The Florida Senate

SB 724: Property Owner Liability

GENERAL BILL by Martin ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Leek

Property Owner Liability; Citing this act as the "Fallen Tree Act"; providing that a property owner is liable for damages caused by trees or shrubs located on his or her property when they fall on another’s property; providing that trees and shrubs located on two or more parcels may be removed by any of the property owners after serving proper notice and posting on the other parcels; providing an exception, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/13/2025	Senate	• Filed
  2/25/2025	Senate	• Referred to Judiciary; Banking and Insurance; Rules
  3/4/2025	Senate	• Introduced
  3/27/2025	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
  4/1/2025	Senate	• Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
  4/2/2025	Senate	• Now in Banking and Insurance

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• SB 724, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/13/2025 at 2:37 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 3/31/2025 (pdf) Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 4/2/2025 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 599	Property Owner Liability	Cobb	Identical	Last Action: 3/4/2025 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  Committee Votes (1)

  Date	Committee	Result
  4/1/2025 4:00 PM	Judiciary	11 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  768.396		Page 1 (pdf)

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