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type: "Bill"
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title: "Dangerous Dogs"
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description: "Dangerous Dogs; Requiring, rather than authorizing, that dogs subject to certain dangerous dog investigations which have killed or bitten a human being to a certain severity be immediately confiscated, placed in quarantine if necessary, impounded, and held; requiring the owner of a dog subject to a dangerous dog investigation to provide certain information to an animal control authority; requiring an animal shelter, a humane organization, or certain animal control agencies to provide specified information to potential adopters; revising the conditions under which an owner is authorized to exercise a dangerous dog; revising the civil penalty for violations; providing criminal penalties for persons who resist or obstruct an animal control authority, etc."
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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 593"
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citation: "Florida HB 593 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["torts"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2025-61"
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primary_sponsors: ["Sapp"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-13"
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last_action: "2025-05-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e4ada43-19a0-48ee-86e2-d4ba7224aca7"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/593/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "f6deba1cd0a7ee2e2e4a1137362687ff5729286b56b573bbb55ca4da2c25b021"
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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 593 (2025) — Dangerous Dogs
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Dangerous Dogs; Requiring, rather than authorizing, that dogs subject to certain dangerous dog investigations which have killed or bitten a human being to a certain severity be immediately confiscated, placed in quarantine if necessary, impounded, and held; requiring the owner of a dog subject to a dangerous dog investigation to provide certain information to an animal control authority; requiring an animal shelter, a humane organization, or certain animal control agencies to provide specified information to potential adopters; revising the conditions under which an owner is authorized to exercise a dangerous dog; revising the civil penalty for violations; providing criminal penalties for persons who resist or obstruct an animal control authority, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-61.
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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 593 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/593/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 593 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/593/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 593 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/593/BillText/e1/PDF)
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4. **H 593 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/593/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **112–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Sapp — primary (person)
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- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
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- Casello — cosponsor (person)
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- Chamberlin — cosponsor (person)
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- Chambliss — cosponsor (person)
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- Driskell — cosponsor (person)
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- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Partington — cosponsor (person)
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- Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-13** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-19** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
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- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-17** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
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- **2025-03-19** Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-20** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
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- **2025-03-20** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2025-03-20** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-20** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-21** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-21** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-21** Now in Judiciary Committee
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- **2025-04-04** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
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- **2025-04-08** Favorable 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** Now in State Affairs Committee
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- **2025-04-15** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
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- **2025-04-17** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-17** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
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- **2025-04-17** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2025-04-17** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2025-04-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/23/2025)
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- **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-23** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-23** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2025-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-23** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2025-04-23** In Messages
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- **2025-04-23** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-23** Received `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-28** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
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- **2025-04-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2025-04-28** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 572
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- **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-28** Amendment(s) adopted (874468)
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- **2025-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2025-04-28** In Messages
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- **2025-04-30** Senate Message List
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- **2025-04-30** Amendment 874468 Concur
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- **2025-04-30** CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2025-04-30** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-22** Chapter No. 2025-61
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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/3e4ada43-19a0-48ee-86e2-d4ba7224aca7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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