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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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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.

  1. H 1559 Filed (filed) — source
  2. H 1559 c1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. H 1559 c2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. H 1559 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Third Reading — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Passage, Third Reading — 1140 (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).