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type: "Bill"
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title: "Vexatious Litigants"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1559"
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citation: "Florida HB 1559 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2025-128"
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primary_sponsors: ["Fabricio", "Sapp"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-28"
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last_action: "2025-06-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ca4686a-22e8-4999-b077-89e9f1e86986"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1559/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "85426a75ccf91b3b68e38abc40de2285d8eb335ca553c5566a0d7320a780be80"
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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 1559 (2025) — Vexatious Litigants
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-128.
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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 1559 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1559/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 1559 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1559/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 1559 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1559/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 1559 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1559/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Fabricio — primary (person)
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- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
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- Sapp — primary (person)
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- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
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- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-28** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-05** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-05** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-05** Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
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- **2025-03-25** Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
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- **2025-03-27** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
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- **2025-03-27** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2025-03-27** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-27** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-28** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-28** Now in Judiciary Committee
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- **2025-04-04** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
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- **2025-04-08** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-08** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
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- **2025-04-08** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2025-04-08** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-08** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-09** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2025-04-09** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2025-04-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025)
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- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-16** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** In Messages
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- **2025-04-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-22** Received `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-23** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2025-04-23** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2025-04-23** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1650
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- **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-23** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2025-04-23** In Messages
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- **2025-04-23** In Messages
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- **2025-04-23** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-06-04** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-05** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-06** Chapter No. 2025-128
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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/8ca4686a-22e8-4999-b077-89e9f1e86986`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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