-01-11** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-22** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
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- **2024-01-24** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-24** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2024-01-24** Now in Judiciary Committee
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- **2024-02-12** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
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- **2024-02-14** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-14** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
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- **2024-02-14** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2024-02-14** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2024-02-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/21/2024)
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- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-21** Amendment 226775 Failed
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- **2024-02-21** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-21** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2024-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-22** CS passed; YEAS 84, NAYS 31 `passage`
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- **2024-02-22** In Messages
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- **2024-02-23** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-27** Received `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-05** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
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- **2024-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2024-03-05** Substituted for CS/SB 1222
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- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-05** Amendment(s) adopted (942840)
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- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-05** CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 3 `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** In Messages
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- **2024-03-07** Added to Senate Message List
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- **2024-03-07** Amendment 942840 Concur
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- **2024-03-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 83, NAYS 27 `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-04-08** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-09** Chapter No. 2024-69
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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/aace059d-0505-4d74-8064-0950d9d0d2bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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