Florida · House Bill 1587 · 2025 Regular Session

Historical Records Concerning Enslaved Individuals

HB 1587 Sponsored by Fentrice Driskell Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 28, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 5, 2025
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Historical Records Concerning Enslaved Individuals; Prohibits certain acts relating to sale & trade of enslaved individuals; provides exceptions; establishes specified penalties for violations of this act; granting DOS responsibility to oversee this act; granting Attorney General power to bring civil actions for violations; requires DOS to use existing state resources to fund this act; requires DOS to establish online reporting system for certain purpose.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  3. CommitteeReferred to Government Operations Subcommittee · House Government Operations Subcommittee
  4. CommitteeReferred to Judiciary Committee · House Judiciary Committee
  5. CommitteeReferred to State Affairs Committee · House State Affairs Committee
  6. CommitteeNow in Government Operations Subcommittee · House Government Operations Subcommittee
  7. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  8. CommitteeDied in Government Operations Subcommittee · House Government Operations Subcommittee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 2 cosponsors: 2 Democrats.

All 2 cosponsors

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.