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| Bill | Vexatious Litigants | Vexatious Litigants; Expands actions subject to Florida Vexatious Litigant Law; revises eligibility for designation as vexatious litigant; revises sanctions & remedies for vexatious litigation; prohibits clerks of court from accepting certain filings from vexatious litigant; specifies duration of automatic stay imposed against vexatious litigation. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2025 | HB 1559 | Florida HB 1559 (2025) |
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enacted | 2025-128 |
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4 | 42 | 2 | 2025-02-28 | 2025-06-06 | openstates | ocd-bill/8ca4686a-22e8-4999-b077-89e9f1e86986 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1559/ByCategory | 85426a75ccf91b3b68e38abc40de2285d8eb335ca553c5566a0d7320a780be80 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 1559 (2025) — Vexatious Litigants
Vexatious Litigants; Expands actions subject to Florida Vexatious Litigant Law; revises eligibility for designation as vexatious litigant; revises sanctions & remedies for vexatious litigation; prohibits clerks of court from accepting certain filings from vexatious litigant; specifies duration of automatic stay imposed against vexatious litigation.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-128.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 1559 Filed (filed) — source
- H 1559 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 1559 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 1559 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Fabricio — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Sapp — primary (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-02-28 Filed
filing - 2025-03-04 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2025-03-05 Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2025-03-05 Referred to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee - 2025-03-05 Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- 2025-03-25 Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
- 2025-03-27 Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-27 Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- 2025-03-27 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2025-03-27 CS Filed
filing - 2025-03-27 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2025-03-28 Referred to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee - 2025-03-28 Now in Judiciary Committee
- 2025-04-04 Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- 2025-04-08 Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-04-08 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- 2025-04-08 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2025-04-08 CS Filed
filing - 2025-04-08 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
reading-1 - 2025-04-09 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2025-04-09 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2025-04-10 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025)
- 2025-04-16 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2025-04-16 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2025-04-16 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2025-04-16 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2025-04-16 CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
passage - 2025-04-16 In Messages
- 2025-04-16 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2025-04-22 Received
enrolled - 2025-04-23 Withdrawn from Rules
withdrawal - 2025-04-23 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2025-04-23 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1650
- 2025-04-23 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2025-04-23 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2025-04-23 CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
passage - 2025-04-23 In Messages
- 2025-04-23 In Messages
- 2025-04-23 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2025-06-04 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2025-06-05 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2025-06-06 Chapter No. 2025-128
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ca4686a-22e8-4999-b077-89e9f1e86986. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).