republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2024/hb-619.md

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Bill	Sovereign Immunity for Professional Firms	Sovereign Immunity for Professional Firms; Provides applicability; requires that contracts with certain professional firms must, to extent permitted by law, provide indemnity to DOT.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2024	HB 619	Florida HB 619 (2024)	bill		enacted	2024-271	Tuck	4	48	2	2023-11-21	2024-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/731782db-a977-488b-9f46-cd5202f4777b	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/619/ByCategory	a8c77109759209a38d5b52d8c29b73be60c6ad214a4199328e6d3472318ee95b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 619 (2024) — Sovereign Immunity for Professional Firms

Sovereign Immunity for Professional Firms; Provides applicability; requires that contracts with certain professional firms must, to extent permitted by law, provide indemnity to DOT.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-271.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. H 619 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 619 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 619 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. H 619 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 38–1 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 113–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
• Transportation & Modals Subcommittee — primary (organization)
• Tuck — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2023-11-21 Filed filing
• 2023-11-30 Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-11-30 Referred to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-11-30 Referred to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2023-11-30 Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
• 2024-01-09 Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
• 2024-01-09 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
• 2024-01-11 Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-12 Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
• 2024-01-12 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2024-01-12 CS Filed filing
• 2024-01-12 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) reading-1
• 2024-01-16 Referred to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Referred to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Now in Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
• 2024-01-23 Added to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee agenda
• 2024-01-25 Favorable with CS by Transportation & Modals Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-26 Reported out of Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
• 2024-01-26 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2024-01-26 CS Filed filing
• 2024-01-26 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) reading-1
• 2024-01-29 Referred to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 Now in Judiciary Committee
• 2024-02-05 Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
• 2024-02-07 Favorable by Judiciary Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-07 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
• 2024-02-07 Bill released to House Calendar
• 2024-02-07 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/21/2024)
• 2024-02-21 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-21 Placed on 3rd reading reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2024-02-22 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-22 CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 1 passage
• 2024-02-22 In Messages
• 2024-02-23 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Received enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Withdrawn from Rules withdrawal
• 2024-03-04 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2024-03-04 Substituted for CS/SB 1534
• 2024-03-04 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-03-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 1 passage
• 2024-03-04 In Messages
• 2024-03-04 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2024-06-17 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-06-27 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-06-28 Chapter No. 2024-271

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/731782db-a977-488b-9f46-cd5202f4777b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).