Florida · Senate Bill 1650 · 2025 Regular Session

Vexatious Litigants

SB 1650 Sponsored by Erin Grall Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 28, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 7, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  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.

Vexatious Litigants; Expanding actions subject to the Florida Vexatious Litigant Law; revising eligibility for designation as a vexatious litigant; prohibiting clerks of the court from accepting certain filings from a vexatious litigant, etc.

Every action

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

Show the 12 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Judiciary; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules · Senate Judiciary
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/19/25, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building · Senate Judiciary
  5. CommitteeCS by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 · Senate Judiciary11–0 vote
  6. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  7. CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  8. CommitteeCS by Judiciary read 1st time · Senate Judiciary
  9. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/10/25, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  10. CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice8–0 vote
  11. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  12. CommitteeNow in Rules · Senate Rules
  1. CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  2. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/16/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Rules
  3. CommitteeFavorable by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0 · Senate Rules22–0 vote
  4. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  5. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25
  6. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 498
  7. SenateSubstituted CS/CS/HB 1559 -SJ 498
  8. SenateLaid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1559 (Ch. 2025-128 ) -SJ 498

Roll calls

3 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 3 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 19, 2025 Senate Judiciary CS by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
Members

Yes · 11

 11–0
Apr 10, 2025 Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
Members

Yes · 8

Not voting · 1

 8–0
Apr 16, 2025 Senate Rules Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0
Members

Yes · 22

Not voting · 3

 22–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Republican.

  • Erin GrallR Primary sponsor · District 29
  • AC Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Sponsoring committee
  • J Judiciary Sponsoring committee
All 1 cosponsor

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