Legislation: Florida — 2,186 enacted records (OpenStates 2026-07-01)
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Property Owners' Right to Install, Display, and Store Items"
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description: "Property Owners' Right to Install, Display, and Store Items; Authorizes condominium unit owners to display certain flags on Patriot Day; authorizes homeowners to display certain number of specified flags regardless of certain prohibitions in governing documents of homeowners' association; defines \"first responder flag\"; prohibits homeowners' associations from restricting parcel owners & their tenants from installing, displaying, or storing items on parcels; provides exceptions; prohibits certain homeowners' association documents from precluding property owners from displaying certain number of specified flags; requires that such flags be displayed in specified manner."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 437"
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citation: "Florida HB 437 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["real and personal property"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-64"
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primary_sponsors: ["Buchanan"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 46
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-01-24"
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last_action: "2023-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee3fcc5e-b583-4b08-80a2-3183c18a2683"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/437/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "bafed0ccf624a9642f2b612b7de03a34968541d845389ff9b664be21b21429e6"
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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 437 (2023) — Property Owners' Right to Install, Display, and Store Items
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Property Owners' Right to Install, Display, and Store Items; Authorizes condominium unit owners to display certain flags on Patriot Day; authorizes homeowners to display certain number of specified flags regardless of certain prohibitions in governing documents of homeowners' association; defines "first responder flag"; prohibits homeowners' associations from restricting parcel owners & their tenants from installing, displaying, or storing items on parcels; provides exceptions; prohibits certain homeowners' association documents from precluding property owners from displaying certain number of specified flags; requires that such flags be displayed in specified manner.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-64.
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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 437 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/437/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 437 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/437/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 437 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/437/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 437 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/437/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **14–6** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **15–1** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Buchanan — primary (person)
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- Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
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- Black — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
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- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
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- LaMarca — cosponsor (person)
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- Melo — cosponsor (person)
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- Porras — cosponsor (person)
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- Roth — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-24** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-01** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-01** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-01** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-01** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-16** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-03-20** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-21** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-21** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2023-03-21** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-22** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-22** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-22** Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-22** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-24** Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-03-29** Favorable by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-29** Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-29** Now in Judiciary Committee
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- **2023-04-07** PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda
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- **2023-04-11** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
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- **2023-04-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2023-04-12** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2023-04-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
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- **2023-04-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2023-04-13** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
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- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-20** CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-20** In Messages
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- **2023-04-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-25** Received `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/SB 1454
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- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-05-01** In Messages
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- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-12** Chapter No. 2023-64
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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/ee3fcc5e-b583-4b08-80a2-3183c18a2683`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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