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type: "Bill"
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title: "Taking of Bears"
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description: "Taking of Bears; Providing for the taking of bears without certain penalties under specified conditions; requiring the disposal of such bears by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; prohibiting certain possession, sale, and disposal of such bears or their parts; etc."
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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 87"
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citation: "Florida HB 87 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2024-256"
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primary_sponsors: ["Shoaf"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 46
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-09-28"
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last_action: "2024-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32cda031-b2b0-4ebf-9a49-6768a05ad396"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/87/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "36121bd753a4078cb301ba40dab65c77dab50cb04bb27ace29fb014dcc24e030"
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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 87 (2024) — Taking of Bears
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Taking of Bears; Providing for the taking of bears without certain penalties under specified conditions; requiring the disposal of such bears by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; prohibiting certain possession, sale, and disposal of such bears or their parts; etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-256.
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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 87 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/87/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 87 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/87/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 87 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/87/BillText/e1/PDF)
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4. **H 87 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/87/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **88–29** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **83–28** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **24–12** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Infrastructure Strategies Committee — primary (organization)
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- Shoaf — primary (person)
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- Andrade — cosponsor (person)
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- Black — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
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- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
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- McClain — cosponsor (person)
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- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
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- Rudman — cosponsor (person)
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- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Tant — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-09-28** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-10-17** Referred to Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-10-17** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-10-17** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-10-17** Now in Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee
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- **2023-12-05** Added to Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-12-12** Favorable by Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-12-12** Reported out of Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee
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- **2023-12-12** Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2024-01-17** Added to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
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- **2024-01-19** Favorable by Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-19** Reported out of Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2024-01-19** Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
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- **2024-01-26** Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
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- **2024-01-30** Favorable with CS by Infrastructure Strategies Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-30** Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
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- **2024-01-30** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2024-01-30** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2024-01-31** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-31** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2024-01-31** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2024-02-12** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2024)
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- **2024-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-15** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2024-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-15** CS passed; YEAS 88, NAYS 29 `passage`
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- **2024-02-15** In Messages
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- **2024-02-16** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-20** Received `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-21** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
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- **2024-02-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2024-02-21** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 632
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- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-21** Amendment(s) adopted (542244)
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- **2024-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-21** CS passed as amended; YEAS 24 NAYS 12 `passage`
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- **2024-02-21** Immediately certified
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- **2024-02-21** In Messages
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- **2024-03-07** Added to Senate Message List
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- **2024-03-07** Amendment 542244 Concur
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- **2024-03-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 83, NAYS 28 `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-06-07** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-06-24** Chapter No. 2024-256
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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/32cda031-b2b0-4ebf-9a49-6768a05ad396`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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