HB 301 Florida House · 2025 Regular Session

Suits Against the Government

Summary
Suits Against the Government; Increases statutory limits on liability for tort claims against state & its agencies & subdivisions; authorizes subdivision to settle claim in excess of statutory limit without legislative action regardless of insurance coverage limits; prohibits insurance policy from conditioning benefits on enactment of claim bill; specifies that limitations in effect on date claim accrues apply to that claim; revises period within which certain claims must be presented; revises exceptions relating to instituting tort claims against state or agencies or subdivisions; revises period after which failure of certain entities to make final disposition of claim shall be deemed final denial of claim for certain purposes; revises statute of limitations for tort claims against state or one of its agencies or subdivisions & exceptions.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 29, 2025 Last action Jun 16, 2025
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What changed between versions

H 301 Filed H 301 c1 · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill text shows primarily formatting and spacing changes rather than substantive policy modifications. The title changed from 'HB 301' to 'CS/HB 301' (Committee Substitute), and page headers were updated from 'hb301-00' to 'hb301-01-c1', indicating this is a revised version of the bill. The actual legislative content regarding tort claims, liability limits, and government immunity appears unchanged.
TECHNICAL

Bill title updated from HB 301 to CS/HB 301 (Committee Substitute version)

Page header identifiers changed from hb301-00 to hb301-01-c1

Minor spacing and formatting adjustments to header text throughout document

Floor votes · House Apr 16, 2025

How they voted

10211
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 118
Apr 16, 2025
D Democratic34
32 Yea 2 Nay
94% Yea
R Republican84
70 Yea 9 Nay 5
83% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
33
Key actions
13
Committee
17
Apr 16, 2025
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 103, NAYS 11
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Judiciary Committee
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
lower
Apr 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Judiciary Committee
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Budget Committee
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Budget Committee
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Added to Budget Committee agenda
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Budget Committee
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Judiciary Committee
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Budget Committee
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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