Legislation: Florida — 2,186 enacted records (OpenStates 2026-07-01)

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Death Benefits for Active Duty Servicemembers"
+description: "Death Benefits for Active Duty Servicemembers; Revises amount & conditions of payment of death benefits; requires payment be made to beneficiary through process set out by DMA; removes provisions relating to payment when beneficiary is not designated; requires proof of residency or duty post to be provided to DMA; requires DMA to request CFO to draw warrant for payment of benefits from General Revenue Fund."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
+legislature: "Florida Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 621"
+citation: "Florida HB 621 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["veterans"]
+status: "enacted"
+chapter_law: "2023-163"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barnaby", "Maney"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-02-06"
+last_action: "2023-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77c4e677-991a-4315-8bd8-a84617b380a2"
+source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/621/ByCategory"
+source_hash: "89ad7bf8447524e34ba617ead195cfbed08ec76f32b78024dcc1e300d884f081"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
+---
+
+# Florida HB 621 (2023) — Death Benefits for Active Duty Servicemembers
+
+Death Benefits for Active Duty Servicemembers; Revises amount & conditions of payment of death benefits; requires payment be made to beneficiary through process set out by DMA; removes provisions relating to payment when beneficiary is not designated; requires proof of residency or duty post to be provided to DMA; requires DMA to request CFO to draw warrant for payment of benefits from General Revenue Fund.
+
+**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-163.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **H 621 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/621/BillText/Filed/PDF)
+2. **H 621 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/621/BillText/c1/PDF)
+3. **H 621 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/621/BillText/er/PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Favorable (Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
+- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage, Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
+- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **26–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barnaby — primary (person)
+- Maney — primary (person)
+- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
+- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
+- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
+- Dunkley — cosponsor (person)
+- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
+- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
+- Giallombardo — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
+- Leek — cosponsor (person)
+- Woodson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-06** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-02-14** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-14** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-14** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-14** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
+- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-16** Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
+- **2023-03-20** Favorable by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-20** Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
+- **2023-03-20** Now in Appropriations Committee
+- **2023-03-24** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
+- **2023-03-28** Favorable by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-28** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
+- **2023-03-28** Now in State Affairs Committee
+- **2023-04-07** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
+- **2023-04-11** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-12** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
+- **2023-04-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
+- **2023-04-12** CS Filed `filing`
+- **2023-04-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
+- **2023-04-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
+- **2023-04-13** Added to Second Reading Calendar
+- **2023-04-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/28/2023)
+- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-28** Added to Third Reading Calendar
+- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2023-04-28** In Messages
+- **2023-04-28** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-28** Received `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
+- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
+- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/SB 1094
+- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2023-05-01** In Messages
+- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-26** Chapter No. 2023-163
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77c4e677-991a-4315-8bd8-a84617b380a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
+