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type: "Bill"
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title: "Attorney Fees and Costs"
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description: "Attorney Fees and Costs; Defining the term “property rights”; requiring courts to award reasonable attorney fees and costs to a prevailing defendant in certain civil actions under specified circumstances, 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: "SB 702"
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citation: "Florida SB 702 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["civil practice and procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2024-232"
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primary_sponsors: ["Martin"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-12-05"
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last_action: "2024-06-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/943285d8-0090-4585-b81d-5c5346de583f"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/702/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "0e7b6ca6edc08e665dfe77780e1319f1f277755ef77855107ce9a9de60254067"
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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 SB 702 (2024) — Attorney Fees and Costs
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Attorney Fees and Costs; Defining the term “property rights”; requiring courts to award reasonable attorney fees and costs to a prevailing defendant in certain civil actions under specified circumstances, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-232.
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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. **S 702 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/702/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 702 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/702/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Martin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-12-05** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-12-13** Referred to Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2024-01-11** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/16/24, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2024-01-16** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-16** Now in Rules
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- **2024-01-19** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/24/24, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2024-01-24** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2024-01-30** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/01/24
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- **2024-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-01** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2024-02-01** Immediately certified
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- **2024-02-01** In Messages
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- **2024-03-04** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2024-03-04** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2024)
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- **2024-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-05** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-06** Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2024-03-06** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-05-30** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-13** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-06-17** Chapter No. 2024-232
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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/943285d8-0090-4585-b81d-5c5346de583f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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