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

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act"
+description: "Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act; Removes provision requiring certain persons & governmental entities to apply to FAA to restrict or limit operation of drones in close proximity to certain infrastructure or facilities; removes provision allowing drone operating in transit for commercial purposes to operate over critical infrastructure facility; provides for future sunset of definition of \"critical infrastructure facility.\""
+jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
+legislature: "Florida Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 645"
+citation: "Florida HB 645 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+chapter_law: "2023-147"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brackett"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-02-07"
+last_action: "2023-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1046e5d3-1533-4e69-aff6-c67fb7fbe863"
+source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/645/ByCategory"
+source_hash: "3d1357b112d1b513e6094d59cd77d7f422c189e3f61f0081d04c1cd2e7bf7a8a"
+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 645 (2023) — Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act
+
+Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act; Removes provision requiring certain persons & governmental entities to apply to FAA to restrict or limit operation of drones in close proximity to certain infrastructure or facilities; removes provision allowing drone operating in transit for commercial purposes to operate over critical infrastructure facility; provides for future sunset of definition of "critical infrastructure facility."
+
+**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-147.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **H 645 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/645/BillText/Filed/PDF)
+2. **H 645 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/645/BillText/c1/PDF)
+3. **H 645 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/645/BillText/c2/PDF)
+4. **H 645 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/645/BillText/er/PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
+- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Transportation & Modals Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
+- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Infrastructure Strategies Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brackett — primary (person)
+- Infrastructure Strategies Committee — primary (organization)
+- Transportation & Modals Subcommittee — primary (organization)
+- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
+- Waldron — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-07** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-02-14** Referred to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-14** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-14** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-14** Now in Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
+- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-08** Added to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee agenda
+- **2023-03-10** Favorable with CS by Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-12** Reported out of Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
+- **2023-03-13** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
+- **2023-03-13** CS Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-14** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-14** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-14** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
+- **2023-03-17** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
+- **2023-03-21** Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-21** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
+- **2023-03-21** Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
+- **2023-03-23** Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
+- **2023-03-27** Favorable with CS by Infrastructure Strategies Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-28** Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
+- **2023-03-28** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
+- **2023-03-28** CS Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-28** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-29** Bill referred to House Calendar
+- **2023-03-29** Added to Second Reading Calendar
+- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
+- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
+- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-20** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** In Messages
+- **2023-04-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-25** Received `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
+- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
+- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 908
+- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2023-05-01** In Messages
+- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-26** Chapter No. 2023-147; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 264 (Ch. 2023-33)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1046e5d3-1533-4e69-aff6-c67fb7fbe863`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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