republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2024/hb-621.md

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Bill	Property Rights	Property Rights; Authorizes property owners or authorized agents to request assistance from sheriff for immediately removing unauthorized occupants from residential dwelling under certain conditions; requires specified complaint; provides requirements for sheriff; authorizes arrest of unauthorized occupant; provides that sheriff is not liable to any party for loss, destruction, or damage; provides that property owner or agent is not liable to any party for loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal property unless it was wrongfully removed; prohibits unlawfully detaining, or occupying or trespassing upon, residential dwelling intentionally & causing at least specified amount of damage; provides criminal penalties for any person who knowingly & willfully presents false document purporting to be valid lease agreement, deed, or other instrument conveying real property rights; prohibits listing or advertising for sale, or renting or leasing, residential real property.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2024	HB 621	Florida HB 621 (2024)	bill	estates and trusts limitations	enacted	2024-44	Steele	4	41	2	2023-11-21	2024-03-27	openstates	ocd-bill/1c46ca1f-59a8-48c0-b6a8-f382a7969858	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/621/ByCategory	551ff5d472ffae11d68a0b110d29a938b3372c21c97ab2deb5bfa1bedbd57dea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 621 (2024) — Property Rights

Property Rights; Authorizes property owners or authorized agents to request assistance from sheriff for immediately removing unauthorized occupants from residential dwelling under certain conditions; requires specified complaint; provides requirements for sheriff; authorizes arrest of unauthorized occupant; provides that sheriff is not liable to any party for loss, destruction, or damage; provides that property owner or agent is not liable to any party for loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal property unless it was wrongfully removed; prohibits unlawfully detaining, or occupying or trespassing upon, residential dwelling intentionally & causing at least specified amount of damage; provides criminal penalties for any person who knowingly & willfully presents false document purporting to be valid lease agreement, deed, or other instrument conveying real property rights; prohibits listing or advertising for sale, or renting or leasing, residential real property.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-44.

Version chain

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

1. H 621 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 621 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 621 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. H 621 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
• Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
• Steele — primary (person)
• Amesty — cosponsor (person)
• Berfield — cosponsor (person)
• Black — cosponsor (person)
• Chamberlin — cosponsor (person)
• Chaney — cosponsor (person)
• Daniels — cosponsor (person)
• Garcia — cosponsor (person)
• López, J. — cosponsor (person)
• Michael — cosponsor (person)
• Mooney — cosponsor (person)
• Plakon — cosponsor (person)
• Rudman — cosponsor (person)
• Stark — cosponsor (person)
• Tramont — cosponsor (person)
• Truenow — cosponsor (person)
• Tuck — cosponsor (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 Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2023-11-30 Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
• 2024-01-09 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
• 2024-01-30 PCS added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
• 2024-02-01 Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-01 Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
• 2024-02-01 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2024-02-01 CS Filed filing
• 2024-02-01 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) reading-1
• 2024-02-02 Referred to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Now in Judiciary Committee
• 2024-02-19 PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
• 2024-02-21 Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
• 2024-02-21 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2024-02-21 CS Filed filing
• 2024-02-21 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) reading-1
• 2024-02-22 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2024-02-22 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2024-02-26 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/29/2024)
• 2024-02-29 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-29 Placed on 3rd reading reading-3
• 2024-02-29 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2024-03-01 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-01 CS passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-03-01 In Messages
• 2024-03-01 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2024-03-01 Received enrolled
• 2024-03-06 Withdrawn from Rules withdrawal
• 2024-03-06 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2024-03-06 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 888
• 2024-03-06 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-03-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-06 CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-03-06 In Messages
• 2024-03-06 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-21 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-27 Chapter No. 2024-44

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c46ca1f-59a8-48c0-b6a8-f382a7969858. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).