Legislation: Florida — 2,186 enacted records (OpenStates 2026-07-01)
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Home-based Businesses"
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description: "Home-based Businesses; Prohibiting local governments from taking certain actions relating to the licensure and regulation of home-based businesses; specifying conditions under which a business is considered a home-based business; authorizing home-based businesses to operate in areas zoned for residential use; specifying that home-based businesses are subject to certain business taxes; authorizing the prevailing party in such challenge to recover specified attorney fees and costs, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 403"
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citation: "Florida HB 403 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["and solicitations"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2021-202"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 57
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2021-01-25"
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last_action: "2021-07-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8593e237-cfe6-4e7b-8338-273db3ec425e"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/403/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "9dbd115fd50edaad9105fd159b4004d90bda7b8bfd97b28ef6aa9204620903e5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 403 (2021) — Home-based Businesses
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Home-based Businesses; Prohibiting local governments from taking certain actions relating to the licensure and regulation of home-based businesses; specifying conditions under which a business is considered a home-based business; authorizing home-based businesses to operate in areas zoned for residential use; specifying that home-based businesses are subject to certain business taxes; authorizing the prevailing party in such challenge to recover specified attorney fees and costs, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-202.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 403 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/403/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 403 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/403/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 403 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/403/BillText/e1/PDF)
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4. **H 403 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/403/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable (Regulatory Reform Subcommittee) — **10–6** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **14–8** (pass) · lower
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- Returning Messages — **19–18** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **29–11** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **78–38** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **77–41** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-25** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-02-08** Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Now in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
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- **2021-02-11** Added to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee agenda
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- **2021-02-18** Favorable by Regulatory Reform Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-18** Reported out of Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
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- **2021-02-18** Now in Commerce Committee
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- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
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- **2021-03-05** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
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- **2021-03-09** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
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- **2021-03-10** Reported out of Commerce Committee
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- **2021-03-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
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- **2021-03-10** CS Filed
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- **2021-03-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
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- **2021-03-12** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2021-03-12** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2021-03-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/31/2021)
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- **2021-03-31** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
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- **2021-03-31** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2021-04-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
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- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-20** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2021-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-21** CS passed; YEAS 78, NAYS 38 `passage`
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- **2021-04-21** In Messages
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- **2021-04-21** Message sent to senate
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- **2021-04-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-21** Received
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- **2021-04-28** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2021-04-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2021-04-28** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 266
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- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-28** Amendment(s) adopted (355386)
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- **2021-04-28** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 29 NAYS 11 `passage`
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- **2021-04-29** In Messages
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- **2021-04-29** Amendment 493311 filed
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- **2021-04-29** Amendment 493311 withdrawn
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- **2021-04-29** Amendment 527003 filed
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- **2021-04-29** Added to Senate Message List
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- **2021-04-30** Added to Senate Message List
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- **2021-04-30** Amendment 527003 adopted
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- **2021-04-30** Concurred in Senate amendment 355386 as amended
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- **2021-04-30** CS passed as amended; YEAS 77, NAYS 41 `passage`
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- **2021-04-30** In returning messages
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- **2021-04-30** Message sent to senate
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- **2021-04-30** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (527003)
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- **2021-04-30** CS passed as amended; YEAS 19 NAYS 18 `passage`
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- **2021-04-30** In Messages
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- **2021-04-30** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
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- **2021-04-30** Requested House to return
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- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-202; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 663 (Ch. 2021-211)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8593e237-cfe6-4e7b-8338-273db3ec425e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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