Florida 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 6 R · 1 D cosponsors

HB 87 — Taking of Bears

Last action — Chapter No. 2024-256

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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced September 28, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Ron DeSantis (Republican) on June 21, 2024.

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Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 9 sponsors

    2 primary, 7 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (6 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Taking of Bears; Providing for the taking of bears without certain penalties under specified conditions; requiring the disposal of such bears by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; prohibiting certain possession, sale, and disposal of such bears or their parts; etc.

Bill Text

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB8, Engrossed 1 2024 A bill to be entitled An act relating to taking of bears;
F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB87 2024 A bill to be entitled An act relating to taking of bears;
providing for the taking of bears without certain penalties under specified conditions;
providing an exemption from penalties for the taking of bears without permits or authorizations under specified conditions;
prohibiting certain possession, sale, and disposal of such bears or their parts;
prohibiting certain possession, sale, and disposal of such bears;
use of lethal force in defense of person or certain property.— (1) A person is not subject to any administrative, civil, or criminal penalty for taking a bear with lethal force if:
use of lethal force in defense of person or certain property.— (1) A person is not subject to any administrative, civil, or criminal penalties for taking a bear with lethal force if:
(a) The person reasonably believed that his or her action was necessary to avoid an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to himself or herself or to another, an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to a pet, or Page 1of 2 CODING:
(a) The person reasonably believed that his or her action was necessary to avoid an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to himself or herself or another, an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to a pet, or Page 1of 2 CODING:
hb0087-02-e1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB8, Engrossed 1 2024 substantial damage to a dwelling as defined in s.
hb0087-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB87 2024 substantial damage to a dwelling as defined in s.
(b) The person did not lure the bear with food or attractants for an illegal purpose, including, but not limited to, training dogs to hunt bears;
(b) The person did not intentionally or recklessly place himself or herself or the pet in a situation in which he or she would be likely to need to use lethal force as described in paragraph (a);
(c) The person did not intentionally or recklessly place himself or herself or a pet in a situation in which he or she would be likely to need to use lethal force as described in paragraph (a);
and (c) The person notified the commission within 24 hours after using lethal force to take the bear.
and (d) The person notified the commission within 24 hours after he or she used lethal force to take the bear.
hb0087-02-e1
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Action History

  1. Chapter No. 2024-256

  2. Approved by Governor

  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor

  4. Ordered engrossed, then enrolled

  5. CS passed as amended; YEAS 83, NAYS 28

  6. Amendment 542244 Concur

  7. Added to Senate Message List

  8. In Messages

  9. Immediately certified

  10. CS passed as amended; YEAS 24 NAYS 12

  11. Read 3rd time

  12. Amendment(s) adopted (542244)

  13. Read 2nd time

  14. Substituted for CS/CS/SB 632

  15. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  16. Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy

  17. Received

  18. Referred to Fiscal Policy

  19. In Messages

  20. CS passed; YEAS 88, NAYS 29

  21. Read 3rd time

  22. Added to Third Reading Calendar

  23. Read 2nd time

  24. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2024)

  25. Added to Second Reading Calendar

  26. Bill referred to House Calendar

  27. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

  28. CS Filed

  29. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  30. Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  31. Favorable with CS by Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  32. Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda

  33. Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  34. Reported out of Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

  35. Favorable by Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

  36. Added to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee agenda

  37. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  38. Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

  39. Reported out of Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee

  40. Favorable by Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee

  41. Added to Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee agenda

  42. Now in Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee

  43. Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  44. Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

  45. Referred to Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee

  46. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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2 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 155 not signed on · 35 voted No

Sponsors (2)

  • Infrastructure Strategies Committee
  • Shoaf, Jason Republican

Co-sponsors (7)

Not signed on (155)

155 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Passage

Passed 83 Yea · 28 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 57504
Unaffiliated 19402
Democrat 71903
Total 832809
% of votes cast 69%23%0%8%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Altman — Yea
Payne — Yea
Amesty — Yea
Fine — Yea
Renner — Yea
Roach — Yea
Bell — Yea
Grant — Yea
Rommel — Yea
Benjamin — Yea
Roth — Yea
Rudman — Yea
Silvers — Nay
Keen — Nay
Killebrew — Yea
Stevenson — Yea
Caruso — Yea
Temple — Yea
Tomkow — Yea
Clemons — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Williams — Nay
Beltran — Not Voting
Casello — Not Voting
Lopez, V. — Yea
Antone, Bruce Hadley Democrat Nay
Arrington, Kristen Aston Democrat Nay
Bartleman, Robin Democrat Nay
Bracy Davis, LaVon Democrat Nay
Campbell, Daryl Democrat Yea
Chambliss, Kevin D. Democrat Yea
Cross, Lindsay Democrat Nay
Daley, Dan Democrat Nay
Daniels, Kimberly Democrat Yea
Driskell, Fentrice Democrat Nay
Dunkley, Lisa Democrat Nay
Edmonds, Jervonte "Tae" Democrat Not Voting
Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. Democrat Nay
Franklin II, Gallop Democrat Yea
Gantt, Ashley Viola Democrat Nay
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Nay
Gregory, Emily Democrat Yea
Harris, Jennifer "Rita" Democrat Nay
Hart-Lowman, Dianne "Ms Dee" Democrat Nay
Hinson, Yvonne Hayes Democrat Not Voting
Hunschofsky, Christine Democrat Nay
Joseph, Dotie Democrat Nay
López, Johanna Democrat Nay
Nixon, Angela "Angie" Democrat Nay
Rayner, Michele K. Democrat Nay
Robinson, Felicia Simone Democrat Nay
Skidmore, Kelly Democrat Not Voting
Tant, Allison Democrat Yea
Woodson, Marie Paule Democrat Yea
Abbott, Shane G. Republican Yea
Alvarez, Daniel Antonio "Danny" Republican Yea
Anderson, Adam Republican Yea
Andrade, Robert Alexander "Alex" Republican Yea
Baker, Jessica Republican Yea
Bankson, Douglas Michael "Doug" Republican Yea
Barnaby, Webster Republican Yea
Basabe, Fabián Republican Not Voting
Berfield, Kimberly Republican Yea
Black, Dean Republican Yea
Borrero, David Republican Yea
Botana, Adam Republican Yea
Brackett, Robert A. "Robbie" Republican Yea
Brannan III, Robert Charles "Chuck" Republican Yea
Buchanan, James Republican Yea
Busatta, Demi Republican Yea
Canady, Jennifer Republican Yea
Cassel, Hillary Republican Yea
Chamberlin, Ryan Republican Yea
Chaney, Linda Republican Nay
Duggan, Wyman Republican Yea
Esposito, Tiffany Republican Yea
Fabricio, Tom Republican Yea
Garcia, Ileana Republican Yea
Garrison, Sam Republican Yea
Giallombardo, Mike Republican Yea
Gonzalez Pittman, Karen Republican Yea
Gossett-Seidman, Peggy Republican Nay
Griffitts Jr., Philip Wayne "Griff" Republican Yea
Holcomb, Jeff Republican Yea
Jacques, Berny Republican Yea
Koster, Traci Republican Yea
LaMarca, Chip Republican Yea
Leek, Thomas J. "Tom" Republican Yea
Maggard, Randall Scott "Randy" Republican Yea
Maney, Patt Republican Yea
Massullo, Ralph E., Jr. Republican Yea
McClain, Stan Republican Yea
McClure, Lawrence Republican Yea
McFarland, Fiona Republican Yea
Melo, Lauren Republican Not Voting
Michael, Kiyan Republican Yea
Mooney Jr., James Vernon "Jim" Republican Yea
Overdorf, Tobin Rogers "Toby" Republican Yea
Perez, Daniel Republican Yea
Persons-Mulicka, Jenna Republican Yea
Plakon, Rachel Saunders Republican Nay
Plasencia, Susan Republican Yea
Porras, Juan Carlos Republican Yea
Redondo, Mike Republican Yea
Rizo, Alex Republican Yea
Robinson Jr., William Cloud "Will" Republican Yea
Salzman, Michelle Republican Yea
Shoaf, Jason Republican Yea
Sirois, Tyler I. Republican Yea
Smith, David Republican Nay
Snyder, John Republican Yea
Stark, Paula A. Republican Yea
Steele, Kevin M. Republican Not Voting
Trabulsy, Dana Republican Yea
Tramont, Chase Republican Not Voting
Truenow, Keith L. Republican Yea
Tuck, Kaylee Republican Yea
Valdés, Susan L. Republican Nay
Yarkosky, Taylor Michael Republican Yea
Yeager, Bradford Troy "Brad" Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 24 Yea · 12 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 20101
Democrat 0501
Unaffiliated 4502
No Party Affiliation 0100
Total 241204
% of votes cast 60%30%0%10%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Powell — Nay
Baxley — Not Voting
Book — Nay
Stewart — Nay
Hutson — Yea
Ingoglia — Yea
Torres — Nay
Broxson — Yea
Collins — Yea
Perry — Not Voting
Thompson, Geraldine F. "Geri" — Nay
Berman, Lori Democrat Nay
Davis, Tracie Democrat Not Voting
Jones, Shevrin D. "Shev" Democrat Nay
Osgood, Rosalind Democrat Nay
Polsky, Tina Scott Democrat Nay
Rouson, Darryl Ervin Democrat Nay
Pizzo, Jason W. B. No Party Affiliation Nay
Albritton, Ben Republican Yea
Boyd, Jim Republican Yea
Bradley, Jennifer Republican Yea
Brodeur, Jason Republican Yea
Burgess, Danny Republican Yea
Burton, Colleen Republican Yea
Calatayud, Alexis Republican Yea
DiCeglie, Nick Republican Yea
Garcia, Ileana Republican Nay
Grall, Erin Republican Yea
Gruters, Joe Republican Yea
Harrell, Gayle Republican Yea
Hooper, Ed Republican Not Voting
Martin, Jonathan Republican Yea
Mayfield, Debbie Republican Yea
Passidomo, Kathleen Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Ana Maria Republican Yea
Simon, Corey Republican Yea
Trumbull, Jay Republican Yea
Vacant Republican Yea
Wright, Tom A. Republican Yea
Yarborough, Clay Republican Yea

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Passage, Third Reading

Passed 88 Yea · 29 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 59403
Democrat 92000
Unaffiliated 20500
Total 882903
% of votes cast 73%24%0%3%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Altman — Yea
Payne — Yea
Amesty — Yea
Fine — Yea
Renner — Yea
Roach — Yea
Bell — Yea
Grant — Yea
Beltran — Yea
Rommel — Yea
Benjamin — Yea
Roth — Yea
Rudman — Yea
Silvers — Nay
Keen — Nay
Killebrew — Yea
Stevenson — Yea
Caruso — Yea
Casello — Nay
Temple — Yea
Tomkow — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Williams — Nay
Clemons — Yea
Lopez, V. — Yea
Antone, Bruce Hadley Democrat Yea
Arrington, Kristen Aston Democrat Nay
Bartleman, Robin Democrat Nay
Bracy Davis, LaVon Democrat Nay
Campbell, Daryl Democrat Yea
Chambliss, Kevin D. Democrat Yea
Cross, Lindsay Democrat Nay
Daley, Dan Democrat Nay
Daniels, Kimberly Democrat Yea
Driskell, Fentrice Democrat Nay
Dunkley, Lisa Democrat Yea
Edmonds, Jervonte "Tae" Democrat Yea
Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. Democrat Nay
Franklin II, Gallop Democrat Yea
Gantt, Ashley Viola Democrat Nay
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Nay
Gregory, Emily Democrat Yea
Harris, Jennifer "Rita" Democrat Nay
Hart-Lowman, Dianne "Ms Dee" Democrat Nay
Hinson, Yvonne Hayes Democrat Nay
Hunschofsky, Christine Democrat Nay
Joseph, Dotie Democrat Nay
López, Johanna Democrat Nay
Nixon, Angela "Angie" Democrat Nay
Rayner, Michele K. Democrat Nay
Robinson, Felicia Simone Democrat Nay
Skidmore, Kelly Democrat Nay
Tant, Allison Democrat Yea
Woodson, Marie Paule Democrat Nay
Abbott, Shane G. Republican Yea
Alvarez, Daniel Antonio "Danny" Republican Not Voting
Anderson, Adam Republican Yea
Andrade, Robert Alexander "Alex" Republican Yea
Baker, Jessica Republican Yea
Bankson, Douglas Michael "Doug" Republican Yea
Barnaby, Webster Republican Yea
Basabe, Fabián Republican Yea
Berfield, Kimberly Republican Yea
Black, Dean Republican Yea
Borrero, David Republican Yea
Botana, Adam Republican Yea
Brackett, Robert A. "Robbie" Republican Yea
Brannan III, Robert Charles "Chuck" Republican Yea
Buchanan, James Republican Yea
Busatta, Demi Republican Yea
Canady, Jennifer Republican Yea
Cassel, Hillary Republican Yea
Chamberlin, Ryan Republican Yea
Chaney, Linda Republican Nay
Duggan, Wyman Republican Yea
Esposito, Tiffany Republican Yea
Fabricio, Tom Republican Yea
Garcia, Ileana Republican Yea
Garrison, Sam Republican Yea
Giallombardo, Mike Republican Yea
Gonzalez Pittman, Karen Republican Yea
Gossett-Seidman, Peggy Republican Nay
Griffitts Jr., Philip Wayne "Griff" Republican Yea
Holcomb, Jeff Republican Yea
Jacques, Berny Republican Yea
Koster, Traci Republican Yea
LaMarca, Chip Republican Yea
Leek, Thomas J. "Tom" Republican Yea
Maggard, Randall Scott "Randy" Republican Yea
Maney, Patt Republican Yea
Massullo, Ralph E., Jr. Republican Yea
McClain, Stan Republican Yea
McClure, Lawrence Republican Yea
McFarland, Fiona Republican Yea
Melo, Lauren Republican Yea
Michael, Kiyan Republican Yea
Mooney Jr., James Vernon "Jim" Republican Yea
Overdorf, Tobin Rogers "Toby" Republican Yea
Perez, Daniel Republican Yea
Persons-Mulicka, Jenna Republican Yea
Plakon, Rachel Saunders Republican Not Voting
Plasencia, Susan Republican Yea
Porras, Juan Carlos Republican Yea
Redondo, Mike Republican Yea
Rizo, Alex Republican Yea
Robinson Jr., William Cloud "Will" Republican Yea
Salzman, Michelle Republican Yea
Shoaf, Jason Republican Yea
Sirois, Tyler I. Republican Yea
Smith, David Republican Nay
Snyder, John Republican Yea
Stark, Paula A. Republican Yea
Steele, Kevin M. Republican Yea
Trabulsy, Dana Republican Not Voting
Tramont, Chase Republican Yea
Truenow, Keith L. Republican Yea
Tuck, Kaylee Republican Yea
Valdés, Susan L. Republican Nay
Yarkosky, Taylor Michael Republican Yea
Yeager, Bradford Troy "Brad" Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 87 do?
Taking of Bears; Providing for the taking of bears without certain penalties under specified conditions; requiring the disposal of such bears by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; prohibiting certain possession, sale, and disposal of such bears or their parts; etc.
Who sponsors HB 87?
HB 87 is sponsored by Infrastructure Strategies Committee, Shoaf, Jason (Republican), Andrade, Robert Alexander "Alex" (Republican), Black, Dean (Republican), Daniels, Kimberly (Democrat), Maggard, Randall Scott "Randy" (Republican), McClain, Stan (Republican), Rizo, Alex (Republican), and Rudman.
What is the current status of HB 87?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced September 28, 2023. Enacted.
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