The Florida Senate

HB 481: Public Nuisance Abatement

GENERAL BILL by Booth

Public Nuisance Abatement; Revises provisions relating to assessment & collection of fines for public nuisances; removes limit on total amount of fines that may be imposed on public nuisance.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  11/19/2025	House	• Filed
  11/24/2025	House	• Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee • Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
  12/4/2025	House	• Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
  12/11/2025	House	• Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee • Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee • Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
  1/13/2026	House	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  1/16/2026	House	• Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
  1/21/2026	House	• Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

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• HB 481, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/19/2025 at 9:21 AM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 12/11/2025 (pdf) Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/16/2026 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 168	Public Nuisances	Truenow	Similar	Last Action: 1/20/2026 S Now in Rules

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  497817 - Amendment Remove lines 37-38 and insert:	Booth	1/20/2026 3:16 PM	Adopted 1/21/2026	PDF

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  893.138	Local administrative action to abate certain activities declared public nuisances.	Page 1 (pdf)

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